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PCI-DSS: PCI deadline will not be met by most retailers

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 practice over the past 18 months, Gartner’s comme... [more]

P640i secure id printer: Zebra P640i printers register eight million Angolan voters using biometric data

With an area of almost 1.25 million square kilometres, Angola is five times the size of the UK. Zebra P640i printers have been used to register eight million Angolan voters using biometric data, ahead of the first elections in the country for the past 16 years. The printers were used in mobile registration centres set up in each of the country’s 18 provinces. The voters’ identity was verified and biographical and biometric fingerprint data, with a digital photograph, were printed and encoded ... [more]

Perimeter Protection: Westminster Security enhances security at Juba Airport in Sudan

On Thursday 24th April the Westminster Group Plc, hosted at its UK Headquarters a delegation from the Government of Southern Sudan including the Hon David Deng Athorbei, Minister of Transport and Roads. In March Westminster received a Letter of Appointment confirming the award of a contract for extensive security enhancements at Juba Airport, Southern Sudan and the Minister’s visit to Westminster was a follow up meeting to discuss the issues involved. The contract, valued at circa 4.7 mill... [more]

Psylock: Behaviour-based biometric for security without sensors

Problematic passwords and expensive biometric sensor technology can now be replaced with a cost-effective authentication method from e-Solutions. The new solution identifies users based on individual typing behaviour, including speed, rhythm and agility, which is just as personalised as handwriting. Remote Biometric Authentication from e-Solutions makes remote network access highly secure and can add biometrics to any online application. The solution analyses typing characteristics and, sens... [more]

ProxySG: Merck Brazil deploys Blue Coat ProxySG and ProxyAV to manage Web usage

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has announced that Merck Brazil, a division of the leading manufacturer of vaccines and medicines in Latin America, has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® and Blue Coat® ProxyAV™ appliances to manage Web usage, accelerate Internet content and applications, protect against malware and enforce policies for employee Web usage. Blue Coat appliances provide Merck with a unique combination of security, policy control and acceleration, and help ensure compliance with its corporate ... [more]

PGP Mobile: PGP Mobile encryption allows enterprise users to easily protect data on smartphones

Recent research conducted by the Ponemon Institute found the leading source of data breaches in both the United States and United Kingdom was the loss or theft of mobile devices, including smartphones. With the cost of data breaches averaging $197 and £47 per record respectively, the protection of data transferred and used on mobile devices is highly critical. Many organisations have only started to recognise this imperative, and have subsequently turned to data encryption after experiencing a b... [more]