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Turning Point for Security will be driven by New EU Data Directive

(21/05/2012)

The European Commission is designing a raft of new directives on data security that commentators say will come to be seen as an essential turning point. The New 24-hour data breach disclosure rules are a golden opportunity for organizations willing to embrace automation. The Directive includes a number of tough new provisions on data handling, but the element that will give security professionals the most immediate anxiety is the insistence that organizations doing business in the 27-nation EU z... [more]

New report reveals European businesses complacent with sensitive information

(27/03/2012)

Data breaches will continue to expose European businesses to unnecessary risk and damage business reputations unless action is taken now to improve the management and protection of sensitive business information, reveals a new report by Iron Mountain and PwC. The study highlights an urgent need for a change in employee behaviour and a cultural shift among senior executives if organisations are to overcome the complacency, negligence and lack of shared responsibility uncovered by the study. Th... [more]

Comment from NetIQ on data breach reports

(23/03/2012)

In light of the number of reports released this week that highlight threats organisations face from data breaches, NetIQ comments on the importance of both strong identity management policies and SIEM solutions to securing an organisations data. "In the last week, Verizon, Symantec and IBM have all released reports revealing the threats that organisations face from data breaches. While Symantec claim the cost per stolen record is declining, the latest research from Verizon shows that data br... [more]

Dame Fiona Caldicott’s independent patient data privacy review welcomed as a critical opportunity for the NHS

(20/03/2012)

The announcement of Dame Fiona Caldicott’s independent review into the protection of patient data has been welcomed as a critical opportunity for the NHS. FairWarning Inc, a global expert in the detection and prevention of electronic health record (EHR) data breaches, believes it could help lay the foundations for secure and trusted electronic healthcare, which will enable better patient outcomes. The reputations of hospitals, the trust of patients, and confidentiality of electronic healthcare a... [more]

Top 5 Authentication Predictions for 2012

(16/12/2011)

As we quickly approach 2012, we thought it would be interesting to look ahead at what we think will be the major trends in authentication next year, as well as some of the specific attacks that we think will happen in 2012 as a result of poor authentication standards. Below are the top five authentication predictions for 2012, from Confident Technologies. 1. BYOMD (bring your own mobile device) will spell big trouble for businesses in terms of data loss in 2012. Employees and contrac... [more]

Many organisations still wrongly assume that log management is just a compliance requirement and not an active cyber threat detection system

(20/06/2011)

The recent 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has highlighted the problem of first-generation Security Information Event Management, (SIEM) and its failure to alert administrators to potential security problems. The DBIR, an annual study conducted by the Verizon RISK Team with co-operation from the U.S. Secret Service and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit, found that within its representative sample, only six percent of the time did an organisation’s designed IT security efforts ... [more]

 

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