A new model of security makes sense as nation states, criminals and hacktivists continue to take obscene advantage of the way things are, says Art Coviello, executive chairman of RSA. Falling short of his stirring call to arms to the ...
HM Revenue and Customs(HMRC)is implementing disk encryption as part of a laptop refresh programme following a pilot rollout using 300 laptops. HMRC will use Becrypt Disk protect,which has been certified by the CESG,the UK Government's ...
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Adobe is aiming to make document collaboration more straightforward with the latest version of its PDF software. According to Adobe, a central feature of the version is the ability to edit documents and reuse elements of existing ...
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Salaries for most information security professionals are continuing to trend upward as demand increases, particularly for technical skills. According to the latest figures from recruitment specialist Acumin, the skills most in demand are ...
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UK domain registrar 123-reg is helping website owners to protect themselves and their visitors with a new tool that identifies and helps remove malicious code from legitimate websites. According to the latest Anti-Phishing Working Group ...
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The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has put U.S. banks on high alert against cyberattackers seeking to steal employee network login credentials to conduct extensive wire transfer fraud. The alert warns ...
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Information security awareness needs to be company-wide, according to Julie Peeler, director of the (ISC)2 Foundation. "Organisations need to think beyond IT when planning IT security awareness training, and tackle it from the bottom up, ...
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European institutions on Wednesday beefed up cybersecurity efforts by establishing a permanent Computer Emergency Response Team(CERT-EU). The decision was made following a one-year test for the team,which works closely with the internal ...
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Many big companies are failing to learn from information security incidents, according to Rob Kraus, director of research at malware analysis firm Solutionary. Few organisations are conducting post-incident reviews to see how and why the ...
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When it comes to good government IT strategy, only collaboration will work in the long term, according to Hord Tipton, executive director of professional certification body (ISC)2. But after that, governments should stop trying to ...
Students at UK universities are among the recipients of the 2011 and 2012 Information Security Scholarships from professional certification organisation (ISC)². The (ISC)² Foundation Scholarship Program supports future ...
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There is zero unemployment in IT security,suggesting a huge shortage of skills in the profession,says Hord Tipton,executive director of professional certification body(ISC)2. But there needs to be a focus on training people to be ...
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The night watchman and the IT security guy rarely work together even though their jobs,at the core,are similar:to protect the company.At many organizations,physical and information security remain separate entities by happenstance and by ...
More than two-fifths of companies worldwide have failed to prepare for cyber threats, a survey from security company Kaspersky Lab has revealed. Some 41% of more than 3,300 IT professionals polled in 22 countries – including 200 in ...
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The Hertfordshire Police website has been hacked by a supporter of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, with data about members of the force published online. Information about officers in Hertfordshire's Safer Neighbourhood Teams, including ...
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