Consumerisation of IT unstoppable, says Orange
The consumerisation of IT is an unavoidable phenomenon that will force businesses to rethink their security policies and empower their employees, according to telecommunications giant Orange.
The consumerisation of IT is an unavoidable phenomenon that will force businesses to rethink their security policies and empower their employees, according to telecommunications giant Orange.
NASA has revealed that 10 computers used for its space shuttle program were sold to the public without being wiped of sensitive data.
Publicly-funded, local "digital hubs" will help all areas of the UK to have access to superfast broadband by 2015, the government has announced.
Security expert Bruce Schneier has called for governments to establish 'hotlines' between their cyber commands, much like the those between nuclear commands, to help them battle against cyber attacks.
Selling the UK GCHQ's (Government Communications Headquarters') expertise is one of the options the British government is considering for bridging the gap between the public and private sectors' intelligence capabilities."
TalkTalk, the Internet Service Provider (ISP), is set to trial a malware detection system, called Virus Alerts, with some of its customers.
The University of Warwick has awarded a contract for a new Linux-based High Performance Computing (HPC) facility to OFC.
A computer hacker who posed as a student to access a university computer room and steal the passwords of hundreds of students' email accounts was sentenced yesterday.
The UK High Court has ruled that a company is only deemed responsible for the public broadcast of online information in the country in which the data-hosting server sits, not in all countries where the data can be accessed.
The Department of Health (DH) has revealed it spent £10.1 million on information security architects over the past four years, mostly for the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsId=19642">£13bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT)</a>.
The <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/17057/socitm-public-sector-needs-innovation-to-overcome-budget-cuts/">Public Sector Network</a> (PSN), a secure private network for the public sector, has 'huge potential' to provide savings through shared infrastructure and services, Socitm has said.
Defence Minister Nick Harvey will be stressing the significance of the cyber attack threat to the UK in a speech at Chatham House today.
The public sector has greater awareness of data protection than large private businesses, a survey from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has revealed.
From 1 November, travellers on the London Underground will be able to access Wi-Fi internet from their smart phones or laptops as part of a six-month trial.
The Information Commissioner's Office has found a healthcare recruitment agency in breach of the Data Protection Act after it lost doctors' personal data that ended up being sold online.