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More than 13,000 visitors attended Infosecurity Europe 2013 More than 13,000 visitors attended Infosecurity Europe 2013

Infosecurity Europe has released basic figures on last month’s eighteenth annual exhibition and conference: pre-ABC audit figures show a 6% increase in visitors over 2012 to 13,200, with more than 70 new exhibitors.
15 May 2013

Video interview: Challenges facing information security professionals

Infosecurity magazine’s Eleanor Dallaway sits down with representatives of ISACA, (ISC)², and the ISSA at the recent Infosecurity Europe conference in London.
08 May 2013

Hacker tells Google how to secure Glass

Last week, saurik (legendary jailbreaker and founder of Cydia) announced that he had rooted Google’s Glass, leading to an instant and somewhat petulant response from some quarters of Google.
03 May 2013

Video interview: Infosecurity Europe 2013 Hall of Fame inductees

Eleanor Dallaway, editor of Infosecurity, interviews Mikko Hypponen and Shlomo Kramer at Infosecurity Europe 2013 in London, immediately following their inductions into the Hall of Fame.
02 May 2013

Infosecurity Europe 2013: Minister puts infosecurity at heart of UK growth strategy Infosecurity Europe 2013: Minister puts infosecurity at heart of UK growth strategy

Chloe Smith, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, opens Infosecurity Europe 2013
23 April 2013

European Commission awards biometrics, data exchange contract for border control European Commission awards biometrics, data exchange contract for border control

The European Commission has awarded a €70m contract to a consortium led by Accenture for maintaining the European Visa Information System for the exchange of visa alphanumeric and biometric data across EU border management authorities.
20 February 2013

Apple iWatch could replace passwords

Ever heard of the Apple iWatch? Recent news reports are claiming that Apple is branching into wearable computing with a smart watch worthy of James Bond, usable for everything from recording conversations to acting as a personal assistant.
15 February 2013

Online authentication boosted by the launch of Nok Nok Labs and FIDO

Nok Nok Labs, a company that seeks to answer the question, ‘who’s there?’, is today launched in unison with FIDO, a new industry alliance developing open standards-based authentication mechanisms.
12 February 2013

Privacy and DNA databases – a new PII concern

In the US, the availability of 135,000 DNA records in two public consensual genealogy databases is causing concern among researchers; in the UK, the government is proposing a non-consensual national DNA database.
05 February 2013

ISACA tackles biometrics, cybersecurity with latest IT audit programs

To help IT auditors stay up to date with the latest organizational requirements, ISACA has published three new customizable IT audit/assurance programs. They cover cybercrime detection and prevention, the use of biometrics, e-commerce security, and the implementation of virtual private networks (VPNs).
13 November 2012

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