ICS survey reveals broadening awareness but not through education - Consumer Tech

The survey also revealed that over the last 12 months, nearly half of respondents reported that their companies had experienced a data breach. Of these breaches, 58% were caused by a staff member, proportionally more a result of internal failure and ...

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SecurEnvoy: ICS research highlights mobile security technology - Phones Review

SecurEnvoy says ICS research highlights the need for easier security technology and commenting on research from the ICS, the Irish Computer Society, which found that almost 58 per cent of the data breaches were caused by staff, SecurEnvoy says that the ...

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Firms face tough new EU fines for data breaches - ZDNet UK

By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, 25 January, 2012 17:01 @tomespiner Businesses may be fined two percent of turnover for serious data breaches under tough new data-protection rules proposed by the European Commission. EU commissioner Viviane Reding has said ...

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Metropolitan Police email data breach hits 1000 - London24

The Met said it was reviewing how it carries out surveys in a bid to avoid similar mistakes being made in the future. The Information Commissioner's Office has been informed. The maximum potential fine for data breaches is £500000. police tape.

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Another council hit for repeated data protection breaches - UKauthorITy.com

The penalty is the first that the ICO has served against an organisation in Scotland, but it is not the first authority to be fined: over the past 12 months a further seven councils were fined a total of £640000 for breaching the Data Protection Act, ...

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Midlothian Council fined over data breaches - MidLothian Today

Midlothian Council has become the first Scottish organisation to be fined by the Information Commissioner's Office for five data breaches. The local authority has been fined £140000 after five incidents of disclosing personal data relating to children ...

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Blacknight hit with external security breach - Siliconrepublic.com

Hosting provider and domain registrar Blacknight has revealed it had been hit by a security breach. While no data was compromised, the breach may include client contact details, such as email addresses and phone numbers, the company confirmed.

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