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Bradford-based Bank & London Advertising Firm Fined Over Illegal Marketing
A bank is among the latest firms to be fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending illegal marketing texts and emails.
Vanquis Bank Limited, based in Bradford, instigated a campaign to send 870,849 spam text messages…

Equifax Data Hack Affected 694,000 UK Customers
The beleaguered credit reference agency Equifax has now admitted that 694,000 customers in the UK had their data stolen between May and July this year.
The firm's original estimate of its UK cyber-theft victims, made last month, was fewer,…

Supermarket Morrisons Sued by Staff Over Personal Data Leak
Thousands of Morrisons staff are suing the company after their personal details were posted on the internet.
The High Court action is seeking to make the supermarket chain liable after a member of staff stole the data of nearly 100,000 employees…

Secure Sanitisation of Storage Media
Why sanitisation is necessary, the risks to manage, and how to sanitise affordably.
This guidance is suitable for any organisation wishing to ensure that their data held on storage media can not be read by unauthorised…

PCI DSS Compliance Reduces Likelihood of Data Breaches
A Verizon report shows a link between compliance with the payment card industry security standard and an organisation’s ability to defend against cyber attacks, but nearly half are failing to maintain compliance.
Of all the payment card data…

Recycled E-waste Adds to Cybersecurity Concerns
Electronic waste, or e-waste, incites more than an environmental crisis, as most disposed hardware still leaves unsecured traces of data linked back to its former owner, according to a Fortune report. Improper destruction of recycled devices…

Firm Fined for Making Record 146 Million Nuisance Calls
Dirwy o £350,000 i gwmni am wneud 146 miliwn o alwadau niwsans – y nifer fwyaf erioed
A company behind a record high 146 million illegal calls about PPI has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
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Enterprise compliance with PCI DSS is up, says Verizon
Verizon has some good news and some bad news about organizations' compliance with PCI DSS.
In its 2017 "Payment Security Report," Verizon analyzed the "compliance patterns and control failures" of organizations subject to PCI DSS. The report…

All New CSI Lifecycle Client Portal
We have a new addition to our website! We are pleased to offer our clients online access to their very own portal, allowing them to book and track each stage of a secure collection, data destruction and more. A portfolio of assets received…

Firms Still Struggling with PCI DSS Compliance
Despite the wave of costly data breaches over the last few years, nearly half of global firms that accept plastic are still failing to meet Payment Cards Industry (PCI) security standards, according to a report from Verizon.
While overall…