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ARINC delivered Advance Passenger Information Service (APIS) for the Netherlands
posted on 26/03/2012

ARINC Incorporated recently deployed its Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) messaging service to support message transmission to the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. ARINC's EMEA Government & Security Division has installed the new APIS service, in full cooperation with the Identity Management & Immigration (IDMI) programme directorate to support its Innovation Border Management Programme (Vernieuwing Grensmanagement or VGM). The ARINC solution interfaces seamlessly with the existing IDMI border control system. "ARINC greatly values the relationship we have established with the IDMI programme directorate and the Royal Netherlands Marechausse (Koninklijke Marechausee – KMAR), which has stretched back to the successful pilot programme from 2009" stated Ray Batt, ARINC Director, Government & Security. "ARINC is eager to become an important technology partner to the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and to assist the Netherlands in reachin... [more]

Invitation to trial the free, open beta of CertiVox’s new secure information exchange platform
posted on 23/03/2012

If you are one of the millions of people who understand the importance of encrypting your personal data for all things Internet, then you’ll appreciate the opportunity to be part of an exclusive opportunity to try the new open beta of CertiVox’s much anticipated PrivateSky Secure Information Exchange (S.I.X.)™ platform. This new, free service provides fast, one-click encryption for messages, files and other information; a solid solution that finally make it safe, and easy, to do business in the cloud. It’s a fact: HTTPS / SSL simply do not secure your data in totality. Other encryption programs are multi-step, time-consuming and confusing. But the PrivateSky S.I.X.™ platform uses breakthrough patent(s)-pending Incognito Keys™, the industry's first sophisticated, certificateless key management system, and an HTML5 two-factor authentication technology to protect your information and ensure that no one, not even CertiVox, can see your data. The process is easily activated by the click o... [more]

IT security lessons that Australia can teach us (1/2)
posted on 22/03/2012

Paul Kenyon, COO of Avecto, on how the Australian Defence Signals Directorate could teach IT security professionals a thing or two when it comes to operating system and application whitelisting plus privilege controls ... The Australian economy - under the respected guidance of its 27th Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her federal team - is carving out a name for itself in the IT security arena. Whilst this may sound surprising, it comes against the background of Australia's (as a country) relative youth and the fact that the country has around 22 million citizens: big enough to make its weight felt in international terms, but small enough to be flexible in the modern world of IT matters. A key example of this is the country's Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) - Australia's equivalent to the US Department of Homeland Security - which has analysed some of the attack techniques used by cybercriminals and come up with four main methods of blocking them. And the Australian governmen... [more]

IT security lessons that Australia can teach us (2/2)
posted on 22/03/2012

This fully-embedded firmware approach is fairly unique to SCADA-based operating systems, but helps one to understand that a highly controlled operating system and software environment – as mandated under the Australian DSD’s diktat - has a far lower risk of subversion than the free-for-all software approach see in the cost-cutting UK public sector. Here at Avecto, whilst we understand the impetus behind moving to open source software that a growing number of UK government departments and allied public sector agencies are moving towards as part of their cost-cutting strategy, this does not mean that the Australian ideas enshrined in the DSD report cannot also be applied here in the UK. This is because the principle on which our security offerings are built is Windows privilege management - namely the control over who has access to specific applications running on the corporate IT platform, as well as the underlying data. This means, for example, that if the admin team only run their... [more]

Introducing the 2nd Guangzhou International Lock Industry Expo, April 16th-18th, 2012, Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Center
posted on 21/03/2012

In China, lock industry has increased gradually because of the promotion of some pillar industries’ development like housing industry and car industry. While the economy of developed countries like Europe & America, Germany, Japan, etc., recovers gradually, the economy of our nation maintains a sustained and rapid development, and is more competitive in export. The second Guangzhou International Lock Industry Expo is the first professional commercial platform for lock displaying, exchanging and cooperation and will be held at the period as Canton Fair. GILIE 2012 is a good opportunity to establish contacts and build commercial platform thanks of its international, professional operation, wide coverage of media publicity and multitudinous industry elites. GILIE 2011 was held at the same period with the 109th Canton Fair successfully on April 17th-19th with 6000m2 exhibition areas. With careful planning by best professionals and operating by the strong team for half a year the fair ... [more]

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