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Content Management System hack – Analysis and Example from Imperva

Reports yesterday suggested that the EC Council had been compromised by a hacker called “Godzilla”. Godzilla is known for breaching the Pakistani Government websites few months ago. The hacker claimed to have gained access to admin desk and accessed the course materials for CEHV8, CHFIV4, ECSS,ECSA_LPT4. Imperva’s Web Research Team Leader, Tal Be’ery looked into [...]

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SecureData – Cyber security apprenticeship scheme highlights security risks to businesses

Following the announcement yesterday, Thursday 16th of May, about how E-Skills UK has teamed up with organisations to launch cyber security apprenticeships, Etienne Greeff, managing director SecureData comments about the importance of these apprenticeships for UK businesses. “Cybercrime is a very serious issue and can cause UK businesses to lose thousands of pounds each day. The announcement [...]

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Palo Alto Networks Achieves Rigorous Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification

Palo Alto Networks®  firewalls have achieved Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+), the highest level of globally recognised certification for the firewall category. This achievement marks the completion of a rigorous third-party evaluation and testing process. It proves that Palo Alto Networks firewalls are third-party validated security platforms for the most critical [...]

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KuppingerCole’s European Identity & Cloud Conference 2013 has opened yesterday in Munich, Germany

KuppingerCole’s European Identity & Cloud Conference 2013, the Europe’s leading event for such topics as Identity and Access Management (IAM), Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), and Cloud Security, has opened yesterday in Munich, Germany. For the seventh time KuppingerCole has brought together most leading vendors, numerous end users, thought leaders, visionaries and analysts. With [...]

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Car, motorbike, electronics shoppers at most risk of Escrow fraud, according to Bitdefender analysis

The number and scale of escrow scams are expected to grow in June, according to Bitdefender®, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions. Bitdefender’s analysis of the last 10 months shows fraudsters put more energy into creating fake escrow websites at the beginning of summer. More than 16.8 per cent of the escrow scams registered [...]

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46% Of Employees Admit To Bypassing Security To Get Their Job Done

Meanwhile, 40% admitted that if they were breached no one would notice Voltage Security®, the world leader in data-centric security, conducted a research and found that while an overwhelming 85% of employees say that security has added value to their company, half of employees say their job is hindered because they aren’t getting access to all the [...]

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£7.5m of university funding announced to train Cybersecurity experts – FireEye comments

Royal Holloway, University of London and Oxford University are to develop university research centres to train ‘high-level cyber security experts’. The move, which will be funded with £7.5m in government and research council funding, is part of the UK’s national cyber security programme, and the government’s ongoing efforts to combat the growing cyber threat facing [...]

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The Top 5 Brilliant things the Cloud Can Deliver – If You Get Your Security Right

By Dave Anderson, Director of Strategy, Voltage Security Everyone has an opinion about the ‘Cloud’ and its effect on business – some believe it is dark and scary and fraught with unnecessary risk, while others would argue it’s silver lined and the path to greater business performance and cost savings. The truth is that the [...]

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Technology pioneer launches access control solutions and announces plans & partner strategy ahead of IFSEC 2013

Spica International, a leader in workforce management solutions, including access control and time and attendance (T&A) software and hardware, has announced plans to launch in the UK market.  The Solvenian technology pioneer, which integrated NFC (Near Field Communication) technology into its systems as early as 2007, plans to build an impressive network of partners and installers [...]

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