UK at greatest risk of identity fraud in Europe
The UK is at the greatest risk of identity fraud throughout Europe, according to new independent research. As National Identity Fraud Prevention Month starts, a taskforce of …
Police raids controversial Swedish web host, Pirate Bay site is down
The Pirate Bay’s website is unreachable and has been down for over a day now, prompting speculation that Monday’s police raid of the premises of Stockholm-based …
Inside SANS London 2012
Matt Anderson is the Director, EMEA at SANS Institute. In this interview he talks about SANS London 2012, Europe’s biggest and most important information security …
New cloud data protection guidelines
The Information Commissioner’s Office published guidelines that underline organisations’ sole responsibility for the protection of data, even if it has been …
EU-funded research to make the cloud greener
A special 3D microchip, being designed by an EU-funded research project, looks set to drastically cut the electricity and the installation costs of servers in cloud computing …
Facebook turns off facial recognition in Europe
Facebook has assented to keeping the facial recognition feature (“Tag Suggest”) for its European users off until European regulators allow it to be reinstated, and …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 35 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 35 has been released today. Table of contents: …
One third of European organizations refuse to implement BYOD
Imation released research which shows that German workers are most likely to follow rules around secure remote working, with 50% of German respondents saying that they always …
Cyber security strengthened at EU institutions
EU institutions have reinforced their fight against cyber threats by establishing the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-EU, on a permanent basis. This …
Networkless working: The future of the public sector?
It is no secret that the UK Government is still running at a significant loss. It is therefore no surprise that organisations are having to cut costs, and for the public …
UK data breaches up 1000% in five years
Imation today released figures obtained through a request under the Freedom of Information Act which show that data breach numbers in the UK have increased by more than 1000% …
Cyber incident reporting in the EU
ENISA took a snapshot of existing and future EU legislation on security measures and incident reporting. Their analysis underlines important steps forward, but also identifies …