Home Office vetoes privacy campaigner from senior post in surveillance watchdog

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ISSUE DATE: 21 January 2019 TOP STORIES Home Office vetoes privacy campaigner from senior post in surveillance watchdog The Home Office refuses academic and privacy campaigner, Eric King, security clearance for a senior role at the intelligence services watchdog, despite high-level backing from officials. READ MORE → Siemens connects to world’s largest UCC deployment German technology powerhouse Siemens AG reveals how it unified communications and collaboration for hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide. READ MORE → HPE opens Geneva IoT innovation lab to capitalise on edge data Datacentre equipment provider sees an opportunity on the edge to provide data processing for the internet of things. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Prepare for no-deal Brexit, says ICO The UK data protection authority is urging businesses to prepare for a no-deal Brexit to ensure there is no interruption in data flows from Europe.  READ MORE → Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies. READ MORE → Breach of nearly 2.7 billion records underlines password flaws Potentially the biggest personal data breach to date from thousands of sources, some possibly breached as far back as 2008, illustrates the deeply flawed nature of password-based authentication, say industry commentators. READ MORE → Threat intelligence boosts security training Security professionals in training can now benefit from real-time threat intelligence data, thanks to a partnership between Digital Shadows and Immersive Labs. READ MORE →

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