Archive for July, 2009
IT managers under estimate the impact of data loss
by Rupert Beeby on Jul.27, 2009, under Industry News, data security, data security trends
In a surprising survey, seven per cent of respondents to a survey on data management believed data loss has a “high” impact on a business. This is one of the key findings of a survey launched in Hong Kong yesterday by Kroll Ontrack, a
US-based provider of data recovery solutions. The survey was conducted earlier this year by StollzNow Research. It asked IT managers from 945 small, medium and large companies in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia about their views and experiences related to data management.
If you want to read the full survey then go here -
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/061909-it-managers-under-estimate-the-impact.html (continue reading…)
Government pins its hopes on attack!
by Rupert Beeby on Jul.07, 2009, under Governemt, Industry News, Uncategorised, data security, data security trends, security policies
A little late in the reporting but a worthy story none the less is the story about the revised National Security Strategy which was published on the 25th June 2009 by the British Government. It includes, for the first time a public cyber security strategy. There will be a central strategic body set up named the Office of CyberSecurity (OCS). The OCS will be within the Cabinet Office which is supposed to run the strategy and work with industry. The group that will actually undertake operations will be the Cyber Security Operations Centre in GCHQ which for the first time will be offensive actions against hackers, cyber criminals and whoever else they decide is a threat.
This is a new departure for the Government which has taken a more passive stance. Gordon Brown said: “Just as in the 19th century we had to secure the seas for our national safety and prosperity, and the 20th century we had to secure the air, in the 21st century we also have to secure our position in cyber space in order to give people and businesses the confidence they need to operate safely there.”
Funds for this initiative are to come from existing intellignce groups. It would be interesting to see how this group will be measured to assess effectiveness. Will it be by number of threats thwarted or the amount of money that might have been compromised had the attack been successful: an arbitrary measure at the best of times? In addition, is this actually a strategy to thwart threats to our national security or to reduce the £53Billion of online fraud which benefit industry mostly. There is currently a shortage of skills in the security field so prices for staff will be high.
In a month or two this will be forgotten and another Government funded initiative will consume taxpayers money with little or nothing to show for it. Anyway if you want the full report from the Government then go to http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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