AAP reports: The NSW Auditor-General has called on the state government to rethink its electronic data security, saying it has failed to adequately protect the people’s private information. Despite a 2007 edict that all government agencies comply with international electronic security standards, Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat has found people’s information is still at risk of being…
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Data loss doubles in financial services sector
So as I was saying, breaches aren’t down in 2010. Almost twice as many financial services companies suffered information theft, loss or attack in the past 12 months than in the previous year, according to a new conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and security company Kroll. The report found that 42% of financial services…
Why I think Microsoft’s claims that breaches are down are seriously confounded
Ever since yesterday morning when I read that Microsoft reported that breaches involving data loss are down, it’s been a puzzlement because all of the data I’ve seen this year suggest that the number of breach reports are up. I think I’ve figured out how they came to what I see as an erroneous statement….
Data breaches plummet: Microsoft
Darren Pauli reports: Security breaches resulting in the loss of personal data have almost halved this year compared with 2009 figures, according to Microsoft. While theft, loss of equipment and reckless data disposal still account for the lion’s share of data breaches, total incidents have fallen by some 46 percent in the first half of 2010 compared…
A third of Spanish hospitals breach the Data Protection Act
One in three Spanish hospitals are in breach of the Data Protection behave, disturbing research has revealed. Some 30 per cent of public hospitals have no measures in place to prevent the loss of, or unauthorised access to, patients’ data during transport or whilst filed. A further 40 per cent of state hospitals, and 15…
Most large companies seeing more hack attacks, survey shows
Ellen Messmer reports: Is this year turning out to be even worse for getting hacked than last year? That’s what a survey of 350 IT and network professionals would indicate, with large companies in particular reporting this to be worse than last in terms of suffering at least one network intrusion of their user machines,…