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Welcome to the February edition of "Oops!"
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"..offering a few People Security New Year's Resolutions".

The Secure Line...

In a speech at the annual e-Crime Congress last year, David Davis, The Shadow Home Secretary, criticised the way the government was dealing with data security issues saying its strategic approach has managed at one and the same time to create systems that are valuable, vulnerable and attractive to attack. However, rather than suggestions of Cyber Czars, instead, the Government has quietly and progressively introduced a policy which is having a considerable affect on businesses throughout the UK and abroad with its backing of the international security standard ISO27001. This is having a profound affect even in the credit crunch where individuals are trying anything to win business.This month’s first article, “Why Suddenly Everyone is Jumping Aboard the ISO27001 Train” , considers why business leaders are falling over themselves to embrace this standard whilst its predecessor hardly left the buffers. Wendy Goucher, senior associate stipulates some golden rules which should be understood prior to the rush to implement.

In our second article, “The Crunch helps Security- or does it?”, we remind our readers to caution staff about some of the most obvious places employees divulge sensitive information, the importance of a good NDA and how to dispose of information safely. Most importantly what are our Economic security crunch Tips.

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Why Suddenly Everyone is Jumping on the ISO27001 Train

The government sneezes, drops its USB key and business catches a cold! 2008 was not a good time for information Security.

The man on the Clapham Omnibus might have hoped that, as technology evolved exponentially, the ability to keep private things away from prying eyes, ears and fingers, would grow at about the same rate. But no, we are left with an operational information process that, in many cases is about as balanced as a 'Beano' Haggis -which to those sadly raised without the Beano is very uneven.

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The Crunch helps Security- or does it?

Statistics show that people have been traveling around on business less over the last 6 months.

This is good news because it means that there is less insecure working. However, don't let desperation to seal a deal lead to careless business practice.

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