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20:00 24th February 2010
The government is "building an information security community, but it still in early days", according to a top government infosecurity officer.
Speaking at the first annual Human Factors in Information Security Conference in London, government security manager Nick Haycock told delegates that "there needs to be a sea change in governance, leadership and personal accountability".
His comments emerge following a series of reviews into huge data losses suffered by HMRC, the Ministry of Defense and a Home Office supplier in 2007 and 2008, according to a news report.
The government is looking to foster a culture that values and protects information and uses it for public good.
In other news, the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) has called the BBC Trust to stop the corporation's plans to launch iPhone apps for its sports and news content.
"Not for the first time, the BBC is preparing to muscle into a nascent market and trample over the aspirations of commercial news providers," said David Newell, NPA's director.
Written by Hannah James
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