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Charity fined £70,000 after data loss |
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A social care charity in London has been fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner following the loss of highly sensitive data about the care of four young children.
A social worker, working for Norwood Ravenswood Ltd, left the detailed reports at the side of the house on 5 December 2011 after attempting to deliver the items to the children's prospective adoptive parents. At the time neither occupant was at the house, but when they returned to the property the reports were gone. The information has never been recovered.
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Microsoft Office 2013 |
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Microsoft have recently launched the latest version of the Office suite, which comes with some new pricing packages that are confusing customers. Office 2013 introduces new subscription options under the "Office 365" banner, where customers pay an annual fee to use the software instead of a simple up-front purchase.
The Office 365 licences come with various extra features, including online storage and access to your applications in the cloud. It also allows you to install the software on multiple PCs, so you can havie it on your laptop, PC, tablet, etc. The initial cost for Office 365 is lower, but because it is subscription pricing you need to pay every year. If you plan to have the software for several years, this will have a big impact on the overall cost.
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Accountants adopt DriveLock to protect client data |
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When it comes to data security, DriveLock holds the key, says Jon Stanton, Director of PEM IT Services
 Leading the way with expertise in the accountancy sector, Stanton states that increasing awareness of data protection is making accountants look at how they can improve their information security. “At PEM IT Services, we have seen unprecedented interest in DriveLock from accountants. Firms are increasingly waking up to the fact that their responsibility is to protect the data they hold, and DriveLock addresses key areas of concern – enabling firms to provide the appropriate levels of protection that their clients would expect.”
Morris Owen and Hawsons are two such forward-thinking accountancy firms to employ the latest in data-loss prevention systems to ensure that their clients’ financial and proprietary data is protected. DriveLock offers dynamic access control for drives such as USB flash drives, floppy disks and CD-ROMs, and also controls all other device types, such as smart phones and cameras. Its granular approach to protection allows organisations to create bespoke programmes and customised protection policies.
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