Data breaches are constantly making headlines these days, and one of the most serious of recent times was the breach suffered by Sony back in 2011 when the details of nearly a quarter of a million users were accessed on its PlayStation Network. The seriousness of the breach led the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) handing […]
If your employees use company mobiles, are you certain that they are not putting your sensitive business data at risk? Is your data and IT recycling and destruction policy up to date? Many companies now provide phones to their employees. However, a mobile phone can contain a lot of sensitive data including personal data that […]
Apple has become the latest big name to suffer a data breach after a security researcher from Turkey found a system flaw that allowed him to access information of individual developers in Apple’s developer portal. As many as 275,000 developers could have been affected, and Apple warned that their information may have been stolen, including […]
If you handle sensitive data in your office, as the majority of businesses do, you may be tempted to buy a basic paper shredder and use this to destroy your sensitive documents. However, there are a number of problems with doing this, and it is always better to use a professional secure shredding service to […]
Identity theft is big business all over the world. This US infographic shows some stats from across the pond on how Americans are affected by it. They’re also just as keen on being kind to the environment as us Brits. Get a locked container in your office and you can fill it with all your […]
CIFAS recently announced that there have been 96,000 confirmed cases of fraud in the UK between January and May 2013, with 60,000 of them relating to identity fraud. This vast number of incidents should be a warning to people to be even more vigilant against becoming victims of crime. The UK’s fraud prevention service released […]
Most people know about the dangers posed by viruses when we go online or download software from the internet, and this is why anti-virus software is so important. But what about downloading apps to mobile phones? McAfee, which provides one of the most popular anti-virus products on the market, recently issued a warning about downloading […]
Computers in the workplace often store very sensitive data on them, the sort of data that you would not want to be seen by anyone outside the company. Your computer may even store some personal details of your clients and staff – and if you don’t keep that confidential the ICO would be more than […]
Online privacy is a big issue at the moment. The revelations by the whistleblower Edward Snowden about the NSA’s data-gathering activities have caused a huge storm across the globe, and people are more concerned about their privacy being invaded than ever before. One reason people are more worried is because they are storing greater amounts […]
Many businesses live in fear of suffering from a serious data breach, knowing that the damage caused could be very disruptive. Companies worry about their sensitive data getting into the wrong hands for all kinds of reasons, including competitors getting access to their new product information and the problems that can be caused by the […]