Infosecurity News
Origin Storage to unveil one terabyte secure drive on 14 October
Origin Storage will unveil a one terabyte (1000 gigabyte) version of its Data Locker, secure external hard drive unit, at the Storage Expo show, which opens at London Olympia on 14 October for a two-day run.
Data centre planning: energy efficiency and data density are key
Research just released by Loughborough University and on365, the data centre management specialist, claims to show that data centre managers lack any real understanding of their IT infrastructure energy costs and demands they are placing on it.
UFO hacker Gary McKinnon denied appeal route to Supreme Court over extradition
Self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon has been denied the chance to appeal to the Supreme Court against his extradition to the US.
FBI nets 100 in Operation Phish Phry
Police and FBI agents yesterday charged nearly 100 people in the US and Egypt as part of Operation Phish Phry, one the largest cyber fraud phishing cases to date.
Stolen NHS laptops recovered – no data breach thanks to remote wiping
Four stolen laptops belonging to Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, which provides mental health services, have been traced and recovered. According to the NHS Trust, no confidential data was compromised due to remote wiping.
Comcast gets proactive with malware infected customers
Comcast is piloting a service that will notify customers that have been infected with malware, the company said this week.
ISSE 2009: Smart cards can result in 644% return on investment
Smart cards can result in a 644% return on investment in an enterprise with 2000 employees, Philip Hoyer, senior architect at UK-based ActivIdentity, said at ISSE 2009 in The Hague.
Web 2.0 branding and reputational risks webinar tomorrow
Infosecurity is pleased to announce its first webinar on the topic of Web 2.0 branding and reputational risks, which will be held at 3pm (UK time) this Thursday.
Safe and Secure Online educational security programme for children rolls out in US
ISC2, the not-for-profit security professionals organisation, has announced its school internet safety volunteer programme has reached 20,000 students worldwide, and has now been expanded to the US.
Symantec launches graduate recruitment programme
Symantec has taken the wraps off its first graduate recruitment and internship programme for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
Tripwire scores PCI deal with Reading FC
PCI DSS compliance is fast becoming a hot topic in boardrooms and at Reading football club – one of the Championship's largest clubs – as Reading FC has successfully migrated to a virtualised IT infrastructure.
Weekly brief - October 5 2009
Deviousness, Defenses, and Disappointments - read all about the week's security news in our weekly brief.
HP develops security audit assessments for smart energy grids
Hard on the heels of widespread reports about smart energy meters and their grids being vulnerable to hacker attacks, HP has launched a security audit for smart grid services.
Researchers turn wireless network into X-ray tool
Researchers at the University of Utah have devised a way to visually monitor a room using cheap wireless sensors. The technique, known as ' variance-based radio tomography', effectively enables its users to see through walls, explain Jerry Wilson and Neal Patwari, authors of a paper on the subject.
EU starts new satellite service to significantly enhance GPS accuracy
Users of the US global positioning system (GPS) in Europe now have access to an enhanced-accuracy service provided by the European Union.
Vodafone develops encrypted password vault for smartphones
Vodafone has revealed it is developing a secure and encrypted data / password vault for smartphones. Known as Keeper Mobile, the encryption technology will be released by the mobile carrier's operations worldwide by the end of the year.
Threats posed by the digital world – data loss and privacy
Speaking at the Security for a Digital Britain conference in Nottingham last week, Lord Erroll warned the audience of the security pitfalls of a digital society such as data loss and privacy questions.
SOCA: cybercrime is global and organised
Cybercrime is both global and organised, Mike Humphrey at the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), told the audience at the Security for a Digital Britain conference on 24 September in Nottingham.
ISACA Middle-East's information security seminar
The Muscat chapter of the Information Systems Audit, Control Association (ISACA) held an education seminar on information security earlier this month at the College of Banking and Financial Studies in Oman.
Data loss in the perimeterless zone
The increasing blurring of network perimeters has accelerated as a direct result of the introduction of cloud computing to the corporate IT mix, but can your IT security handle the challenge?
