Infosecurity (UK) - Data Loss

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Fourty-four percent of employees steal hardware and intellectual property when leaving their employers
Research just release by Landesk claims that 44% of employees have stolen IT hardware and intellectual property – including software and databases – when leaving an employer.
Council multiple laptop theft highlights security problems
The saga of St Albans' council and four stolen laptops – containing the details of more than 14 000 postal voters – is coming to an end, but the security consultants that carried out the investigation say there are still security policy lapses at the council's offices.
Sophos records a 70% surge in malware and spam on web 2.0 services
Research just published by Sophos claims to show a 70% increase in the number of companies reporting spam and malware attacks via social networks.
Trend Micro and Wipro team up on virtualised security
Trend Micro has linked up with Wipro Technologies to develop next-generation virtualisation security systems for data centre users, most notably those operating in public or private cloud networks.
O2 taps Crossbeam for mobile data security
After experiencing an 18-fold increase in mobile data traffic over the last 12 months, O2, one of the UK's five cellular carriers, has installed Crossbeam's X-Series security platform on its network.

Podcasts

The Art of the Possible ... engaging your audience for information security awareness
Infosecurity Magazine’s Eleanor Dallaway speaks to Paula Davis, global head of client services at SAI Global about the evolving tools, techniques and technologies available to businesses for addressing the human element of information security through creative, effective employee awareness training. This podcast will examine the options available to you for information security training and will: • Provide an overview of the various training media that can effectively engage employees in information security. • Give advice on how businesses can respond to the changing needs, habits and expectations of learners by using new media to raise awareness of information security • Explain how tried and trusted training methods such as e-learning can be made even better • Look at the pros and cons of using emerging technologies and new media for information security awareness • Give guidance on how to ensure your choice of media is ‘fit for purpose’ and appropriate to your audience and budget
Securing your business against future internet threats
Infosecurity’s Eleanor Dallaway speaks to Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of Webroot, about how to secure your business against future internet threats. This podcast will examine how the internet has influenced business practices, and will look at the current and future threat landscape. This podcast will also: • Look at hacker motivations • Consider how businesses are protecting employees remotely • Touch on the evolution of malware • Analyse the impact of social networking • Highlight and recommend at multi-layered security approach • Address the hype around cloud services
Editorial Podcast: 27 November 2009
Kari Larsen summarises the week's news
Editorial Podcast: 5 November 2009
Kari Larsen summarises the week's news

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High-speed networking - is your IT security hardware up to the task?
You might not realise it, but company networks now hum along at 10 Gbps - this is great for network users, but it also places a heavy load on your firm's Network Instrusion Prevention System (NIPS). At 10 Gbps, your company NIPS need to handle 30 million packets every second. This means the technology must analyse and decide whether to block or transmit each packet - that's a tall order when you only have 33 nanoseconds to make a decision. All these operations have to be performed transparently to the sender and receiver with minimal latency - and all this is just for one port!
Password Management: Top Ways to Deal with the Necessary Evil
assword management sounds like a mundane aspect of IT security, but as recent high-profile media reports have proven, it's now a central part of effective company technology management. Anecdotal evidence in the industry suggests that the technology and techniques to handle password management is a black art. Not so. Join us for an entertaining and informative webinar in which our panel of experts will explain the strategies that are required for the efficient, secure and compliant management of passwords.
The evolving malware threat: Is your organisation protected from all angles?
In 2010, we can expect to witness a battle, as mobile devices, laptops, netbooks and PCs compete to gain a prominent share of the technological market. This battle for dominance will also take place elsewhere - amongst cybercriminals. They will compete to deliver the fastest, strongest, most widespread and financially rewarding threat. And, in 2010, this means taking advantage of our reliance on email and the web.
Enhancing your end point security on a tight budget
The threats your organisation now faces have grown significantly more dangerous in recent times. At the same time, the mobility of the workforce - complete with their laptops, netbooks, handhelds and smartphones - has soared.

Blogs

Use Music to Fight Cybercrime: ‘Maga No Need Pay’
Posted by Roger Halbheer • 09 February 2010
When I travel through Africa, the high piracy rate is often something we address. Not necessarily from a commercial perspective but much more from a security angle. We know that pirated software is of...
tags: Cybercrime, Piracy
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Targeted Attacks – the “Real” Problem
Posted by Roger Halbheer • 05 February 2010
When I talk to customers, the different attacks are often something we discuss (obviously). I often mention that Virus and Worm attacks on a broad scale (like Conficker, etc.) are a serious problem, b...
tags: Incidents, Cybercrime
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Fake Firefox Update Pages Push Adware
Posted by Patrick Walsh • 03 February 2010
Since its’ release on January 21st, the newest version of the Firefox web browser has received a great deal of attention. In just a short time it has achieved over 30 million downloads. Adw...
tags: firefox, adware, web security
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SPAM! Well, it's finally caught up with me - as confirmed by the research
Posted by Sarb Sembhi • 02 February 2010
I have lots of email addresses, but there's one that I use as the main catch all one, it’s the one I usually give to most people, and it's the one account I like to clean and clear out regularly...
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I've been hacked - Give me back my money
Posted by Sarb Sembhi • 02 February 2010
I recently read a story where a business bank customer had $800K stolen from her business account, and although the bank has been able to recover $600K, there is still the outstanding $200K. The custo...
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Features

Comment: Addressing identity and access management challenges in the retail sector
John Handelaar of Passlogix knows that one password is always easier to remember than two or three, but how can an organization both streamline access management processes while maintaining identity security for its customers?
Comment: Cybercrime - Still a growth industry?
One business most likely to be booming in the next year is that of cybercrime, says Charlie Abrahams of MarkMonitor
Comment: Exit strategy - How forensic ready are you?
Losing a key employee is never easy, but it can be harder still if they take confidential company information with them. Duncan Gardiner, director forensic services at Epiq Systems outlines the steps that companies can take to protect their positions, both before and after such an event.
Comment: How to stay mobile whilst keeping sensitive data safe
Press coverage is, on the whole, to be welcomed; however negative publicity hurts your brand and image and does not help win hearts, minds and new customers. So why do so many companies actively court this by being so poor when it comes to handling sensitive data?

Downloads

PCI: Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard Requirements in Heterogeneous Environments
Learn how to simplify compliance reporting for stringent PCI DSS regulations by linking all access rights, privileges, and audit logs to a single, definitive Active Directory identity.
Data Handling Procedures in UK Government
The Cabinet Office published the "Data Handling Procedures in UK Government", which highlights the need to restrict access to public sector data and encrypt data held on removable storage media such as CDs, USB keys and laptops.
Demystifying IT Risk to Achieve Greater Security and Compliance
Managing IT risk is part of running any business these days. Regardless of what business you’re in, understanding IT risk can help you increase network security, reduce management costs and achieve greater compliance. Corporate leaders who fail to identify, assess and mitigate IT risk are setting themselves up for serious security breaches and financial losses down the road. And those leaders who think that managing IT risk is the job solely of the IT staff may be in for a big shock.
The Essential Series - Security Information Management
Maintaining information security is a multi-faceted operation that is best managed with a single comprehensive strategy rather than mix of tactics based on whatever point solutions are already deployed. Learn about the processes and technologies that support security information management (SIM) operations, as well as the business case for SIM.
Aberdeen: Choosing and Consuming Managed Security Services
Learn the strategies, actions, and capabilities that Best-in-Class organizations employ and technologies they choose to obtain superior performance against various security performance metrics.

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