Podcast : The state of Information Security in UK

IBM has successfully built a prototype of a "software architecture" to help astronomers work with huge amounts of data delivered by the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) telescope.   This SKA telescope program is capable of...

In case you haven't heard about them, I thought I'd mention a collection of data breach reports that came out this week.  Looking for something to bring to the beach?  Here are some great options: My favorite is from...

The Information Commissioner has been notified of almost 100 data breaches by public and private sector organisations since the loss of 25 million people's details by HM Revenue and Customs last November, according to figures...

Gordon Rapkin, president and CEO of Protegrity, has come across every conceivable data security issue. Here he has highlighted the most common ones, along with some advice on resolving the problems.#1 – Not knowing who uses...

Data centres around the world are being tasked with storing ever-greater amounts of digital content. This burgeoning storage requirement drives many data centre managers to recommend that the business increase investment in...

Orthus Limited released the results from monitoring over 100,000 hours of user activity captured over the last year through the delivery of their unique Data Leakage Audit Service.The research analysed the ways in which users...

Google will shorten the length of time it keeps search data by six months in a proposed compromise with European data protection officials. The company said, though, that it could soon have to reverse its move.Google recently...

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd announced that research showed that almost half of people would take useful information and data with them to their next job. It is unlikely that anyone would stop them as three quarters of...

This article examines the elements associated with implementing an effective solution for remotely accessing and managing a modern data centre.More to Manage with Fewer PersonnelIT managers are under increasing pressure to...

If you follow the media today, you might get to a conclusion that data encryption is everywhere. However, is this “good” encryption? A classic saying “Encryption is easy; key management is hard” illustrates one of the pitfalls...

CommVault announced that it has extended its existing OEM agreement with Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. , to include CommVault ContinuousDataReplicator. Under the agreement, Hitachi...

Novell announced that it is previewing enhancements to its flagship security and identity management solutions, Sentinel 6 and Identity Manager 3.5, at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. These product releases will showcase new...

Raritan announced the immediate availability of eRIC(R) G4 - its next-generation KVM-over-IP PCI card for managing servers remotely. The new card - targeted at system integrators, ISPs and multi-site enterprises - provides...

The theft of a company laptop from one of Nationwide's employees a few months ago put the bank in hot water in terms of its customer data security. But, it was also a stark reminder to companies of the importance of backing up...

Content drives every domain of an organisation's success because it combines the knowledge of the employee base with the records of the organisation to provide a complete view of the customer. However, according to a survey...