UK banks must demonstrate plans for shutdowns and cyber attacks
UK banks and other financial services firms have been given three months to explain how they can avoid damaging IT breakdowns and respond to the growing threat of cyber attacks….
Scottish Government announces support for charities and businesses to defend against cyber attacks
Scotland’s businesses and charities will be supported to put in place better protection against cyber attacks, the Scottish Government said. The private and third sector action plans on cyber resilience…
Assure APM partners with ZoneFox to provide security solution
Edinburgh-based IT cyber security and performance monitoring solutions company Assure APM has today announced its partnership with award winning Scottish cyber security company ZoneFox, the Scottish company behind a unique security solution that locks down insider threats. …
Facebook says data leak affected 87m, up from 50m, but user growth unaffected
Facebook has said that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from…
Russian accused of wide-ranging US hack is extradited, pleads not guilty
A Russian has pleaded not guilty to charges he hacked three US technology companies, potentially compromising personal details of more than 100 million users, including on LinkedIn, after being extradited…
UK information commissioner welcomes Facebook ending deals with data brokers
The UK’s Information Commissioner welcomed Facebook’s decision to end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network. Elizabeth Denham said in a…
Cambridge Analytica suspends chief executive as Facebook faces crisis over data
Cambridge Analytica, the firm used by Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign and currently embroiled in controversy over its use of Facebook data, has suspended its chief executive Alexander…
Facebook hires digital forensics experts to audit Cambridge Analytica’s servers
Facebook has hired Stroz Friedberg, the cybersecurity firm that worked with Yahoo and Sony after they were hacked, to conduct a comprehensive audit of Cambridge Analytica, the consultancy used by…
Data protection vacancies increase by four times the UK average
Data protection vacancies have increased by four times the UK average, according to an analysis, with 25% of the jobs advertised this year – just months before the General Data…
Scottish local government appoints chief information security officer
A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has been appointed to the Scottish Digital Office for Local Government to support local authorities in Scotland against the increasing risk of sophisticated cyber-attacks….
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