SC Magazine – 30th September 2010 The Forth Valley NHS board has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act after an unencrypted memory stick with no password protection was discovered. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that the stick was handed in to a member of the press and enquiries found that the [...]

BT has admitted it sent the personal details of more than 500 customers as an unsecured document to legal firm ACS:Law, following a court order. The news could put BT in breach of the Data Protection Act, which requires firms to keep customers’ data secure at all times. The e-mails emerged following a security lapse [...]

SC Magazine  – September 2010 An unencrypted USB stick was lost on a train by a junior doctor after he recorded details of patients’ conditions and medication in order to work from home. The doctor from East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust intended to hand the stick to another doctor, but accidentally took it home [...]

All individuals who previously completed the Implementing the ShoreTel IP System course must be re-certified for the ShoreTel 11.0 software release in order for this certification to count towards the Champion Partner Program requirement…” The required update exam is now being offered to eligible participants at no charge. Please complete this exam as soon as [...]

UK distributor Cohort Technology is aiming to storm the Irish market after launching a Dublin operation. Cohort already serves the Irish market from its Basingstoke headquarters but felt it was the right time to set up a local presence. The expansion comes three-and-a-half years after the firm was set up by EquIP founder Grahame Smee. [...]