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Infosecurity Europe: firms get access to military grade forensics
Infosecurity Europe: firms get access to military grade forensics
It's not often that firms supplying specialist network forensics technology to US government agencies are allowed to supply their systems software to civilian companies, especially outside of the United States, but Utah-based Solera Networks has achieved this.
May 1, 2009
Infosecurity Europe: Police central e-crime unit can’t afford to tackle e-crime
Infosecurity Europe: Police central e-crime unit can’t afford to tackle e-crime
At the Infosecurity Europe show, London, on 30 April 2009, in a session titled ‘The dynamics of e-crime’, an audience member - an employee of the police central e-crime unit (PCeu) within the Metropolitan police service – interrupted the panel to declare that police are not ignoring the increasing problem of e-crime, but are under-funded and thus unable to tackle it effectively.
May 1, 2009
Infosecurity Europe: Employee awareness of security is “dangerously immature” says (ISC)2’s Colley
Infosecurity Europe: Employee awareness of security is “dangerously immature” says (ISC)2’s Colley
John Colley, managing director of (ISC)2 EMEA lamented the lack of security is company culture in his talk ‘Are we getting the basics right’ at Infosecurity Europe this year.
April 30, 2009
Infosecurity Europe: Mobile-originated spam set to be a major problem
Infosecurity Europe: Mobile-originated spam set to be a major problem
The issue of spam is a major concern for vendors and attendees at the show. And, while internet service providers (ISPs) are doing their bit in shutting down the accounts of spammers in real time, it`s only the fixed line ISPs that have this luxury.
April 29, 2009
Infosecurity Europe: Business social networkers can “learn a lot from kids”
Infosecurity Europe: Business social networkers can “learn a lot from kids”
Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Security Labs, warned against the dangers of social networking at the talk ‘Social networking pirates: Batten down the hatches, Cap’n Jack is coming’ at Infosecurity Europe.
April 29, 2009
Infosecurity Europe show opens with security cafes and expert forums
Infosecurity Europe show opens with security cafes and expert forums
The Infosecurity Europe show opens for a three-day run in London today, with two features that are new for 2009 - security cafes and expert forums.
April 28, 2009
Infosecurity Europe: Lord Erroll calls for greater punishment for cybercrime
Infosecurity Europe: Lord Erroll calls for greater punishment for cybercrime
Lord Erroll stole the limelight, and the audience’s attention on the ‘Who got caught out the last 12 months’ keynote panel at the Infosecurity Europe show in London, 28 April 2009, by calling for greater penalties and repercussions for cybercrime.
April 28, 2009
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - April 27
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - April 27
Last week, Infosecurity Magazine was at the RSA show in San Francisco. A variety of vendors launched new products.
April 27, 2009
A new generation security architecture revealed
A new generation security architecture revealed
Join Infosecurity magazine and Check Point software technologies in a webinar discussing `software blades,' a new architecture that allows companies to select from a library of over 20 software-driven systems to create a tailored security gateway for specific environments.
April 27, 2009
RSA: Recession will hit small information security companies hard say experts
RSA: Recession will hit small information security companies hard say experts
Despite the need for security being exaggerated in an economic downturn, smaller IT security companies will suffer, says Dave Hansen, Corporate SVP &GM Security Business Unit at CA, speaking to Infosecurity at the RSA conference in San Francisco.
April 27, 2009
Privacy International slams ICO ruling on Google Street View
Privacy International slams ICO ruling on Google Street View
Privacy International has slammed the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ruling that Google Street View does not contravene the Data Protection Act.
April 24, 2009
Tufin Technologies launches open API security initiative
Tufin Technologies launches open API security initiative
Tufin Technologies has announced a policy and security network API (application programming interface) initiative and has enlisted the support of several IT security vendors for the program.
April 23, 2009