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Monday, July 11, 2011
Top 5 worries keeping IT pros up at night Among 1,400 U.S. CIOs polled, 24 per cent cited data security as the primary worry keeping them up at night, and 13 per cent said hardware and/or operating systems upgrades
Thursday, May 05, 2011
FTC settles data breach charges against two firms Data breaches in late 2009 exposed the personal information of 65,000 consumers, the FTC says. In proposed settlements, the FTC will require payroll and HR firm Ceridian and immigration law services firm Lookout Services to implement comprehensive information security programs
Friday, December 03, 2010
WikiLeaks incidents stoke IT security angst Lack of security controls and processes can make corporate IT vulnerable to the leaking of sensitive data to sites like WikiLeaks
Friday, July 23, 2010
Montreal firm updates database management system The CEO of Sand Technology says fast adoption of cloud computing means customers need workload scalability. What’s new in CDBMS 6 and why one analyst thinks the company is playing an interesting game with high stakes
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Business leaders overvalue data encryption: Study The gap between business and IT is still very wide when it comes to the realities of data security awareness, according to a new report. Find out why business managers are actually overrating data encryption
Friday, September 04, 2009
Canada’s CAs unveil SME-focused data breach guide While large enterprises often dominate the news coverage when it comes to data breaches, SMEs are targeted just as much. The Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants release a guide for smaller shops
Monday, October 06, 2008
TelstraClear embarks on PCI security project The money, which will be mostly put into auditing and verification, aims to tighten online security of credit card details and ensure customers their information is secure, particularly on the Web
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Hong Kong earmarks funds for patient data security After 10 incidents of data loss, with apparently no disclosures of patient information, the city has decided to spend just over US$4 million to improve information security
Monday, June 30, 2008
Data security sanctions imposed on U.K. government The Cabinet Office has published a range of mandatory measures to prevent a repeat of the data loss scandal that hit HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) last year. Any disc, USB stick or laptop containing sensitive information will have to be encrypted if they are taken out of Whitehall, as part of the government security technical measures published by the Cabinet Office.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Maybe cash isn't such a bad idea Maybe it's time for our cashless society to go back to using fewer cards and more dollar bills, at least until information security improves
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Ottawa urged to draft data breach notification law The University of Ottawa’s Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic says users deserve to be told more promptly of major IT security and privacy incidents. How to prevent TJX 2.0
Monday, June 11, 2007
ChoicePoint CIO details 'lessons learned' from data breach Few companies know as well as ChoicePoint the consequences of failing to secure the personal information of consumers
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Firms lose faith in security Fresh on the heels of a string of highly publicized corporate data breaches, 63 per cent of respondents to a new data security study said they did not believe they could prevent such breaches.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
India's IT industry to set up data security watchdog India's National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is setting up a watchdog organization that will focus on the introduction and monitoring of best data security and privacy practices in the country's IT services, call centre and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Security a big concern for Canadian consumers, businesses Most Canadians – from corporate decision-makers to consumers – believe their confidential data is at risk. That's a key finding of a national survey commissioned by Fusepoint Managed Services, Symantec Corp. and Sun Microsystems.
Monday, March 31, 2003
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Sunday, September 08, 2002
IT watchfulness rises, but budgets limit change Though IT professionals are now alert to the threat of terrorism, that threat generally hasn't pushed IT organizations to radically revamp their business continuity or data security plans, according to the results of an exclusive Computerworld online survey.
Monday, July 01, 2002
Security pros being rewarded Although these are hard times for many in the IT industry, the status of information security professionals is on the rise - at least based on how much they're getting paid.
Thursday, June 27, 2002
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