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HP: Web application security lifecycle approach saves money and effort

How secure are your Web applications? Unless you conduct application vulnerability testing throughout the lifespan of your applications, there's no way for you to know about your web application security. That's not good news for your security or regulatory compliance efforts. Companies make significant investments to develop high-performance Web applications so customers can do business whenever and wherever they choose. While convenient, this 24-7 access also invites criminal hackers who se... [more]

HD Communications: Extended WiFi range creates security risks

A growing number of gadgets are now appearing on the market to offer WiFi users extended range when picking up "free" WiFi signals. "These devices, which can be obtained for under 20.00 pounds or so, can easily extend the effective range of a WiFi access point or router up to two or three hundred yards. This means that companies that think their WiFi access point is limited to their company building, need to think again," said David Hobson, GSS' managing director. According to Hobson, many... [more]

HTS Hi-Tech Solutions: HTS license plate recognition software integrated with Engebras traffic management and security systems

Hi-Tech Solutions (HTS) has announced that it has sold 70 license plate recognition software packages to Engebras, a Brazilian provider of high performance systems for traffic safety and access control. HTS’s software is integrated with major product lines of Engebras’s traffic management and security systems. The systems can be controlled locally or online, via the Web, and can be integrated with police databases, depending on customer needs. HTS’s license plate recognition software is in... [more]

Human Recognition Systems: Simply Biometrics opens up biometrics security to new markets

A new web based company offering biometric technology has been launched by leading identity management consultants Human Recognition Systems (HRS). www.simplybiometrics.com features over 100 products from leading companies such as Ingersoll Rand, Panasonic, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Sagem, Bioscrypt, CrossMatch and L1. The site allows system integrators, installers and security consultants to purchase biometric security products such as hand, fingerprint, face, iris or vein recognition which are beco... [more]

Hewes Security: ADI-GARDINER Helps Secure Flagship Audi Showroom

ADI-GARDINER’s Chelmsford branch along with local firm Hewes Security has supplied the new Audi dealership at Rayleigh in Southend with an ideal detection solution that matches the stylish design of the cars and building. GJD's D-Tect2 was specially chosen to provide a secure environment for more than 60 cars featured in the Audi showroom. Spanning a two-acre site, it is the largest dealership in East Anglia and has a sophisticated, modern design. The 16 D-Tect2 detectors were specified for ... [more]

HP Software: Ensuring web applications are PCI compliant

As credit card use has become more widespread both offline and online, and as consumer concern about security has understandably grown, the credit card industries have made an effort to ensure that sensitive information is protected. To that end, in September 2006, the major credit card companies (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International) formed the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) and established a set of rules for what they called ... [more]