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Government experienced 11 database breaches last year
The Home Secretary has revealed 11 breaches of confidential databases in 2009 leading to disciplinary action for the unnamed staff.
Home Office: ID cards catch first illegal immigrant
The Home Office is singing the praises of its controversial identity card scheme, after the fingerprinting system caught its very first illegal...
Heathrow rolling out facial recognition tech
New facial recognition technology will be introduced at border control in Heathrow Airport next year.
Dodge Easter traffic with mobile updates
Traffic updates can now be checked straight from your mobile thanks to web upgrades by the Highways Agency.
More IT directors want to hire than fire
A survey by an employment agency has shown more IT directors are looking to hire staff than fire them, but not all the results look good.
Ability to seize personal data essential claims FBI
US law-enforcement agency claims that anti-terror work will be compromised if US legislature curbs its wide-ranging powers for obtaining private...
Police get mobile fingerprint scanners
Agency says scheme to check identities while mobile will save police time, but civil rights groups have called for a stop to plans until legal...
UN agency raises global concerns over public data security
International Telecommunication Union calls for vendors and regulators to address spiralling data security problems.
‘Climate of fear’ is best weapon against cyber crime
A member of the Serious Organised Crime Agency has claimed cyber criminals are best tackled through fear of prosecution.
EU investigates criminals targeting Skype calls
An EU agency is concerned about how criminals are using VoIP tech such as Skype, and wants to investigate the issue Europe-wide.
Google and NSA may team up on web security
The American National Security Agency could help Google look into the hacking attack most assume came from China.
Telecoms comes to aid of flood victims
UN telecoms agency uses satellite comms to help victims affected by severe flooding in Zambia<br/>
The Land Reg joins EU security group
UK government agency joins to commitment to secure computing following 12-month implementation of PKI security platform.<br/>
US-CERT warns of Acer laptop vulnerability
Computer security agency warns ActiveX control could allow hackers to take over Acer laptops.
Network OEM wins Reuters' market data services
New latency monitoring hardware and software system allows the news agency to speed up the delivery of key trading information to its financial...
OECD warns IT firms of tough year ahead
The international development agency joins the chorus of pessimistic predictions facing the global IT industry in the coming New Year.
ICO order fuels criminal record retention disagreement
ICO orders four Police forces to delete old criminal convictions, but governing agency defends right not to reply pending tribunal.
£10.8 million written off with e-passport system
The UK passport agency has dumped its long troubled and costly second-generation e-passport project.
Work laws threaten trouble for banking IT contractors
Changes to the EU Working Time Directive could impact the long term contracts of UK agency IT professionals in the banking industry.
Government agency denies tech monitoring plans
The Government Communciations Headquarters has denied developing technology to monitor all UK phone and internet use.
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