Latest News

  • Smartphone apps need securing at the software development stages
    Smartphones could very easily become spy phones, with hackers able to eavesdrop on your conversations, researchers at Rutgers University in the US have warned.
  • Vodafone reportedly distributing Mariposa botnet
    Reports are coming in that Vodafone is distributing the new HTC Magic smartphone with the Mariposa botnet in the handset software, although it remains unclear from which mobile distributor the handset was sourced.
  • CeBIT: Kaspersky warns over highly intelligent smartphone malware
    Last week saw the giant CeBIT Computer Fair taking place in Hannover, Germany, and German newspaper Bild published an interesting interview with Marco Preuss, a security analyst with Kaspersky Lab, in which he warns of the increasing sophistication of mobile phone malware.
  • Laptop theft can be reduced by turning off WiFi
    Credant Technologies, the endpoint data security specialist, has warned laptop users to turn off their WiFi signals when not in use to prevent the use of low-cost scanners tracking down the machines.
  • Veracode report exposes application security failures
    According to the Veracode ‘State of Software Security’ report, between 58 and 88 percent of all applications submitted to Veracode for verification did not achieve an acceptable security score upon first submission. The exact percentage depends on the standard applied, based on application criticality.
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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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Webinars

  • End point security - How to stay out of the headlines and avoid a £500,000 fine.
    April 2010 sees the introduction of new data breach penalties from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Criminal penalties and data breach notification mandates are also on the horizon, so it's essential that you review your organisation's mobile data security strategy.
  • Understanding the IT security total cost of ownership puzzle
    IT security and the financial function are starting to become happy partners, now that key performance indicators (KPIs) and total cost of ownership (TCO) figures can be created for most IT systems and software. Join us for an entertaining and informative webinar in which we'll explain how to balance the requirement of future-proofing your IT security resource, whilst at the same time balancing the time and budget issues that also come to the fore.
  • Password Management: Top Ways to Deal with the Necessary Evil
    Password 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 60-Minute IT Compliance Formula: Breaking Down Regulations to Their Essential Elements
    Most security experts will tell you that the formula for success in passing regulatory compliance audits can be complex and expensive - but how complex and expensive is it really?
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Blogs

  • Insider Threat of Cloud Computing
    Posted by Roger Halbheer • 11 March 2010
    Tonight I got this article forwarded to me: Afraid of outside cloud attacks? You're missing the real threat. David Linthicum (the author) claimed that if you are looking at the hackers attacking ...
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  • Data Protection Heat Map
    Posted by Roger Halbheer • 09 March 2010
    I was looking at some research done by Forrester, which could be interesting for you as well. They try to lay out the landscape with regards to data protection for you and it looks fairly compelling. ...
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  • Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 5 – I need tools!
    Posted by Roger Halbheer • 06 March 2010
    Our EMEA Security Program Manager, Henk van Roest, started this series internally and with his consent I am publishing it here in my blog as I think it contains a lot of great information for you to u...
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  • Virus Alert! Twitter, Google, Hallmark and Others Subject To Attack
    Posted by Patrick Walsh  • 05 March 2010
    The eSoft Threat Prevention Team is warning customers today of a new email scam circulating very quickly.  These fraudulent emails claim to be from Google Staffing, Hallmark, Twitter as well as o...
    tags: virus, bot, spam
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  • Making the Management of Security Compliance Easier!
    Posted by Roger Halbheer • 18 February 2010
    As you all know, I have two main pet themes: Risk Management and Compliance Management as I see very often that there is room for improvement when it comes to such processes within our customers. Inte...
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