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PCI deadline will not be met by most retailers(15/05/2008)
According to Gartner, most of the analyst firm’s clients will not be ready to meet the PCI-DSS Section 6.6 deadline of 30th June. After this date all merchants that accept payment card transactions will have to use either a specialised firewall to protect web applications or to have completed a web application software code review to ensure that any vulnerability is discovered and fixed. Even though these measures have been encouraged as best... [more]
Fraud losses by banks shifted onto consumers(01/05/2008)
The newly revised UK British Banking code means that fraud losses by banks will now be shifted onto consumers. The new code allows banks to hold customers personally responsible if they have not taken adequate security measures to protect themselves. The research, published this month by analyst firm Gartner, documented that 37% of respondents were unsure how they had become victims of credit card fraud and a further 19% attributed credit card... [more]
Is online banking safer than going to your local branch?(27/02/2008)
Banking online has become extremely pervasive and is becoming more and more common. But has it reached a point where its actually safer than going to your local branch? The risks of banking online are numerous: 1) Hackers have global reach, If you're doing offline banking in Birmingham, you only need to be worried about bad guys in Birmingham, for instance the customers and employees present in your local branch. If you're banking online, an... [more]
Protect critical information: think beyond the hacker(07/01/2008)
This year’s Gartner report states that IT security over-protects the wrong assets, over-reacts to the unexpected and over-spends. Security 3.0 is here; a clearer eyed approach to risk management that applies resources appropriately and moves away from the ‘bolting on’ that’s ruled our approach to security for too long. Businesses and the UK Government really need to start asking themselves where the real IT security threats lie. Repeatedly we ... [more]
The Right Formula for Data Leak Protection(06/11/2007)
Whether on the race track, on the web or in the boardroom, data leaks are invariably bad news. Just ask Ferrari and McLaren, the F1 giants embroiled in controversy over allegedly stolen technical documents. Or Facebook, who mistakenly exposed a slice of their own source code recently, and thereby possibly their own users. Or Monster.com, who made the mistake of losing over a million customer records to expert “phishers.” Companies are facing... [more]
BeCrypt In Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection
(28/10/2007)
Mobile data protection products secure data on devices that are movable and can leave the office, including notebooks, tablet PCs, PDAs and smartphones. Buyers want products that work equivalently across multiple platforms, need minimal support, provide for common policies and use strong encryption. BeCrypt has been included in the Gartner Research publication Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection 2007. David Holman, CEO of BeCrypt comment... [more]
European workers have a lax attitude to corporate data security(18/10/2007)
According to a recent Gartner report, security spending will, for the first time since 2003, slip out of the CIO’s top ten spending list. New research by SafeBoot suggests that security should go back to the top of the list as European workers have a shockingly lax attitude to corporate data security. The survey of nearly 1,300 workers (across the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium) found that a staggering 68 per cent of UK responden... [more]
Mobile security is more important than hacking protection(15/10/2007)
The latest Gartner report states that IT security over-protects the wrong assets, over-reacts to the unexpected and over-spends. Security 3.0 is here; a clearer eyed approach to risk management that applies resources appropriately and moves away from the ‘bolting on’ that’s ruled our approach to security for too long. Businesses and the UK Government really need to start asking themselves where the real IT security threats lie. Repeatedly we h... [more]
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