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Date: August 17, 2024 Sat
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2 results foundAuthor: Big Brother Watch Title: Safe in Police Hands? How Police Forces suffer 10 data breaches every week and still want more of your data. Summary: A new report on data protection in the UK police. Some of their key findings for the period June 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015 were that there have been 2,315 breaches in police forces, including: 869 (38%) instances of inappropriate/unauthorised access to information 877 (38%) instances of inappropriate disclosure of data to third parties. 25 cases involved misuse of the Police National Computer 1283 (55%) cases resulted in no disciplinary or formal disciplinary action being taken. 297 (13%) cases resulted in either a resignation or dismissal. 70 (3%) cases resulted in a criminal conviction or a caution. 258 (11%) cases resulted in either a written or verbal warning The report has a breakdown by police department for those seeking more detailed information on particular departments. BBW got a 95% response rate to their freedom of information request, which is pretty impressive. Details: London: Big Brother Watch, 2016. 138p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 12, 2016 at: https://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Safe-in-Police-Hands.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Safe-in-Police-Hands.pdf Shelf Number: 140661 Keywords: Data BreachesData SecurityInformation Technology |
Author: Ponemon Institute Title: Closing Security Gaps to Protect Corporate Data: A Study of US and European Organizations Summary: Closing Security Gaps to Protect Corporate Data: A Study of US and European Organizations sponsored by Varonis, was conducted to determine the security gaps within organizations that can lead to data breaches and security incidents such as ransomware. The study surveyed a total of 3,027 employees in US and European organizations (United Kingdom, Germany and France), including 1,371 individuals (hereafter referred to as end users) who work in such areas as sales, finance and accounting, corporate IT, and business operations, and 1,656 individuals who work in IT and IT security (hereafter referred to as IT). This report includes Key Findings, Conclusions, Methods, and an Appendix with detailed survey questions and results. Details: Traverse City, MI: Ponemon Institute, 2016. 26p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 12, 2016 at: https://info.varonis.com/hubfs/docs/research_reports/Varonis_Ponemon_2016_Report.pdf Year: 2016 Country: International URL: https://info.varonis.com/hubfs/docs/research_reports/Varonis_Ponemon_2016_Report.pdf Shelf Number: 147899 Keywords: Computer SecurityCrimes Against BusinessesCybercrimeData BreachesData Security |