CSA and BSI introduce Star Certification program

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and BSI, the business standards company, have announced the launch of the STAR Certification program, a rigorous third party independent assessment of the security of a cloud service provider. The technology-neutral certification leverages the requirements of the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 management system standard together with the CSA Cloud Control Matrix, a specified set of criteria that measures the capability levels of the cloud service.

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Aspect enters new technical waters with new channel reseller Neptune

Contact centre software company signs up ‘exceptional’ engineering specialist to cover more ‘niches’.

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Ovum predicts telco IT spending to reach US$60bn in 2017

The global telecoms industry’s revenues will remain roughly flat over the next few years, with a decline in spending on voice services counterbalanced by growth in spending on mobile and fixed (broadband) data services, according to global analyst firm Ovum.

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ICO carries resolution encouraging greater co-ordination of global data protection enforcement

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has won a resolution in Warsaw which is set to see improved co-ordination between global data protection and privacy authorities.

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Employees causing security threats

Nearly 30% of employees are using personal cloud services to store work-related documents, according to a survey conducted at recent technology trade shows in which 5% of respondents also admitted to uploading confidential data to their personal cloud accounts. The severity of this threat to their employers is the subject of a new report from Varonis Systems, Inc., the leading provider of access, governance and retention solutions for human-generated data, which conducted the survey.

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