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Imperva partners with NEON to provide database activity monitoring for mainframe users
posted on 28/07/2010

Imperva is partnerning with NEON Enterprise Software to provide database auditing capabilities for DB2 on z/OS. Imperva and NEON will integrate and embed NEON’s DB2 auditing technology into Imperva’s Securesphere Data Security Suite. The addition of NEON technology to the Imperva SecureSphere Suite expands Imperva’s existing support for auditing DB2 for z/OS via integration with IBM Audit Management Expert (AME), enabling Imperva customers to choose from the broadest range of options to support their mainframe environments. “The mainframe market historically has lacked cost-effective options for database protection, forensics and auditing,” explained Amichai Shulman, Imperva’s CTO. “With this integration, Imperva will provide the broadest range of z/OS deployment options for Database Activity Monitoring with a seamless integration into Imperva’s Data Security suite. This will allow Imperva customers to deploy practical solutions to secure their critical data without breaking the ban... [more]

Secure data management is the healthcare industry's most pressing issue
posted on 27/07/2010

According to research from BridgeHead Software, secure data management is the healthcare industry's most pressing issue as hospitals transition from paper-based health records to electronic systems. The Data Management Healthcheck 2010, a global survey into hospitals’ ongoing strategies for managing their IT systems, found that the top IT spending priority for 2010 was disaster recovery (44 per cent), closely followed by Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS, 38 per cent) and digitising paper records (35 per cent). John McCann, Director of Marketing at BridgeHead Software, said, “The healthcare industry’s data environment is notoriously complex, with most hospitals navigating a variety of systems from a range of vendors for managing different types of clinical data in different locations, both on and off hospital premises. When healthcare information systems go down, bringing that information back online is an intricate process. Healthcare IT professionals need to know w... [more]

G4S Technology streamlines internal business communications with Star
posted on 27/07/2010

G4S Technology provides fully integrated building security systems throughout the world, protecting everything from small offices and schools to large multi-national organisations and high security Government facilities. Providing integrated security solutions that need to be available 24/7, G4S Technology must be confident that all systems are 100% available, resilient and robust. As part of an IT review, G4S Technology began to look at ways of streamlining internal business communications in order to benefit from better efficiencies. Simon Haynes, IT Manager at G4S Technology, is tasked with the challenge of connecting all the different office branches and ensuring they have access to the same resources with a robust and resilient network. Simon explains: “As a business with both a national and international network, we wanted to find a partner with resilient and robust networking solutions so that all of our applications can be available 24/7, wherever our employees are based... [more]

Public sector organisations fail to keep records on secure data transfer procedures and costs
posted on 21/07/2010

According to research by Software AG, over 50 per cent of public sector organisations are failing to keep records on inter-organisational secure data transfer procedures and costs. The information was obtained via a series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, which quizzed organisations on their usage of postal and courier services for such transfers, staff time and handling costs and spending on removable media. The research questions were asked to local authorities and central government departments across the UK. A total of 14 organisations out of 26 were unable to provide any information at all, with one responding ‘“[we] are not currently required to keep records of any information/data that is transferred.” “The public should be very concerned that such limited insight into the procedures and costs surrounding the transfer of sensitive information between organisations is so widespread,” said Tim Holyoake, lead technologist at Software AG. “It means that compliance with t... [more]

Fourth largest US payment processor selects Voltage Security for merchant end-to-end encryption
posted on 20/07/2010

Elavon™, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, has announced that Voltage Security has been selected as part of Elavon’s comprehensive security offerings for its merchant network. Voltage SecureData™ featuring Voltage’s Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE), coupled with simplified key management supplied by Voltage Identity-Based Encryption (IBE), becomes one of the end-to-end encryption approaches for Elavon’s gateway and acquiring solutions. “With the addition of Elavon, Voltage has now been chosen by three of the top five payment processors for end-to-end encryption. With its dedication to providing innovative payment solutions, we look forward to working with Elavon to secure transactions throughout their processing network,” said Sathvik Krishnamurthy, president and CEO of Voltage Security. “Data privacy and transaction security has always been a priority at Elavon. We believe that robust encryption, coupled with simplified overhead and administration, will become an important... [more]

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