41% already have taken data just in-case they themselves get the boot with the majority admitting it’s easy to do so with employers doing little to stop them! (summary of stats below)

 London, 23rd November 2009 - The recession is creating camaraderie amongst workforces, at the expense of their employers, is the finding of a transatlantic survey. Carried out amongst 600 office workers in Canary Wharf London and Wall Street  New York 41% of workers have already taken sensitive data with them to their new position, whilst a third would pass on company information if it proved useful in getting friends or family a job.

21st November 2009 - Reports are coming in that the one of the UK's major Climate Research Unit (CRU) computer systems have been hacked and, says Cyber-Ark, the secure collaborative data sharing specialist, this is a classic casestudy for the reason why secure collaborative working systems exist.

"Details on this breaking story are still sketchy, but from what we know, around 61 megabytes of sensitive data were downloaded from the University of East Anglia's CRU servers and published on an anonymous FTP server in Russia," said Mark Fullbrook, Cyber-Ark's UK and Ireland director.

"It appears that the data stolen includes more than 1,000 emails and 70-odd documents that are highly contentious as regards the issue of global warming - something that various groups have alleged the governments of the world have kept a lid on for years," he added.

UK government proposes crack down on misuse of the technology behind silent calls

READING, UK – November 18, 2009 – Adeptra, the recognised leader in automated customer communications, today announced that it is experiencing a surge in interest in its Auto-resolution™ services to financial organisations as they consider their usage of traditional power diallers, the technology behind so-called ‘silent calls’ and the target of the latest UK governmental proposals to deter the practice.

The UK government recently unveiled proposals suggesting that call centres which make excessive silent or abandoned calls could face fines of up to £2m. The move came about as industry regulator Ofcom says that it is a breach of their guidelines for businesses to make these persistent and unwanted phones calls that can cause nuisance to consumers.

Leader of Multifunction Firewall Appliances Unveils Extensible Content Security (XCS) Platform to Provide Business E-mail, Web Content, Data Loss Prevention and Cloud-based Protection

18 November 2009 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions, today announced its entry into the messaging and content security markets with the launch of its new WatchGuard XCS (Extensible Content Security) platform.  As a comprehensive platform for business e-mail and Web 2.0 content security,  WatchGuard XCS combines innovative cloud-based security, data loss prevention and advanced messaging security technologies in a single, easy to use appliance that defends businesses against phishing attacks, identity theft, viruses, malware, data loss and other forms of network, application and data threats.