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Gateshead College offers courses to tackle cybercrime menace
posted on 18/05/2009

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) estimates that fraudulent internet transactions, 'phishing' and security problems caused by viruses and hackers costs an average small business £800 a year. Some businesses can be hit with problems that are so severe losses can run into several thousands of pounds a year. Computers are also used to commit financial frauds like money laundering or false accounting and the unauthorised access to restricted websites or information held on databases. The problem is widespread and, at times, so sophisticated it can be very difficult to spot - placing a severe drain on the resources of hard pressed anti-corruption agencies. Gateshead College's new Digital Forensics Lab at its Baltic Campus site will offer the very latest courses to equip companies with the skills needed to track criminal activity and implement preventative measures. The new facility has opened which will help IT experts and technicians tackle the growing problem of cybercrime affec... [more]

US IT Managers are More Confident than European Counterparts in Their Ability to Mitigate Malicious Web Threat Exposure
posted on 07/05/2009

A survey commissioned by Blue Coat Systems of more than 600 network managers in Europe and the US revealed that US respondents tend to be more confident in their ability to protect against malicious Web threats to their networks than their European counterparts. 24% of US respondents claimed to have experienced “no negative impact on their network” in spite of the fact that malicious Web threats have increased by a factor of five between 2007 and 2008. On the other end of the spectrum, only 18% of the US respondents claimed that malicious attacks had made a significant or very significant impact on their network. European respondents, on the other hand, were less optimistic: In the UK, only 14% of respondents claimed their network had been unaffected by the impact of escalating Web threats and 34% admitted that malicious threats had made a significant or very significant impact. While there were differences in outlook about the impact of malicious threats, American and Europe... [more]

Becrypt Trusted Client provides secure remote access to Foreign and Commonwealth Office
posted on 01/05/2009

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) employs 16,000 staff worldwide, with 261 embassies and deals with 2.9 million consular enquiries a year. The FCO has deployed Becrypt’s Trusted Client to enable secure access to its office network to over ninety employees at two of its overseas Posts in New York. Trusted Client allows remote workers to access their network from an unmanaged PC or laptop over the Internet by simply inserting the Trusted Client USB device and booting up the machine. Following the success of the FCO Trusted Client solution, the FCO has also deployed the solution at its offices in Brussels. According to Jayd Davies, Senior Enterprise Architect at FCO; “Following a review of our IT provision, we identified that for many of our overseas colleagues a key deliverable was being able to create documents and access email securely when working away from their offices”. “Having looked at the necessary protection levels required, we decided to test Trusted Client at our... [more]

SCDT switches its antivirus solution to VIPRE Enterprise
posted on 30/04/2009

Surrey Community Development Trust (SCDT) is a charitable organisation that provides support and housing facilities to vulnerable individuals, decided to change its existing antivirus product as it was affecting its employees ability to work. Sunbelt Software has announced that SCDT has switched its antivirus solution to VIPRE Enterprise because of its higher levels of performance and minimal use of systems resources. With VIPRE Enterprise, SCDT benefits from comprehensive anti-malware security while protecting the productivity of over 90 staff across 16 sites in Surrey and Berkshire. Andrew Hogwood, IT support officer explained, “With our previous solution, scans for malware would last up to several hours, and the machines were not able to support other activities during this time. This was affecting user productivity on a regular basis. When our security software licenses came up for renewal we decided to look at alternative providers that could better meet our needs.” Hogwood c... [more]

GFI gives away a fully functional freeware 5 IP version of GFI LANguard
posted on 29/04/2009

With cybercrime on the increase and threats becoming more dangerous and frequent, businesses can ill-afford to ignore security. If anything, they need to beef up their defenses. However, as more and more businesses bear the brunt of the economic downturn and budgets are drastically cut, security is often the first area to suffer. This is why GFI is giving away a 5-IP freeware version of its GFI LANguard™, to assist organizations shore up their defenses and secure their networks. GFI LANguard allows administrators to scan, detect, assess and rectify vulnerabilities on their network and to secure it with minimal administrative effort. “In this contracting economy, we believe that vendors should work with businesses to assist them in sustaining a viable business until the economy bounces back. We view ourselves not only as a vendor but also – and equally importantly – as a business partner that understands our customers’ needs and is actively doing something to help,” Walter Scott, CEO a... [more]

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