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Apple iTunes Plus 'recording user data'

Apple iTunes Plus 'recording user data'

Songs reported to store buyers' account info covertly.
Shaun Nichols Jun 1 2007 6:57AM Software
Companies warned over Internet data

Companies warned over Internet data

Google investigation on data retention causes unease.
Clement James May 30 2007 11:55AM Security
USB - the Achilles' heel of data security

USB - the Achilles' heel of data security

Few can imagine going back to a world without tools for mobility. The ability to access and process digital information with laptops and other handheld devices has forever changed our lives.
Peter Larsson, May 29 2007 4:40PM Security
US feds to cut use of Social Security numbers

US feds to cut use of Social Security numbers

Amid an avalanche of federal data breaches, agencies have been ordered to eliminate the unnecessary collection of personal information, including Social Security numbers.
Dan Kaplan May 25 2007 9:57AM Security
UK watchdog: Data sharing risks must be addressed

UK watchdog: Data sharing risks must be addressed

Local authorities must consider the benefits and risks to the public before sharing personal data between departments or other agencies, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has warned.
Fiona Raisbeck May 25 2007 9:53AM Security
Los Alamos beefs up security in wake of data breach

Los Alamos beefs up security in wake of data breach

The theft of classified information by a contractor's former employee has forced the Los Alamos National Laboratory to implement a variety of tactical and strategic security policies commonly found in a private enterprise.
Jim Carr May 23 2007 10:09AM Security
Long term data integrity and compliance tips

Long term data integrity and compliance tips

As 90 per cent of a company's data is located near- or online, long-term data integrity and protection requirements are becoming increasingly important, especially when facing compliance audits.
Robert Sims, May 15 2007 4:27PM Security
NTT DoCoMo claims flat-rate data success

NTT DoCoMo claims flat-rate data success

Ten million sign up in Japan for stress-free mobile internet.
Simon Burns May 14 2007 4:20PM Telco/ISP
Study: Firms failing to train staff on data security

Study: Firms failing to train staff on data security

More than half of organisations are failing to train their employees on how to manage sensitive data putting their customers' security at risk, according to the latest research by ARMA International.
Fiona Raisbeck May 11 2007 10:00AM Security
Union sues TSA over data breach

Union sues TSA over data breach

A federal employee union has filed suit against the Transportation Security Administration over a lost external hard drive that contained the personal information of some 100,000 workers.
Dan Kaplan May 11 2007 12:55AM Security
Four steps to guard against data leakage from the endpoint

Four steps to guard against data leakage from the endpoint

The influx of inexpensive storage media — from MP3 players and PDAs to USB thumb drives and external hard drives — in today's enterprise facilitates the dissemination of information further and further away from the enterprise core, and attackers are writing increasingly complex, customised malicious code designed to compromise a company's proprietary information.
Dennis Szerszen, May 7 2007 5:11PM Security
Data centres running out of space and power

Data centres running out of space and power

Report claims high density devices to blame for capacity crisis.
Robert Jaques May 1 2007 11:50AM Storage
Mobile phone users oblivious to data threats

Mobile phone users oblivious to data threats

Most mobile phone users do not take data security seriously.
Matt Chapman Apr 27 2007 2:50PM Telco/ISP
Road warriors offered data protection

Road warriors offered data protection

Steganos offering secure data on the road.
Clement James Apr 27 2007 1:00PM Security
Red Hat targets stovepiped data

Red Hat targets stovepiped data

MetaMatrix acquisition lets companies add metadata to legacy apps.
Tom Sanders Apr 26 2007 4:00PM Software
Analysis: hackers eye up fibre optic data networks

Analysis: hackers eye up fibre optic data networks

Security risk should not be underestimated.
Staff Writers Apr 26 2007 3:50PM Security
Opinion: Alice in “Quality” land

Opinion: Alice in “Quality” land

When confronted with the problem of how to address issues of data quality (DQ) many organisations face a similar dilemma to Alice during her travels in Wonderland; “I know that I need to do something, but I don’t know where to start”.
Staff Writers Apr 26 2007 12:14PM Software
McAfee: Data breach will cause major corporate collapse

McAfee: Data breach will cause major corporate collapse

More than a third of IT professionals believe a major accidental or malicious leak of sensitive corporate data could threaten the future of their business, according to the latest research from McAfee.
Fiona Raisbeck Apr 26 2007 9:51AM Security
Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world

Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world

We used to live in an analog world. We played records, radio stations had static interference, we flattened out dollar bills to work in vending machines and we anguished over hanging chads. Sure, everything was converted into bits and bytes in the end, but the world we interacted with was a physical one.
Richard Moulds, Apr 12 2007 4:12PM Security
US retailer TK Maxx's data theft danger 'over hyped'

US retailer TK Maxx's data theft danger 'over hyped'

Card details without the security number are of little use on the internet or
phone, argues expert.
Clement James Apr 4 2007 11:16AM Security

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