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Single system speeds police access to data

Single system speeds police access to data

South Wales force gains complete visibility of related case records.
Lisa Kelly Jul 13 2006 2:40PM Storage
Sensitive FBI data hacked

Sensitive FBI data hacked

A former government consultant breached sensitive portions of the FBI's classified computer system to obtain the passwords of 38,000 employees – including that of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, according to a report today in the Washington Post.
Frank Washkuch Jul 6 2006 6:38PM Security
UK firms gamble with customer data

UK firms gamble with customer data

Just under half of UK IT directors are breaking the Data Protection Act and putting customer data at risk, according to a study by IT management firm Compuware.
Matt Chapman Jul 5 2006 10:00AM Software
Applications testing breaches data law

Applications testing breaches data law

Firms that test apps using live customer data could be failing the Data
Protection Act.
James Murray Jul 4 2006 9:45AM Software
White House orders feds to improve data security

White House orders feds to improve data security

The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has ordered government agencies to improve their security controls within 45 days.
Ericka Chickowski Jun 28 2006 10:44PM Security
Active duty servicemen also affected by massive VA data breach

Active duty servicemen also affected by massive VA data breach

Active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces may also have had their personal information compromised in last month’s breach of the personal data of 26.5 million veterans.
Frank Washkuch Jun 5 2006 7:39PM Security
Personnel shakeup at VA follows data breach

Personnel shakeup at VA follows data breach

Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson made a series of personnel changes this week following last month’s theft of the personal data of more than 26.5 million veterans.
Frank Washkuch Jun 1 2006 7:06PM Security
University of Texas suffers second data breach in three years

University of Texas suffers second data breach in three years

More than 197,000 personal records were exposed in a security breach at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, school officials said this week.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 26 2006 6:07AM Security
Holographic breakthrough boosts data encryption and storage

Holographic breakthrough boosts data encryption and storage

Japanese scientists have predicted a bright future for holographic data encryption and storage, promising that holographic technology could be developed to allow massive amounts of encrypted data to be accessed at very high speeds.
William Eazel Apr 18 2006 10:33AM Security
U.K. firms fail to encrypt data

U.K. firms fail to encrypt data

U.K. businesses are failing to adopt the security controls needed to protect customers' information, according to the 2006 Department of Trade and Industry's biennial Information Security Breaches Survey.
William Eazel Apr 12 2006 10:24AM Security
EPIC wants fraudulent data collection overruled

EPIC wants fraudulent data collection overruled

A leading privacy organization took lawyers to task over the use of data collected by fraudulent means.
Ericka Chickowski Feb 23 2006 9:54PM Security
Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

A Florida man convicted of one of the largest data-intrusion crimes ever committed was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison.
Dan Kaplan Feb 23 2006 9:37PM Security
ADI rebrands for 2006 growth

ADI rebrands for 2006 growth

Advanced Data Integration has welcomed the new year with the announcement of a new growth strategy.
Staff Writers Jan 10 2006 2:54PM Software
Marriott customer data missing

Marriott customer data missing

A division of the Marriott International hotel empire has notified more than 200,000 clients of back-up security tapes missing from the company’s Orlando corporate offices.
Frank Washkuch Dec 28 2005 8:31PM Security
Fortune 100 sites leaking sensitive data

Fortune 100 sites leaking sensitive data

The websites of many Fortune 100 firms host publicly accessible files that reveal potentially sensitive metadata and other hidden information such as user names and email addresses, newly published research has revealed.
William Eazel Dec 16 2005 9:25AM Security
So much stolen data, so little time

So much stolen data, so little time

Data breaches have, so far, been rarely used for financial fraud, a new study on recent incidents has shown.
Frank Washkuch Dec 12 2005 9:49PM Security
Senate to consider data privacy act

Senate to consider data privacy act

A new data privacy bill took a step towards becoming law this month when it was forwarded by a U.S. Senate committee.
Frank Washkuch Nov 28 2005 9:49PM Security
Backup encryption failures leave data in peril

Backup encryption failures leave data in peril

Potentially sensitive corporate data is being placed unnecessarily at risk because less than a quarter of companies currently encrypt their backup tapes, newly published research has claimed.
William Eazel Nov 24 2005 10:28AM Security
Consumers teach companies a lesson for losing data

Consumers teach companies a lesson for losing data

Customers are "actively punishing" companies that lose their confidential and private information, research published today has claimed.
William Eazel Nov 16 2005 12:08PM Security
Microsoft urges US government to revamp data privacy laws

Microsoft urges US government to revamp data privacy laws

Microsoft has called on the US government to implement a "comprehensive legislative approach" to the issue of data privacy.
William Eazel Nov 4 2005 12:29PM Security

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