Document disposal – don’t take risks
There has been a lot of press coverage over the recent incident where a cabinet office minister (Oliver Letwin) was observed throwing official documents into a public waste bin. Although…
Hospital loses 800 patient’s data
A report has apparently revealed that the East Surrey Hospital has lost an unencrypted USB drive containing the details of 800 patients. According to the Crawley Observer, this data included details such…
Prison Sentences for Data Breaches?
A recent study by CA Technologies indicates that almost 90% of businesses experience some form of data loss (as reported in SC Magazine) and 2009 research from the Ponemon Institute…
Public Key Encryption with GnuPG
One of the most overlooked risks of using the internet is the fact that most of the time your data is as private as the writing on the back of…
Bay House School - Hampshire
Schools breach data protection rules
Today the Information Commissioner's Office announced a data protection act breach at the Bay House School in Hampshire which placed data belonging to nearly 20,000 people at risk. Reading the…
Cloud Security – Uncrackable Encryption?
Cloud computing is frequently presented as the future of how will interact with our data. More and more systems are moving to the various service routes, from software (such as…
Security and Your Business – Is it important enough?
We are all used to the phrase that security is important but is this something you really believe or are you paying lip-service to the notion? This is just as…
Citibank hacked – customers lose out.
The news about various large scale corporations falling under the onslaught of hackers continues to come out. Last week it was revealed that Citibank's security had been breached with potentially…
Ex-T-Mobile Employees Fined £73,700 for data theft
The ICO has issued another set of fines for misuse of personal data and violations of the Data Protection Act. This instance, however, is clear cut criminal behavior rather than business misuse,…
Surrey Council Fined over DPA offences
The ICO has flexed its muscles against Surrey Council and imposed a £120,000 fine for breaching the Data Protection Act. While this falls well short of the maximum allowed in…
Information Protection Policy – Template for Free Download
Almost every business, what ever its size and function, handles sensitive data. This can range from a list of your customers and their addresses, to full-blown business intelligence systems that…
Information Security Classification Guide – Downloadable Security Resource
Halkyn Security have provided a new security resource for general download. The Information Security Classification Guide is provided to help businesses and enterprises of all sizes develop a coherent and…