Message From the President
Dear Members,
A belated Happy New Year, thank you all for your support over 2011 and wishing you a prosperous 2012.
The New Year brings fresh challenges, and one of the first alleged data breaches of the year was carried out by Saudi Arabian hacktivists. One or two inevitable losses of personal data have hit the press and we eagerly await the announcement of upcoming EU data protection legislation, which I’m told might carry a minimum fine of 100,000 Euros for those that beligerently mis-handled their customer’s information. I am a firm advocate of our own ICO’s approach, which, rather than waving a big stick, is about educating data controllers in the public and private sector. So we are all wondering when the elephant and the iceberg will collide and what will remain!
The cloud brings with it fresh threats as more and more organisations put the integrity and availability of their data at risk. I’m assuming they’re not too bothered about confidentiality by virtue of putting it in the cloud in the first place, but to have it there one day and disappear the next is a huge risk that often gets diluted with promises of a great price and service.
Law enforcement agencies have also been seizing shared parts of cloud infrastructure, the, illegal actions of one cloud consumer putting thousands of others offline. The cloud is so great that even criminal organisations are reaping cost saving benefits, surely a testament to the ubiquity of cloud based solutions.
In this newsletter we have announced our schedule for 2012. If you would like to help then please do get in touch – we are currently looking for an Events Co-ordinator and as always, fresh invigorating security speakers whom know their subject areas well. If you do know of any speakers you would like to see at our events, please do let us know. Likewise, any new security solution, way of doing things or technology – we would love to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Tim Holman
ISSA UK President
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