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Security Directors fined £30, 000 for failing to provide information and making false statements

Two dodgy security directors who were economical with security information about themselves were recently ordered to pay fines and costs of almost £30,000 after pleading guilty to security offences.

: EDITORIAL TEAM; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 05 July 2011 10:19

South Africa to play host to IMO fishing vessel safety conference in 2012

Vigilance can confirm that the IMO Council has agreed to the convening of a diplomatic conference in South Africa, in 2012, for the purpose of adopting an Agreement on the Implementation of the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels.

: EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 05 July 2011 09:35

Met, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Kids Taskforce tackle cultures' unkindest cuts

Vigilance can report that as the school summer holidays approach, bringing an increased risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) to over 6000 young girls in London. The Metropolitan Police Service, in partnership with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Kids Taskforce,today, Monday 4 July, launched a new teaching resource to help tackle this primitive form of child abuse.

: EDITORIAL TEAM; Intelligence and Policing; Posted On Monday, 04 July 2011 16:03

NHS sytemic security issues highlight need for regular IT security audits

Reports that the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is working with Connecting for Health to improve data security in the NHS are good to hear, says Idappcom, but adds the data traffic analysis and security specialist, if the problem is - as has been reported – systemic in nature, then more radical action may be needed.