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When will organizations pay for data breaches?
Insight perspective More than a year after appearing in U.K. statute books, the watchdog's power to fine for data breaches is not yet operational. One lawyer urges those involved not to lose momentum.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Outsourcing, disc, compliance, financial, financial service, data protection
Indian tech giants to transform UK government?
News A U.K. parliamentary group formed recently to bolster trade links between the two countries, are introducing executives from outsourcing powerhouses such as HCL, Infosys and TCS to British MPs and civil servants.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company, Britain, Government
1980s computers hold up UK taxman's hunt
News Outdated computer systems have resulted in a 16.2 million backlog of people in the United Kingdom who waiting to be checked manually to see if they are paying the right amount of tax.
Tags: Taxes, Backlog, computer, insurance, tax credit, job, U.K., revenue, spokesman, tax
Government data breaches have eroded public trust
News The British Computer Society has lashed out at the government, saying its poor data-control practices have harmed people's trust in information sharing.
Tags: Security, Data security, Trust, Survey, public sector, U.K., Security, Data security, HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC
Over 600 HMRC staff disciplined for data infractions
News HM Customs & Revenue has reprimanded over 600 staff since 2005 for data-protection breaches, including 11 'major' incidents.
Tags: Data security, Security, customer information, chancellor, financial, bank, Microsoft Office, data protection, data security, secretary
Business users left out of BT's 0845, 0870 bonanza
News The telecoms provider will no longer charge consumers extra for calling numbers beginning with 0845 or 0870, but business customers will still have to pay extra.
Tags: Cellular phones, Microsoft Corp., British Telecommunications, Spokesperson, bank, Oracle Corp., customer service, managing director, pricing strategy, Benefit
Execs should be jailed for data loss
News Over a third of respondents voted jail time as the most favored punishment for data loss, according to a new poll.
Mafia insiders infiltrating firms, U.K. cops warn
News U.K.'s crime-fighting agency says organized crime gangs are planting people inside companies to attack their systems.
Tags: Security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Legal
US govt: Treat personal data 'like toxic waste'
News Computer scientists in the United States have advised organizations to be extremely cautious when handling information that can be used to identify individuals.
Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
News The Internet Service Providers' Association has published the nomination lists for the "hero and villain" categories at its annual awards.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions
Should data loss be made a criminal offense?
News The U.K. IT industry is divided over whether new laws are needed to make the reckless loss of personal information by public and private sector organizations a criminal offense.
Public confidence shaken by data breaches
News The majority of U.K. citizens do not trust the government with their data following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach, according to security vendor Symantec.
Tags: Security Management, Business security
Soca game for US$740M tech revamp
News The Serious Organised Crime Agency in the United Kingdom is embarking on a project to integrate about 50 IT systems, which it expects to commence in 2010.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Authentication and encryption, Data security, Firewalls, Viruses and worms, Supplier, National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, Serious Organised Crime Agency, London
More data breaches to come, warns UK govt
News U.K. government departments are seven months into an ongoing process of cataloging all of the information they held for a "register of information assets", says official.
Tags: Data security, Hacking, Government, Data, Conference, Officer, Information Security, tax revenue, London, Silicon.com
TCS trims UK headcount by 10 percent
News Indian outsourcer TCS has reduced its UK workforce to 4,500 people as part of a cost-cutting drive, pulling back staff from delivery centers and customer offices in the United Kingdom to fill other posts in India.
Tags: Human resources, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Outsourcing, British Telecommunications, CRM, Outsourcing Company, Lakshmi, Sales, Consulting, public sector
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