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Have you protected your business from the criminal within?

April 30, 1998

When organisations think about IT risks, their initial thought is towards external threats from hackers and viruses. However, the reality is that over 70% of IT security breaches are from internal sources, so businesses should really look inwards before looking for the external threat. Andrew Durant explains that ensuring you have the right people in place within your organisation is the best start you can make to reduce any threats….

Transcript of SCL’s 30th Anniversary Lecture by Richard Christou

April 30, 1998

This is the edited transcript of Richard Christou’s lecture on the occasion of the SCL’s 30th Anniversary….

Transferring data through model contracts: original clauses v alternative clauses

April 30, 1998

Eduardo Ustaran considers the required safeguards in contracts concerning transfer of data abroad…

From the Editor’s Chair

April 30, 1998

Earlier this month, the news broke that access could be gainedto a development version of the Statute Law Database. You can apply for access(see below) and I would certainly encourage you to do so. It is probablyinappropriate to review publicly what remains work in progress, but it is timeto focus on the future use of…

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Mobile phone forensics – are you up to speed?

April 30, 1998

Rick Yeomans, Senior Computer Investigator at Vogon International Ltd, discusses the latest developments in this emerging field…

Can OFCOM achieve the wireless balancing act?

April 30, 1998

A look at “harmonised flexibility” and some practical implications for UK spectrum users from Simon Muys…

New Windows Accounts Systems

April 30, 1998

Delia Venables is a computer consultant specialising in the legal market….

SSCL Meeting Report: 21 March 2002

April 30, 1998

SSCL continued their monthly series of themed meetings, this time looking at the civil side of software industry issues. There were two speakers for the evening: Lorne Byatt looked at legal success factors from an in-house counsel standpoint, whilst Jeremy Warner focused on software licensing issues….

The Gap between IT and Business

April 30, 1998

This article is an edited version of a ‘White Paper’ published by Boxwood Technology, a unit of management consultancy Boxwood Group. It is the product too of a research agency which was commissioned by Boxwood to talk to managers and partners at 20 leading law firms. There is an oft-reported gap between expectations at board or partner level of what IT can do and what the IT function actually delivers. The aim of the research was to test whether that gap existed in business operating in the legal profession….

Defining the Rules of Engagement

April 30, 1998

Victoria Cooper thinks that the Cresswell Report underestimates the attractions of tape back-up….