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Home monitoring and messaging service: Burgled Britons spend £27 billion to regain peace of mind following a break-in

According to a recent ICM nationwide survey, commissioned by Intamac Systems, burgled Britons have spent a staggering £27 billion pounds in the last five years in an attempt to regain peace of mind following a break-in. While many speak of the emotional burden caused by a burglary, few realise the financial implications, as victims take the steps they think necessary to feel safe in their homes again – something not covered by home insurance policies. For a large proportion of people surve... [more]

Hosted Security Services: Northern Ireland Civil Service chooses Websense software for Web security and e-mail filtering

Websense, Inc. has announced that Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) has chosen Websense software to provide Web security and e-mail filtering for all its staff. The decision to choose Websense was driven by IT Assist, the ICT Shared Service Centre providing shared services to all NICS government departments and IT agencies which support them. The £250,000 contract was signed in January 2008 following a review of Web and e-mail security requirements by Websense’s Northern Ireland platinum res... [more]

HackerProof: Comodo HackerProof certifies that eCommerce sites have been tested and are free of security gaps

According to a study conducted by Harris Polls in May of 2006, consumers do not have a high level of trust in eCommerce sites. In the study, Harris measured "levels of trust" and found that only 5% of consumers have "a great deal" of trust in eTailers and over 50% of consumers do not trust eTailers at all or trust them very little. To address this growing trust gap, Comodo has announced the launch of Comodo HackerProof, a new eMerchant service that drives visitor conversion by certifying tha... [more]

Host Intrusion Prevention Systems: Seeing through the VoIP security hype

There’s a lot of debate around the security of converged communications at the moment; discussions of new and existing threats bringing down the “business critical” voice network when it hits the converged network on which everything rides. As an organisation that has been using a Cisco converged network for VoIP and, indeed, the even more critical streams we use for radio broadcasting, the security aspect of this is something we think of as paramount. However: the extent to which voice security... [more]

Halloween spam: Spammers try to hijack Halloween

Spammers are trying to hijack Halloween festivities to grab personal information from internet users. A new spam email campaign tries to lure recipients into handing over a wide range of personal information with the promise of a $250 gift card. The email uses a variety of puns associated with the spooky celebrations on 31 October. Clicking on links contained in the email takes computer users to a website containing Halloween imagery. The website asks for a large amount of personal informatio... [more]

Hotspot Login Assistant: SafeMove eliminates Wi-Fi hotspots security threats

According to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics, the number of people in the UK who work mainly from home doubled between 1997 and 2005 to 2.4 million workers. Supporting the desire for increasing levels of flexibility, the number of workers using multiple locations experienced the strongest growth, accounting for 6 per cent of all workers in 2005. These statistics reflect a worldwide trend that supports the need for advanced security solutions to safeguard the infor... [more]