ICO fines text spammers nearly £500,000
Last week the ICO reported that the directors of a company heavily engaged in spam texting (sending unsolicited commercial messages to people via their mobile / cellular phone) have been…
Business Security Guide – Free Download
The effects of crime can be devastating on people and businesses. While recent crime trends have been reassuring, there is still a reported 1 in 50 businesses in the United…
Bad Security – Taking Risks and Not Realising It
Another fine has been issued by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and, again, it is the result of something that could easily have been prevented if a bit of time…
Security is the cheaper option – stop avoiding it.
Another Data Protection Act fine (civil monetary penalty) was announced yesterday (25 Oct 12), and again it is largely the result of risk management mistakes meaning that a cheap preventative…
ICO claims private sector leads the way on Data Protection Act compliance
Interestingly, a report from the ICO published yesterday has stated that the private sector appears to be more compliant with the requirements of the Data Protection Act than public sector…
What price security?
One of the most challenging tasks facing any security professional is communicating the value of security to others within the organisation you work for. Unlike lots of other disciplines there…
Security is not a tool and your tools are not security
Quite rightly, information security is a hot topic for most businesses. This is driven by a combination of regulatory and legal compliance pressures and the unavoidable fact that information (data)…
Supplier Security Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Following on from the recent issues experienced by The Scottish Borders Council, we have been asked several times about what can be done to build some assurance into supply chain…
Secure Data Disposal – not really…
Continuing the unfortunate trend of public sector organisations falling foul of the Data Protection Act, we have another example of the ICO levying a large fine on a council. Today…
NHS Security Breaches Continue
Given the level of fines ("Civil Monetary Penalties") the Information Commissioner's Office levied against the NHS in June, you would be forgiven in thinking that the Health Service would have…
LinkedIn to face £3m lawsuit over password breach
Following up on the news last week that LinkedIn had suffered a major security breach in which huge numbers of user account passwords were put at risk (previously discussed), there…
Passwords - an essential part of security, but often the target for attackers and the cause of a breach.
Security – Are passwords dead?
As most people will be aware, several high profile websites have suffered security breaches, resulting in millions of user account passwords being compromised. These sites have included business social networking…
Information Commissioner’s Office launch IT Security Guide for Small Businesses
Today the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced it had produced "A practical guide to IT Security" with the subheading that this is "Ideal for the small business." At the time…
HMG Security Policy Framework – Version 8
You are probably aware that the Cabinet Office have recently issued Version 8 of the Security Policy Framework (SPF). This is the document that provides the overarching framework for security…
ICO Fines Increasing for data breaches
Data Security – Fines for breaches increasing
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…
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