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 Posted by SecExtra on January 28th, 2008

Hot on the heels of our recent coverage about M&S losing thousands of Employees personal data files, The Ministry of Defence was forced to admit yesterday that three laptop computers containing personal details of hundreds of thousands of military recruits are missing. None of the data on the laptops was encrypted, and contained details of passport data, National Insurance and driver’s licence numbers, family details and NHS numbers for about 153,000 people who applied to join the armed forces. Richard Farnworth, General Manager, Enterprise Solutions, NEC UK comments:

“This latest announcement should certainly act as a wake up …

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 Posted by SecExtra on January 26th, 2008

Marks & Spencer have been found guilty of breaking data protection rules by failing to secure the personal details of some 26,000 employees. This breakdown in security happened when a Laptop was stolen during a burglary at a contractors house and the theives got away with pension arrangement details of the M&S staff.

Thefts are not uncommon, and often the data that goes missing on laptops was not the original target. Indeed it would also not be a bonus for any standard criminal as they likely do not know what they have in their hands and just look for the quick …

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 Posted by SecExtra on January 25th, 2008

Business & Scientific Services (BSS), an all-Ireland IT Solutions provider, has become a Value Added Reseller for BeCrypt. BSS will deliver BeCrypt’s entire range of data security products to customers in both public and commercial sectors.

The company felt that BeCrypt solutions stood out from competitive products with their ease of use, centrally managed platform, and the fact that they are endorsed by the leading standards for data security. The new agreement with BeCrypt will enable BSS to respond quickly to clients’ needs for secure solutions that support remote and mobile workforces as well as office based staff.

BSS will supply the …