News from the world of compliance and security.
- 14 Feb 2007
- Building Society fined over security breaches
- The UK Financial Services Authority has fined the Nationwide Building Society £980,000 following the theft of a laptop that contained confidential customer data. Full story from BBC >>
- 9 Feb 2007
- Bank fined for monitoring violations
- Nyse Regulation has fined Deutsche Bank Securities (DBS), the US arm of Germany's Deutsche Bank, $1.275 million for supervisory violations including the failure to monitor its computer systems and detect the misuse of confidential data. Full story from Finextra.com >>
- 26 Jan 2007
- FSA publishes MiFID rules
- The UK Financial Services Authority has published its Handbook text for MiFID, which takes effect on 1 November 2007. FSA press release >>
- 18 Dec 2006
- System administrator jailed for logic bomb
- A former systems administrator for UBS PaineWebber was sentenced to over eight years in jail and fined $3.1 million for leaving a logic bomb on UBS' systems. Full story from SC Magazine >>
- 14 Dec 2006
- 100 million records exposed since Feb 05
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse reports that more than 100 million records have been exposed since the ChoicePoint data breach. Full story from SC Magazine >>
- 14 Dec 2006
- Global businesses at "compliance breaking point"
- New research warns that businesses are struggling to implement security compliance requirements. Full story from vnunet.com >>
- 13 Dec 2006
- Massive security breach at UCLA
- UCLA has warned 800,000 current and former students that their personal details might have been exposed to a hacker. Full story from The Register >>
- 13 Dec 2006
- Stolen laptop puts privacy of 382,000 at risk
- A Boeing Co. laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 382,000 workers and retirees has been stolen. Full story from the Globe and Mail >>
- 12 Dec 2006
- Two big retailers settle with BSA on software piracy complaints
- Retailers paid a combined total of nearly $425,000. Full story from Computerworld >>
- 22 Nov 2006
- Banks face growing threat of identity theft from insiders
- Reuters reports that banks are only just waking up to the physical threat of client information by people in the office. Full story from news.com >>
