Losing the plot
Sunday, November 25th 2007 at 2.25am (The Sunday Herald)IT COULD have been prevented for £65, but this was a disaster waiting to happen. However shocking and catastrophic the Inland Revenue's security breach may seem to the families left wide open to the threat of identity theft, last week's debacle came as no surprise to the UK's top technology experts.
With the estimated cost of the data disaster standing at more than £200 million and millions of British households now squarely in the sights of international organised crime gangs, the incident has exposed a fundamental flaw in the public sector's approach to IT that many experts have long recognised.
"The most shocking aspect to the loss of 25 million records is that for £65 the data on the two CDs could easily have been stored on an inexpensive and easy-to-use encrypted USB drive. Read more »
Cyber chicks strike a blow at male myth
Thursday, October 11th 2001 at 7.50pm (The Guardian)In the dawn of the 21st century a new heroine is emerging. Her name is Technofemme, and she is the unstoppable force that will drive mobile commerce towards a bright future.
In a move that could blow away perceptions that the technological revolution is propelled by boys' lust for toys, recent research by Sweden's Linköping University of Technology has revealed that young women present the most promising target audience for providers of mobile internet services. Read more »
