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Avecto welcomes government call for better Internet security education
posted on 07/02/2012

The Commons Science and Technology encourage people to protect themselves online. Avecto welcomes these news and adds that there is an equal – if not greater – need to encourage businesses to go down this route too. According to Paul Kenyon, chief operating officer with the Windows privilege management specialist, it is reassuring to hear that the MP’s group is aware that most of the steps to defend against cybercrime are routine in nature. “Most of us in the IT security world understand that a lot of the technology involved with securing Internet usage is both easy to source and easy to use, but there is still a distinct need to get this message across to an Internet-fatigued business audience - many of whom still view the Internet as `just another communications medium’ like the good old office telephone,” he said. “But just as we’ve all become aware of the need to treat a call on the phone with caution until the caller has positively identified themselves, so we must get the mes... [more]

Today January 26th: Facebook to Live Stream Official International Data Privacy Day 2012 Event
posted on 26/01/2012

The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a U.S. based non-profit organization and official coordinator of Data Privacy Day, yesterday announced that it will celebrate Data Privacy Day 2012 by hosting "The Intersection of Privacy & Security", in Washington, D.C. today, on Thursday, January 26th from 2-4:45 p.m. GMT. This event will feature U.S. government officials and industry security and privacy professionals from Facebook, Intel, eBay, Comcast, AT&T, and MasterCard Worldwide. These key thought leaders will discuss the interconnectedness of privacy and security in theory and practice, and the event will be broadcast worldwide via Facebook's official live streaming channel. Facebook Live viewers can sign up in advance to attend the event at http://on.fb.me/privacyday2012 or tune in on January 26th at 2:30 p.m. GMT at http://on.fb.me/dctalkslive. "On 28 January 1981, the Council of Europe adopted Convention 108, the first legally binding international instrument related to p... [more]

IED security sweeps for Borderpol Annual Conference and Expo 2012 will be provided by Wagtail
posted on 15/12/2011

Suppliers of Specialist Dog Services, Wagtail UK Limited have confirmed they will be exhibiting at next year’s Borderpol Annual Conference and Expo 2012 and as part of their involvement will provide explosive security sweeps on both days of the conference and exhibition. Wagtail is one of the UK’s leading specialist dog companies providing dogs and handlers for a wide variety of uses including detection of explosives, firearms, drugs, cash, tobacco, live bodies, human remains (cadaver) and search and rescue. Wagtail also provide dogs for use in wildlife detection. Their customers include the UK Border Agency for whom they are the sole provider of live body detection teams at border crossing points in Northern France. These teams operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. In the last 3 years of operations the Wagtail Dog Teams have detected over 8000 persons attempting to enter the UK illegally. This success was rewarded in July 2011 when Wagtail received the prestigio... [more]

September annual security congress in Philadelphia : (ISC)²® announces call for speakers
posted on 12/12/2011

(ISC) 2® announced today the the call for speakers for the second annual (ISC)2 Security Congress, being held September 10-13, 2012, in Philadelphia, USA. The event, being collocated with the ASIS International 58th Annual Seminar and Exhibits, will bring together security professionals from all disciplines, making it the largest security event of its kind in the world. More than 20,000 information and physical security practitioners are expected to attend the joint event. (ISC)²’s primary objective with this event is to provide top-notch information security education to all levels of professionals, as well as offer sessions to all attendees addressing the intersection of physical and logical security. “We are delighted to once again align with ASIS to host this superior event that brings together leading security professionals from all disciplines,” said W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, executive director of (ISC)². “The integration of physical and logical security has become crit... [more]

AP Security Enjoys A Second Summer Of Swing
posted on 12/12/2011

After being an integral part of four highly successful outdoor shows by teen heart-throbs JLS in 2010, AP Security was asked back by promoter Dave Suter of Beat Up Music to lend the company’s expertise to five more major shows in 2011. Proving that contestants on TV’s The X Factor don’t need to win the show to have a successful career, the popular Jack the Lad Swing foursome followed last year’s gigs by playing major shows at three football grounds - Hull KC Stadium, MK Dons Stadium and Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City - plus Lydiard Park in Swindon and the Matterley Bowl, near Winchester. Manning the backstage and pit areas, AP’s staff also passed on their knowledge and experience gained from the 2010 shows to the management at each venue. “We worked closely with the clubs’ stewards and stadium management, who are much more used to football crowds than screaming JLS Fans,” says John Phillips, AP’s National Sales Manager, who ran the company’s operations at the Norwich and Mil... [more]

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