IT security is a hot topic again with fraudulent tax claims being made to HM Revenue & Customs. It appears that an Accountant was logged on to the Government Gateway and unknowingly the PC was taken over by an IP address in the Far East and fraudulant tax claims made.
This is a salutory reminder about IT security to all businesses and throws up the following points to consider:
- Password security should be reviewed and robust rules applied.
- Staff should not know each others passwords and shared passwords should not be used.
- What obligations does your business have under the Data Protection Act? What liability might you have for breaches?
- How is remote access to your systems regulated?
- How secure are the PC's being used to access the systems remotely?
The security topic is vast and it is easy to overlook and think it will never happen but as regular headlines prove it is a real danger to businesses.
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