09 May 2008
COBRA warns against ‘snake oil’
Nigel Brown, the lead for resilient telecommunications strategy for the Cabinet Office, discussed the technical implications facing emergency response, and warned of scaremongering at Infosecurity Europe 2008.
09 May 2008
IBM to sponsor live video Webinar on web application security
The Webinar on 'web application security in the software quality management lifecycle' will be available through the Infosecurity magazine website on Monday 19 May.
07 May 2008
Major media malware attack breaks out on file-sharing networks
McAfee has reported "the most significant malware outbreak in three years," with more than 500,000 detections of a Trojan horse masquerading as a media file.
07 May 2008
Police plan national database of CCTV images
British police forces are to explore the feasibility of a national database of CCTV images that would be on a par with the existing national databases for DNA and fingerprint samples.
06 May 2008
Russian cyberthief grabs business records
Confidential records from more than 40 global businesses have were freely available to anyone on the web after they were stolen and stored on an unprotected server by a Russian cyber thief, a security company reported today.
06 May 2008
MoD reinforces guard on 20,000 laptops
The Ministry of Defence is securing sensitive data on 20,000 RAF, Army and Navy laptops with technology from BeCrypt.
01 May 2008
Facebook applications exposed as security risk
Speculation on the security of social networking has increased amid reports that applications on Facebook are capable of collecting personal information.
24 April 2008
ISACA explains its rationale
At Infosecurity Europe, Infosecurity magazine met up with Ron Hale, the Director of Information Security Practices with ISACA.
24 April 2008
Enterprise data protection under the microscope
IBM and PGP representatives were on hand to host a seminar entitled `Evolving STrategies for Enterprise Data Protection' at the Infosecurity Europe show in London this week.
24 April 2008
Schneier calls for curtains on ‘security theatre’
Vendors invent self-serving security models which make customers believe they need their product to eradicate a security threat that doesn’t exist, Bruce Schneier told a full theatre at Infosecurity Europe, 23 April.
24 April 2008
UK association of penetration testers launched
The IT security industry has launched the first UK association of providers of penetration testing.
24 April 2008
Orchestria crowned king of the jungle
Orchestria was crowned king of the jungle by lions Ray Stanton, Colin Clark, Paul Simmonds and Tony Lock at the popular, interactive Infosecurity event, the ‘Lion’s Den’, 24 April.
23 April 2008
Infosecurity 2008: use of new technologies exposing UK firms to risk, report finds
The adoption of new technologies is exposing UK companies to high levels of risk, according to a government security survey.
23 April 2008
Infosecurity 2008: car and plant makers turn to encryption to safeguard intellectual property
Automotive and machinery manufacturers are turning to encryption technologies to protect intellectual property, it has emerged at Infosecurity 2008, which is taking place in London this week.
23 April 2008
Infosec 2008: Human element is the key to reducing data breaches
The importance of the human element in security has been highlighted at Infosecurity 2008 in London this week, with a government report showing incidents remain high despite overall improvements in controls.
23 April 2008
GrIDsure links with partners to promote pictorial PIN replacement
GrIDsure, a company that has developed a simple, but secure, pictorial replacement for PIN-based authentication, was at the Infosecurity Europe show in London this week, announcing a number of partnerships to promote its technology into new areas.
23 April 2008
Jericho Forum unveils new security framework for online usage
The Jericho Forum has unveiled a new security framework for interactive business Internet users.
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March issue
Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
Mobile devices can keep business ticking over when human diseases strike, but the devices have viruses of their own, finds William Knight
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Biometrics industry must
challenge government
The UK government is mis-selling biometrics with its identity
card scheme, argues Phil Booth of the NO2ID campaign group
Why forensic analysis
needs to give up Nintendo
Forensic analysts need to adopt new methodologies to stay
effective, says Harlan Carvey, author of Windows Forensics
and Incident Recovery
Things I would not like
to say about security but have to
Marcos Sêmola, a Brazilian infosecurity professional
working in the UK, gives his view on dealing with risk, people
and vendors
A state of insecurity
Eleanor Dallaway reflects on visiting Israel, and why its
people can be both proud and regretful of their powerful infosecurity
industry
Computer forensics -
yesterday, today and tomorrow
The field of computer forensics has come a long way in a few
decades, with today's large disk drives worth five billion
of the 1980s' 360k disks, writes Jack Wiles, lead editor of
Techno Security's Guide to E-Discovery and Digital Forensics
When pen testers don
Marigolds
If you neglect the physical security of documents, you are
making life too easy for penetration testers - and criminals,
says Ken Munro, managing director of SecureTest
Secure on paper?
Ensuring documents are destroyed rather than leaked requires
a methodical approach, says Brian Gouin, author of Security
Design Consulting
Have respect for info-rights
The UK's Information Commissioner Richard Thomas calls for
organisations to protect the personal data they hold, or risk
becoming the next bad infosecurity news story
The Compliance Gamble
Tony Bradley, author of Syngress title PCI Compliance:
Implementing Effective PCI Data Security Standards, says
that retailers should do the right thing rather than gamble
with their reputations.
The Holy Grail of
infosecurity
Jason Holloway, vice-president of marketing for ExaProtect,
believes infosecurity has much to leave from Monty Python
and the Holy Grail, even if some staff can already recite
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