280 Million People Affected By Data Losses Worldwide

A study carried out by KPMG shows that data on more than 280 million people worldwide has been lost in the past three years due to data breaches and lax security

SAT 08 NOV. 2008 |Featured in: News

Giant Databases, A Risk for Millions Of UK Citizens, Says Information Commissioner

Nearly 280 serious data breaches have been recorded by the authority in charge of making sure individuals' data is protected and to make it worse, less than a quarter of that number were down to stolen devices

WED 29 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Up to 2 million Affected by UK Army Hard Drive Loss

The data loss that hit the MoD which we reported on Friday 10th could potentially affect three times more people than previously thought with up to 2 million caught in the scandal

MON 13 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

MoD Hard Disk With Details Of 100,000 Army Personnel Goes Missing

An external hard disk drive containing the details of 100,000 Ministry of Defence Staff has disappeared from a secure location from Hook, Hampshire in the latest and potentially most devastating data lost to date

FRI 10 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Virgin Media Reprimanded by Data Protection Commissioner After Losing Customers' Data

Following the lost of 3000 customers' bank details back in June 2008, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit out at Virgin Media and found that the cable company was guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Ebay Dangers : VPN Hardware Lands Kirklees Council In Big Trouble

Ebay has always been a treasure trove if you wanted to find random data from companies or even public organisations; Andrew Mason, a security specialist, bought a Cisco VPN 3002 Concentrator on Ebay for £0.99 but when he switched it on, he found out he got more than he bargained for

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Comment : Four Out Of Five Do Not Trust Companies With Personal Data

Low levels of consumer trust in how businesses manage and secure customer data could put companies at risk, according to a study by Symantec

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Nearly One in Four Second Smartphones Contain Sensitive Data Says Survey

New research from BT, the University of Glamorgan in Wales and Edith Cowan University in Australia has revealed that a significant number of hand-held communication devices which are bought second-hand still contain sensitive company and personal information

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Talking Insider Threat to Databases at ISACA Network Security

A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation about addressing the insider threat to database security at the ISACA Network Security conference in Las Vegas (thanks ISACA for having me!).

WED 24 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Making Sense of Data : When Context and Relevance Matter Most

Search Engines or, more relevantly, Information Retrieval Engines, both on the web and within internal systems, have proved that they can deliver data– the challenge now is to move from quantity to quality of information and from data to answers

TUE 23 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News