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Spam accounts for 96% of all emails
posted on 06/11/2007

According to SoftScan, the amount of email stopped as spam by SoftScan during October was 96.10%. Although the highest levels of spam seen at the weekend, when there is less business email, have not risen significantly since last month, the spam levels during week days have remained consistently high. "Spam distribution has reached unprecedented levels," commented Diego d'Ambra, CTO of SoftScan. "If advanced technology was not in place to prevent it from reaching users, businesses would be ground to a halt. Two factors seem to behind the increase. Firstly the spammers are still finding it difficult to get through filters and are using volume as tactic. Secondly and more sadly, they must still be making money, which means a significant number of people are still not taking sufficient care over the protection they afford their computer and therefore their personal details." Unlike previous months, spam levels during October did not drop below 90%, in fact the lowest level recorded was 9... [more]

The Right Formula for Data Leak Protection
posted on 06/11/2007

Whether on the race track, on the web or in the boardroom, data leaks are invariably bad news. Just ask Ferrari and McLaren, the F1 giants embroiled in controversy over allegedly stolen technical documents. Or Facebook, who mistakenly exposed a slice of their own source code recently, and thereby possibly their own users. Or Monster.com, who made the mistake of losing over a million customer records to expert “phishers.” Companies are facing spiralling pressures to protect all types of business data. Almost all businesses fall under a regulatory mandate to protect private or personal information, and all worry about internal, confidential information falling into the wrong hands. It has become a race to secure data against increasingly sophisticated hackers. In your organization, who will cross the finish line first? A moving target There’s a real urgency to find solutions to this problem. The situation is further complicated by the need to protect sensitive data whether it’s par... [more]

Official website of Ukrainian President hacked
posted on 05/11/2007

Global Secure Systems (GSS) has warned companies of the need to protect their Web sites following the hacking of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko web site. The Eurasian Youth Union, whose leader is banned from the Ukraine, claimed to have hacked into the official website of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in a retaliation cyber attack. The president's press office said it had registered 18,000 separate cyber attacks against the website "The EYU claim the hack was retaliation for their own Web site being attacked by the Ukrainian authorities. Whatever the reason, it highlights the fact that a sustained attack by determined hackers can only be stopped using a carefully planned security strategy," said David Hobson, the firm's managing director. "We advise clients to install the latest Web site security software, as well as go down the route of Web site diversity, arranging Internet connections with more than one Internet service provider," he added. According to Hob... [more]

Promisec's InnerSpace eliminates blind spots in the network
posted on 30/10/2007

Promisec Inc. has announced Promisec InnerSpace™, providing comprehensive endpoint compliance and governance for the distributed enterprise. With InnerSpace, organizations benefit from greater ease-of-use, management and effectiveness of their network security infrastructure from a centralized location to gain complete visibility and control and enforce corporate and regulatory compliance. Promisec InnerSpace is a solution based on Clientless Endpoint Security Management (CESM) technology with continuous endpoint monitoring, automatically enforcing security policies, and offering problem remediation without the need for clients installed on the systems being inspected. Promisec technology identifies threats and deviations from corporate policy and resolves them before they become serious security issues. Key features of Promisec InnerSpace: · Global Command and Control – Centralized monitoring and management of internal network security operations enterprise-wide · Com... [more]

BeCrypt In Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection
posted on 28/10/2007

Mobile data protection products secure data on devices that are movable and can leave the office, including notebooks, tablet PCs, PDAs and smartphones. Buyers want products that work equivalently across multiple platforms, need minimal support, provide for common policies and use strong encryption. BeCrypt has been included in the Gartner Research publication Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection 2007. David Holman, CEO of BeCrypt commented, “We are delighted to be represented in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. We believe their assessment confirms BeCrypt’s strengths in data encryption for mobile devices, as well as our commitment to continue to deliver comprehensive product functionality.” He added: “Companies are increasingly looking to provide flexible working environments for staff to boost productivity and create a healthy work/life balance. However, the very technology that makes working from almost any location a reality, also poses a security threat to many organisations. B... [more]

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