BT is being investigated by the UK’s data authority after a whistleblower claimed the company “exposed user credentials en masse”. BT is moving seven million customers to its new email service, away from Yahoo. It is understood that vulnerabilities were discovered while the new email system was in its testing phase last year, and that […]
The British Pregnancy Advice Service (BPAS), a charity that offers help and advice to women considering a termination of pregnancy, has been served a £200,000 penalty following the data breach that revealed almost 10,000 users’ details to a hacker. The hacker, James Jeffery (previously jailed for 32 months in April 2012 for hacking the same […]
Head of Europol’s cybercrime centre (Troels Oerting), has issued a warning that people should send personal data only across networks that they trust. He said the warning was motivated by the growing number of attacks being carried out via public wi-fi, “We have seen an increase in the misuse of wi-fi, in order to steal […]
URM is delighted to announce that with URM’s support, Telstra Global EMEA has become the first organisation in the UK to be recommended for accredited transition to ISO 27001:2013 by its certification body. This reflects the hard work and dedication of the Telstra Global EMEA team, that quickly realised the benefits of transitioning to the new […]
The ICO has begun its public consultation on new guidance on data protection and the media. The draft guidance has been developed following Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendation that the Information Commissioner develops specific and comprehensive guidance on the application of the Data Protection Act to the press. The deadline for responses to the consultation on […]
Investigations have been launched after a report that thousands of confidential files with Barclays Bank customers details had been stolen and sold. The Mail on Sunday said an anonymous whistleblower had handed it a memory stick with the personal data of 2,000 Barclays customers, saying information on a further 25,000 was also available. The files are said […]
URM has an upcoming ISO 27001 seminar in Leeds on 25 March 2014. To read more about what’s included in URM’s seminar’s, please see here
Ensuring Your Information Security Management System (ISMS) Scope is Appropriate for ISO 27001:2013? With the introduction of ISO 27001:2013 and changes being made to scoping requirements and the ‘context of the organization’, establishing an appropriate and meaningful scoping statement has taken on greater importance. With this in mind, URM has produced a ‘Viewpoint’ document providing […]
URM has an upcoming ISO 22301 seminar in Reading on 13 February 2014. To read more about what’s included in URM’s seminar’s, please see here
