The Connected Business

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April 2012 issue

Cloud: Security features are usually available, but customers need to ask for them

Privacy: EU plans to introduce tougher data protection laws

Apr 24, 2012

Security tops boardroom agendas

Insiders are main cause of breaches

Spy looking through binoculars from pine branch ©Dreamstime Apr 24, 2012

Industrial IT espionage: There is no silver bullet

Education, filters at the perimeter, testing and constant vigilance are the watchwords

businessman with smartphone ©Dreamstime Apr 24, 2012

Personal devices: A tough challenge for IT departments

The multitude of devices and apps, provide many opportunities for fraudsters and hackers

Apr 24, 2012

Cloud: A case of caveat emptor

Security features are usually available from cloud providers, but customers need to ask for them

Zappos boxes stacked high in a warehouse ©Pat McDonogh Apr 24, 2012

Reputation management: ‘Don’t play the victim’

If your customer data are breached be contrite and transparent, not defensive or evasive

European flags ©EPA Dec 12, 2012

Reporting breaches: EU tightens rules

Organisations will have 24 hours to tell regulators and customers

Total's Elgin PUQ platform ©PA Apr 24, 2012

FT Bowen Craggs Index: Corporate Web Effectiveness 2012

An annual ranking of business websites finds much still to be done

Apr 24, 2012

Trends of the year: FT Bowen Craggs Index 2012

The FT Bowen Craggs Index 2012 of corporate web effectiveness

Apr 24, 2012

Methodology: FT Bowen Craggs Index

The FT Bowen Craggs 2012 Index ranks 81 very large web estates

Citi sign ©Alamy Apr 24, 2012

Cybersecurity policies: Start with basic office procedures

Even well intentioned employees can circumvent controls by a lax approach to passwords

Apr 24, 2012

Chief information security officer: Role requires social skills

ISOs tend to be advisers to the board rather than sitting on the board

Apr 24, 2012

Privacy: ‘Security should be embedded in data’

The European Union plans to introduce tougher data protection laws

Apr 24, 2012

Perspectives: Unsatisfactory IT security practices

Email is the Achilles heel of many organisations, as hackers and criminal gangs seek to trick them into giving away precious data

Apr 24, 2012

Advanced persistent threats: ‘like jewel thieves’

The perpetrator usually wants a specific piece of information and will keep coming back