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Security is becoming an increasing source of business intelligence
posted on 10/03/2010
Premises security has long been viewed by organisations as a necessity rather than an opportunity, but with the growth of intelligent buildings this is rapidly changing. Security is becoming an increasing source of business intelligence that helps to ensure a duty of care to employees and visitors and to support increased revenue generation. As organisations have become aware of the need to manage their core assets more effectively and efficie... [more]
How best to manage the security issues social networking brings to business
posted on 08/03/2010
A social network is a communication network of social contacts and seems to have become the most popular way to stay in touch. Forrester Research stated that the number of people using the web will increase by 45% to 2.2 billion by 2013, the total global internet audience is currently 625M and two thirds of these internet users have now joined a social networking site (417M). This is a huge number of people and consequently the security risks are... [more]
Authentication and anti-counterfeiting technologies deployed for FIFA World Cup
posted on 05/03/2010
The FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa are less than 100 days away. While the battle on the pitch begins on June 11, the off-the-pitch brand and product protection battle is already underway. It pits FIFA, sponsors, merchandising partners and teams of IP lawyers on one hand against those who will seek to cash in illegally on the 19th FIFA World Cup. Randall Burgess from the International Authentication Association (IAA) explores the probl... [more]
The risks of losing data and how to prevent it
posted on 05/03/2010
In an era when the UK Government itself acknowledges that total security of data is impossible, and the Information Commissioner has described data as a potential “toxic liability” to an organisation, never has the protection of data been more critical. The risks associated with the potential loss of confidential company, customer or employee data are explored in this article by Shoosmiths solicitors, in conjunction with Bernard Parsons, CEO at ... [more]
Best practice for optimizing firewalls for maximum performance and throughput
posted on 02/03/2010
Are your firewalls overloaded? Symptoms of overloaded firewalls include high CPU, low throughput and slow applications. Before upgrading your hardware, it is worth checking whether or not your firewall configuration can be optimized. Here, Reuven Harrison CTO of Tufin Technologies gives firewall administrators some best practices for optimizing firewalls for maximum performance and throughput. Configuration optimization techniques for firewall... [more]
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