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Businesses Not Fully Appreciating Lessons from 2011 Data Breaches

On May 9, 2012   /   Money and Business   /   Leave a comment

A new study of UK businesses conducted by SafeNet, Inc. reveals a mixed picture of how effectively UK businesses are protecting critical data and applications. While data breaches perpetuated during 2011 clearly demonstrated the need for more comprehensive encryption of business and customer data, SafeNet’s survey of over 170 IT managers with security responsibilities in UK businesses revealed that valuable and sensitive data held inside the perimeter walls of many systems are not necessarily being secured by effective and comprehensive encryption strategies.

SafeNet believes its research provides unique insight into how encryption is currently being implemented within the information technology infrastructure of many UK businesses. When asked how they are currently using encryption, the leading answer of those IT managers polled was for protecting endpoints (82.2%), suggesting the threats from lost or stolen devices with unencrypted data are better understood.

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One in six organisations have fired an employee due to social media posts

On May 2, 2012   /   Money and Business   /   Leave a comment

SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of email and web security software have today announced the results of their survey on corporate social media usage. The results show that 87% of companies would consider firing an employee if they posted something confidential about the company on a social media site, while not surprisingly, only 16% of companies think it is ok to use social media for personal use at work.

These results mirror a recent study from Osterman Research which outlines real world corporate behaviour, the research found that one in six companies have dismissed an employee due to something they posted on various social media outlets. High profile examples of people who lost their jobs because of something they posted online include Pizza chain Domino employees who uploaded videos of them playing around with customers’ food on YouTube[1] and a Bishop who was suspended for negative comments about the British royal wedding[2].

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European businesses complacent with sensitive information

On March 31, 2012   /   Money and Business   /   Leave a comment

Data breaches will continue to expose European businesses to unnecessary risk and damage business reputations unless action is taken now to improve the management and protection of sensitive business information, reveals a new report by Iron Mountain and PwC. The study highlights an urgent need for a change in employee behaviour and a cultural shift among senior executives if organisations are to overcome the complacency, negligence and lack of shared responsibility uncovered by the study.

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Information security top of the business training agenda

On March 26, 2012   /   Money and Business, Security News   /   Leave a comment

Information security training is topping the business agenda across multiple departments according to a list of the 2011 Top 100 course take-ups published by e-learning giant SkillSoft.

The ‘An introduction to Information security’ course was second only to the ‘Fundamentals of Networking’ in the breakdown of the 100 most popular courses in the IT field, which points to a significant shift in the value businesses are placing on the security of their corporate data.

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UK IT Departments Compromised by Lack of Capacity

On March 9, 2012   /   Computer Security, Money and Business, Security News   /   Leave a comment

MTI, the specialist cloud infrastructure consultancy and integrator has found that 44% of IT professionals working in the UK feel that their team has not been given the capacity to accommodate increased demands placed on them, with only 11% able to say that they are fully resourced. The survey, which canvassed the opinions of over 100 IT professionals from around the UK found that reduction of capex budgets (49%), increasing volumes of data (48%) and demand for new technologies, such as cloud (43%), were among the biggest challenges that IT departments are tackling.

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