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UK companies leaving the security of their data on cloud to chance, shows research by PwC/Infosecurity Europe
posted on 08/05/2012

• Only 38% of large organisations ensure that their data held by external providers is encrypted • 56% of small businesses don’t check their external provider’s security • Half of organisations of national importance use cloud for business critical data Many UK companies are failing to keep a proper check on the security of their data held by third parties offering cloud computing services, new research shows. Although three-quarters (73%) of organisations are using at least one outsourced service over the Internet, only 38% of large organisations ensure that data being held by external providers is encrypted. Furthermore, more than half (56%) of small businesses don’t carry out any checks on their external providers’ security and rely instead on contracts and contingency plans. These are some of the worrying preliminary findings from the 2012 Information Security Breaches Survey (ISBS) written by PwC in conjunction with Infosecurity Europe and supported by the department fo... [more]

Directors Portal for the iPad makes even the least security savvy board member secure
posted on 07/05/2012

Cryptzone, Europe’s IT Threat Mitigation specialists, last week announced the launch of the Directors Portal. The portal is a state-of-the-art web based, online workspace, devoted exclusively for board level executives. The portal will be demonstrated for the first time at Infosecurity Europe in London from 24th to 26th April 2012. The portal is available as an iPad app to make it always available to the Director who is always on the go. All employees like to bring in their own devices into the corporate network, senior managers are no different, and in fact Board members are notoriously unsavvy and lax when it comes to securely transferring, sending and reading sensitive information. Board Secretaries across the world regularly send out highly sensitive and confidential materials to board members either by paper or unsecured email communications. With many members geographically dispersed and frequent travellers, this practice puts such content at a high risk of loss or theft. The poten... [more]

SecurEnvoy’s Business Booms as demand for Two Factor Tokenless® Authentication Escalates
posted on 07/03/2012

Bring your own device strategies fuel demand In what is a difficult trading period for many companies globally, SecurEnvoy instead filed its most profitable year on record, growing by 55%, in 2011. The Company has expanded its global reach from 42 countries to 47 through its successful partner programme - most recently in Russia, Czech Republic, USA, Thailand and Hong Kong. The success doesn’t stop there as 2012, so far, has already seen SecurEnvoy extend its global HQ in Berkshire (UK) and open offices in Nuremburg (Germany ) and Tampa (USA). The British-based inventors of Tokenless® two factor authentication (2FA), now leads the market in providing 2FA on mobile devices, using SMS messaging, to deliver users a one-time passcode to access data remotely. Its customers benefit from significant reduced time to deploy and a zero footprint approach. Awarded the Queen’s Award for Excellence for Innovation last summer, SecurEnvoy has gone on to win business globally, with companies lo... [more]

Imperva Analyzes High-Profile ‘Anonymous’ Attack
posted on 01/03/2012

Report reveals details on methods employed by hacktivist group to attack high-profile organizations Imperva, Inc., a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business data in the data center, released yesterday a report that reveals details on an attack by hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ against a high-profile unnamed target during a 25-day period in 2011. The Hacker Intelligence Summary Report –The Anatomy of an Anonymous Attack offers a comprehensive analysis of the attack, including a detailed timeline of activities from start to finish, an examination of the hacking methods utilized and insights on the use of social media to recruit participants and coordinate the attack. “Our research shows that Anonymous generally mimics the approach used by for-profit hackers, leveraging widely known methods – SQL injection and DDoS – to carry out their attack. We found that Anonymous, although it has developed some custom attack tools, generally uses inex... [more]

New PINpad Image added to Swivel Authentication Platform Deployment Options
posted on 21/02/2012

Swivel Secure the global leader in tokenless authentication technology has announced the availability of a new PINpad interface to add to its already extensive range of deployment options. PINpad is designed for low-risk business applications to add an extra security step to the standard username and password authentication process, when a full two-factor solution is not a critical requirement. Based on a familiar numerical keypad format, PINpad appears as an image embedded into the application login page with the digits 0 to 9 randomly distributed on different keys each time it is used. After the user has entered their password, they are prompted to enter a one-time-code (OTC) to complete the authentication. The OTC is automatically entered into the form as the user mouse-clicks the digits of their PIN on the virtual keypad. If this is correctly submitted back to the authentication server the user is granted access to the restricted area of the network. The new interface is extre... [more]

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