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Analysts are predicting that the total global spend on security tools and software packages to protect and secure data will rise by the year’s end as the industry sees the effects of the economic turndown wane. Gartner reports that businesses and organisations will spend £10.6 billion on security in 2010, which equates to an 11 [...]

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), which was recently the subject of a data loss scandal involving the loss or theft of 340 laptops over a two year period, has said that it will be significantly improving the levels of security to which it subjects its data and portable devices. A spokesperson for the MoD said [...]

The organisation responsible for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has begun the process of analysing and updating the rules that aim to protect the private details of millions of consumers and businesses around the world. The PCI Security Standards Council announced that it would be reviewing the current standards and making [...]

The German government has been revealed as the latest international power to have voiced concerns over the way in which the encrypted email services used by BlackBerry smartphones and their contemporaries are handled, arguing that they pose a threat to national security because of the potential for data loss and security breaches. Canadian-based BlackBerry manufacturer [...]

Data storing service Evernote has admitted that it has lost data relating to over 6000 of its users from around the globe. The data loss occurred after a server failure last month and Evernote used its official blog to publish a statement from CEO Phil Libin, outlining the type and extent of the disaster. Mr [...]

The BBC has been forced to admit that it has lost nearly a quarter of a million pounds worth of laptops and smartphones over the last two years, although at this point, the cost of the resultant data loss is unknown. Security firm Absolute Software shed light on the high cost after it put in [...]

Research suggests that those at the very top of the food chain within a business are more likely to compromise the security and integrity of personal data and internal systems than those on a lower pay grade. The news comes from a report compiled by Dynamic Markets on behalf of security vendor Sourcefire, which lays [...]

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has spoken out about the allegedly spurious actions of many investigators who work in the UK on a freelance basis, with questions being raised over the way in which they gather both online data and paper data on their targets. The ICO is concerned that the regulations of the Data [...]

Security experts are warning that businesses cannot rely entirely on data protection platforms which operate on the cloud while neglecting their in-house security, as a combination of the two is believed to be the best solution to the problems of data loss and theft. Security vendor Network Box has published a report into security within [...]

Businesses and individuals are at risk of serious data loss and security breaches as a result of a new botnet running on the Zeus 2.0 platform that is gunning for internet users based in the UK, according to security vendor Trusteer. The main aim of the botnet is apparently to harvest data that will allow [...]