Utilities firms are to get an updated set of guidelines on coping with the Data Protection Act. The problem with utilities is that it's like turning an oil tanker around," Jones continued. ODPR hopes to have the latest guidelines completed by...
This leads to banks, telecoms operators and (to a lesser extent) utilities owning one of everything. For face-to-face channels, this meant developing a 'detached' client that would run on a laptop and that could be synchronised over a dial-up line...
According to Robert McLaws, President of Interscape Technologies, "Computer security is not just an IT concern, but as of right now the only way to get security bulletins is through their (Microsoft's) IT assistance channels.
The Department of Energy and other concerned agencies to develop best practices for securing distributed control systems, such as SCADA The strategy document still doesn't address criticism that its lack of regulations render it toothless.
Though written configuration hardening instructions have been available online for a while, it's nice to finally see this particular security tweak in Internet Explorer distributed to the masses, even if it's long overdue," he said.
Ensor explained: "[A]bout half of the UK's net users are either complacent or paranoid about online banking security - so UK banks still face big communication and security problems. Forrester said banks need to address customers' concerns and...