This is interesting … many pieces of legislation in relation to data protection have some nod towards personal and directors responsibility in relation to non compliance, but seldom is the noose hung around an individuals neck. This changed a few days ago when the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged three executives for failing to [...]

There is a lot of interest at the moment in security, data loss prevention and data protection in general. While the media interest surrounding data breaches continues and reputations are slowly torn at the edges, some interesting things have happened recently that are pointing towards a very interesting future ahead for those of us involved [...]

Wednesdays announcement by the UK Information Commissioners office of its first public fines now shout loud and clear to leaders of organizations that the legislation is real, and penalties for not doing the right thing in relation to personal and sensitive data is considerably more than a slap on the wrist. Hertfordshire County Council was [...]