Critics raising privacy concerns over a new NHS database that will extract patient data from GP systems are just "peddling scaremongering myths", according to medical research organisations.
Derek du Preez |
22 Feb |
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NHS England officials are holding crisis talks over the introduction of a new database that extracts patient records from GP systems, as criticism mounts over the organisation's handling of the launch, its approach to informing the public about their options and privacy concerns.
Derek du Preez |
18 Feb |
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CGI has announced the appointment of Andrew Rogoyski, previously a senior advisor to the Cabinet Office, as the company's director of cyber security services.
Derek du Preez |
29 Jan |
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Nearly 100,000 customers of Staysure have had their personal details compromised after the travel insurance company suffered a cyber attack towards the end of last year.
Derek du Preez |
06 Jan |
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The Department for Work and Pensions blocked more than 28,000 attempted visits from 36 different countries to the Universal Credit online service in the last three months.
Derek du Preez |
20 Dec |
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Salesforce.com, one of the largest public cloud companies in the world, has strongly denied that there has been any trust repercussions with enterprise customers after the revelations regarding the US' mass surveillance programme, PRISM.
Derek du Preez |
20 Nov |
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CESG, the information security arm of GCHQ, has announced the companies that are going to be responsible for cleaning up and responding to some of the UK's most serious cyber attacks.
Derek du Preez |
16 Nov |
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Oil giant BP is currently having a "big internal debate" about how it can lock down personal computers without losing out on flexibility for employees, as a direct result of the increasing threat of cyber attacks.
Derek du Preez |
13 Nov |
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Security services firm G4S has revealed plans to implement a new global strategy for the company's technology, where CEO Ashely Almanza claims that there are "pockets of excellence" that are currently untapped and have the potential to bring in additional revenues.
Derek du Preez |
06 Nov |
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A leading loyalty card provider based in Ireland has suffered a systems breach as a result of a cyber attack, potentially impacting thousands of customers.
Derek du Preez |
06 Nov |
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The UK minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries has urged Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to continue investing in the UK, despite recent scrutiny and security concerns.
Derek du Preez |
06 Nov |
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has officially launched a criminal investigation into both G4S and Serco over their handling of the government's electronic tagging contract.
Derek du Preez |
04 Nov |
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The Cabinet Office has announced a reduction in the number of Whitehall security classification levels from six to just three: Top Secret, Secret, and Official.
Derek du Preez |
18 Oct |
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The recently launched National Crime Agency (NCA) has ordered more than 10 websites be taken offline after it was found that they were trying to deceive members of the public into losing much or all of their pension savings.
Derek du Preez |
18 Oct |
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Chancellor George Osborne has said that despite other western countries making it difficult for Huawei to do business abroad, such as the United States, Britain will remain open to investment from the Chinese networking giant.
Derek du Preez |
15 Oct |
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