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  • UK Defence enlists ID thieves to place 600,000 recruits

    The Ministry of Defence has admitted losing the details of 600,000 people after the theft of a laptop from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham last week.

  • UK government loses trust as well as data

    The HMRC data debacle and other breaches have weakened public confidence in government data security capabilities, says a new survey.

  • UK government staff hit by ID theft scam

    Criminals have stolen the identities of 1,500 staff in the UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and used them to make fraudulent tax claims on a government Web site.

  • UK airport begins biometric ID trial

    Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks.

  • Critic predicts ID card fiasco

    Ian Angell is a curious kind of dissident. The London School of Economics professor in information systems has emerged as one of the most trenchant critics of the UK's troubled ID card project, but not on any of the usual grounds.

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  • Lies, damned lies and telco stupidity

    Earlier this month, Telstra put out a press release trumpeting that it's come up with a new phone coaching service to help people who are "bamboozled" by their mobiles. Another excellent example of wrongheaded thinking from the mobile industry.

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  • Terrorism threat to Net overblown

    Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."

  • Who's taking the ITIL bait?

    In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

  • Microsoft's role in ID theft

    Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

  • Australia sweeps security breaches under the carpet

    Australian Federal Police agent, Nigel Phair, said most Australian organisations sweep security breaches under the carpet to avoid public scrutiny in the courts.

  • Datacentre 2020: Data security gets physical

    In 2020, datacentres are estimated to be cleaner, greener and more flexible but will they be any safer?

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    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
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