Comments on: One In Five Businesses Break The Data Protection Act http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/one-in-five-businesses-break-the-data-protection-act-1025 Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stuart Hodkinson, UK General Manager, Courion http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/one-in-five-businesses-break-the-data-protection-act-1025#comment-140 Stuart Hodkinson, UK General Manager, Courion Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:24:50 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/one-in-five-businesses-break-the-data-protection-act-1025#comment-140 It?s no wonder that almost one in five businesses in the UK has breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) at least once, in fact in reality it is probably more than that. Recent research we have undertaken ourselves shows how a large proportion of IT managers are largely unaware of which employees have access to which systems. If you don?t know who has access to your system that how do you know that you are plugging all the potential holes? The time for over confidence has passed. It is important for IT Managers to start undertaking regular audits of their systems, ensuring that employees have access to only the information they need to do their jobs. Otherwise the DPA will continue to be breached, whether accidently or through malicious intent. Stuart Hodkinson, UK General Manager, Courion (www.courion.com) It?s no wonder that almost one in five businesses in the UK has breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) at least once, in fact in reality it is probably more than that. Recent research we have undertaken ourselves shows how a large proportion of IT managers are largely unaware of which employees have access to which systems. If you don?t know who has access to your system that how do you know that you are plugging all the potential holes? The time for over confidence has passed. It is important for IT Managers to start undertaking regular audits of their systems, ensuring that employees have access to only the information they need to do their jobs. Otherwise the DPA will continue to be breached, whether accidently or through malicious intent.

Stuart Hodkinson, UK General Manager, Courion (www.courion.com)

]]> By: Mike http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/one-in-five-businesses-break-the-data-protection-act-1025#comment-138 Mike Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:57:50 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/one-in-five-businesses-break-the-data-protection-act-1025#comment-138 Nonsense. Walk around your office, can you see any personal data to which you should not have access - on a desk, in the bin perhaps? The mindset of employees still has not been focussed on security. Sure, there are organisations with a great focus on security but where did that statistic come from? <a href="http://infosecrecy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://infosecrecy.blogspot.com/</a> Nonsense. Walk around your office, can you see any personal data to which you should not have access – on a desk, in the bin perhaps? The mindset of employees still has not been focussed on security. Sure, there are organisations with a great focus on security but where did that statistic come from?

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