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A2Z Security Group NewsAugust Archive
Mixed health and safety messages confuse small businesses
- Saturday, August 29, 2009
- A recent report from an independent advisory group set up by the Prime Minister has found that many small organisations are uncertain and confused about health and safety.
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CCTV end users don't know if systems are compliant - survey
- Thursday, August 27, 2009
- Almost half of CCTV end users don’t know if their system has been installed in line with UK Home Office guidelines.
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First Corporate Manslaughter trial date is set
- Thursday, August 27, 2009
- The first trial to be brought under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 will open in Bristol Crown Court on February 23 2010 and is expected to last six weeks.
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Bosses crack down on social networks amid leaks
- Wednesday, August 26, 2009
- Companies are cracking down on employees’ use of social networks and increasingly are tracking their e-mails in an attempt to stop secrets leaking out.
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CCTV in the spotlight: one crime solved for every 1,000 cameras
- Tuesday, August 25, 2009
- The effectiveness of CCTV as a weapon against crime was thrown into doubt yesterday after figures showed only one crime per year is solved in London for every 1,000 cameras
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Business urged to encrypt all laptops and smartphones
- Tuesday, August 18, 2009
- The Information Commissioner’s Office is urging businesses to encrypt all laptops and smartphones that contain any personal information.
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The day I came face to face with our surveillance state
- Monday, August 17, 2009
- A quarter of a century has passed since 1984, the titular year of George Orwell’s novel which described a world constantly spied upon by an all-powerful dictator, the fearsome Big Brother.
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Appeal For Anti-Terrorist Gadgets
- Friday, August 14, 2009
- An appeal for inventors to develop anti-terrorist gadgets has been launched by the government.
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Businesses fear redundancy revenge
- Friday, August 14, 2009
- New research has suggested that small business owners are fearful of making redundancies because of concerns about being sued by staff out for revenge.
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UPS takes remedial action following data loss
- Thursday, August 13, 2009
- UPS, the parcel service and global transportation and logistics business, has taken remedial action, including the encryption of all its UK laptops and smartphone devices, following a breach of the Data Protection Act last year.
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Preparing for the eDisclosure time bomb
- Wednesday, August 12, 2009
- As businesses communicate and share information in more ways than ever before, whether by email, instant messaging (IM), blogging, and social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, the amount of electronically stored information (ESI) is skyrocketing to record highs.
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Hackers and malware developers are turning their attentions to the smartphone
- Wednesday, August 12, 2009
- How safe is your mobile, wireless laptop or PDA?
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Tories unveil NHS database plans
- Tuesday, August 11, 2009
- The Conservatives have promised huge cost savings for the NHS by scrapping government plans for a central database of patient records.
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Snoop power is used 1,400 times a day to intercept private data
- Monday, August 10, 2009
- Britain has “sleepwalked into a surveillance society”, it was claimed last night after figures disclosed that public bodies had obtained access to private telephone and e-mail records about 1,400 times a day.
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3 million pound fine for losing data
- Friday, August 07, 2009
- HSBC has been fined £3 million pound for failing to protect data.
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Friends Use Reg E to Rip Off Banks
- Friday, August 07, 2009
- Four friends from NYU are charged with taking advantage of a Reg E clause stipulating stolen funds must be repaid to the “victim” if the card is reported lost or stolen within 10 days.
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Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes
- Friday, August 07, 2009
- Money moves fast and can be gone for good in ACH fraud
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