This month has seen a major increase in the fines levied by the Information Commissioner for breaches of the Data Protection Act. Over the last 30 days, there have been over £500,000…
Today the Information Commissioner's Office announced that a Welsh health board had become the first NHS organisation to be issued with a monetary fine for a breach of the Data…
Recently we discussed both the value and problems around developing security metrics as part of your organisations overall management strategy. One of the best metrics you can generate revolves around…
There is a commonly held misconception about risk management and, where this relates to security risk management, it is even more widespread, frequently to the detriment of organisations and businesses.…
Every business needs to have a way of making sure that the money it spends on things is justified by the value those things have to the business. Entire industries…
If your business provides tangible objects which have value to customers, then you can be sure that these have value to thieves and other miscreants who want to make a…
Another week, another easily prevented data protection breach in the news. This time it is the Glasgow based charity Enable Scotland that is under the spotlight. From the ICO news…
Staff training is an essential part of every business. The better trained your staff are, the more motivated and efficient they are likely to be. For your training to work,…
Almost everyone has a personal email address, to the point where you are probably more shocked to discover someone who doesnt rather than a person who has several. In recent…
Business are often excellent at cataloguing the importance and value of the physical assets they hold - such as product stock, machinery, company cars etc. Most are even quite good at identifying…
Every organisation, every home, every club and every charity can benefit from having access to the advice and knowledge of a good independent security consultant. However until fairly recently, it…
There isn't a day without some form of security breach reported on the news and a company or organisation being fined, losing customers, suffering reputational damage etc. Its rare for…
Breaches of the Data Protection Act, almost commonplace in 2011, continue into the new year of 2012. As has often been the case, the incident reported this week has been…
Passwords are probably the most widely used authentication mechanisms available. They are, on the whole, easy to deploy, easy to explain to users and easy to manage. It is likely…
Another week, another Data Protection Act breach. Yesterday, the ICO reported on a former employee of an online gambling site who pleaded guilty to selling the personal data belonging to…