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Originally from scmagazineuk.com.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that it has lost 340 laptops in the past two years with less than half having encrypted data.
In a response to a Freedom of Information request by Lewis PR, the MoD revealed that 120 laptops were stolen and 220 were lost. Only 25 were recovered. Also, [...]

Independent online publisher and technology provider brightsolid has signed a three-year managed services contract with Gradian. brightsolid began life in 1995 as Scotland Online and is a leading UK independent provider of IT business services to large public and private sector organisations. This pioneering internet services company counts Scottish Widows, DC Thomson and Standard Life [...]

As the UK’s new coalition Government well knows, 2010-11 is going to be a significant year. The economy is in recovery, and the biggest challenge facing our new government will be to protect – and build on – this trend. It’s the same story for companies all around the world. 2009-10 was tough, but now [...]

Mergers and acquisitions can appear to be a double edged sword. To the average onlooker, the time it takes to integrate systems and processes might well overshadow the business benefits of the deal. Plus there’s the puzzle of how to communicate with customers, migrate end users, re-branding and cost. However, the recent news that Symantec [...]

The Gradian team is joining forces with Proofpoint at this year’s Infosecurity Europe event. Together we’re best placed to tackle the latest trends and threats in email security, compliance, data leak prevention and email archiving – whilst providing the best ongoing service and consultancy.
At this year’s show the Gradian and Proofpoint teams will be focusing [...]

The IT Directors’ Forum takes place in June, and it’s interesting to note that one of the highest priorities for these executives is security. The event organisers survey their attendees in advance of the event, and the results have so far revealed that a high percentage are earmarking the majority of their 2010-11 budgets on [...]