UK Government to invest in Cyber Skills Training

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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced the creation of the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to help identify and fund initiatives designed to support the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Programme – a scheme designed to expand on the government’s cyber security training schemes. The new funding…

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Google Home’s latest data leak highlights the flaws of IoT

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As more and more businesses embrace the ‘power’ of the Internet of Things (IoT), Google Home’s latest ‘security breach’ highlights the flaws of IoT. Researchers for Tripwire Security, a security consultancy, found that a Home device’s physical location can be tracked and that Google’s live streaming functions can be hijacked…

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ICO rebukes police email blunder which ‘outed’ abuse victims

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Gloucestershire Police have been fined £80,000 after the ICO found that the identities of abuse victims had been revealed in a bulk email disclosure. The mistake occurred when a police officer used the “To” field as oppose to the “BCC” field when copying email addresses into a sensitive email. By…

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It’s good to talk, but not to spam… says ICO to BT

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The ICO have been less than charitable towards BT after a recent ICO spam investigation found a charitable campaign breached customer consent rules. BT have been fined £77,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Officer after an investigation found the company sent nearly five million “nuisance emails to customers”. The ICO found…

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