Thursday 10 April 2014

More HES data breaches

http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/9345/hscic-admits-to-four-hes-data-breaches

HES data in Google Cloud

http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/ehi/9261/hes-data-handled-in-google-cloud

Wednesday 9 April 2014

Now even encryption isn't safe anymore

Luckily major social networks seem to were  unaffected (not saying they are safe or unsafe). this just highlights that you need to be careful when being active online.

http://news.sky.com/story/1239517/stay-off-the-internet-to-avoid-major-web-bug.

Nothing really new.

Wednesday 2 April 2014

Healthcare industry is becoming a more attractive target

http://blogs.deloitte.com/centerforhealthsolutions/2014/03/secure-vigilant-and-resilient-three-pillars-of-health-care-cyber-risk-protection.html?id=us:2sm:3tw:chsblog:awa:chs:040114:deloittehealth#.UzxyiMnTU0M

Records Management does not finish with leaving the office

Do you know what you left behind? http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2335122/ico-fines-kent-police-gbp100-000-for-leaving-interview-tapes-in-old-offices

Not knowing does not protect you from a fine

This case just shows again how important it is to be aware of what data your systems are handling and storing. Your website is a basically a database of pages which can include programmes that store data itself.

Abortion provider hit by data fine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26479985