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Small businesses are more vulnerable to credit card fraud when taking online payments
posted on 18/10/2011

Banks have tightened their security systems – including introducing physical devices for taking online payments – but despite lower levels of online fraud many small businesses are bearing the brunt of breaches of supposedly secure payment systems. Recent figures from the UK Cards Association show that, while debit and credit card fraud has fallen to its lowest level for 11 years as a result of chip and pin technology, attempts to infiltrate consumer accounts, steal identities and forge payments are increasing. With criminals hitting back against falling credit card fraud the Forum of Private Business is warning that small businesses are more vulnerable when taking online payments. In instances where credit card information gained illegally is used to place an order for which the original cardholder will not pay out, the e-Commerce merchant is expected refund all the expenses and cover the hassle by paying a chargeback fee. Even when no fraud has occurred entrepreneurs are being hit. ... [more]

QNAP Security's new VioStor NVR Series with dynamic E-map, video segment backup to external USB device andreal-time video watermarking
posted on 18/10/2011

QNAP Security's new V3.5.0 VioStor NVR firmware upgrade improves the surveillance performance of QNAP VioStor NVR servers with the following new features: - Dynamic E-map: The dynamic E-map feature allows users to pinpoint the position of each IP camera on a multi-layered digital map. It also provides instant notification of alerts whereas immediate access to the corresponding live view is gained by simply clicking on the desired camera icon. - Video Segment Backup to External USB Device: Users can now back up specific video segments of the camera channels from the VioStor NVR to an external USB storage device connected to the front panel of the NVR by specifying the start and end time. It offers an exceptionally convenient way for video backup. - Real-time Video Watermarking: Real-time digital watermarks are embedded to the videos of the IP cameras as soon as they are recorded to the VioStor NVR to ensure the authenticity of the video files. - 16-Channel Simultaneous Video Pla... [more]

Playgolf invests in SG Systems People Counting System to monitor its premises
posted on 10/10/2011

One of the leading UK Golf Centres - Playgolf has invested in SG Systems People Counting System to monitor and count the number of people entering and leaving their premises. SG Systems UK Limited (Shopguard)'s new VTS Video People Counting, which is a modern people counting system that measures the number of people visiting one or more locations over a period of time. The system includes overhead CCTV cameras, which track people’s movements, whilst the CAMS (Customer Activity Monitoring System) units detect, count and record entries and exits. This efficient VTS Video People Counting system will help to find out how long people spend in one place and how often that place was visited. It will also help to test the effectiveness of new displays, compare one display with another, evaluate new store layouts, monitor queuing times or even track people round the store. Group Marketing Manager for PlayGolf, Kate Palmer, commented: “The system we have had put in has given us the opportuni... [more]

IT security is a necessary evil
posted on 07/10/2011

The IP EXPO security index survey, conducted among IT professionals from businesses of all sizes and sector, reveals that nearly one-fifth of IT professionals fear their businesses may never re-open for business or would fail shortly after a major security breach, as a direct consequence of that breach. Other findings include: o 70% said they believed security would be best considered collaboratively and routinely across all aspects of ICT. o 47% said they believed their own organisations needed more security-related collaboration between different ICT disciplines. o 44% of respondents stated that at least a quarter of their jobs involved IT security. For 23%, security took up more than half their time. o 23% of respondents said that their approaches to compliance compromised their security. o 26% said mobile devices such as smartphones and laptops posed the highest risk of data loss to their businesses. o 18% said memory sticks being used for data theft posed t... [more]

IT security professionals must develop more effective portable device security strategies
posted on 03/10/2011

The smartphone has become ubiquitous in our lives. As the new iPhone 5 is about to be launched, IT managers now need to develop a more effective access strategy for the increasing use of smartphones and tablet computers in the workplace. Peter Davin, Cryptzone's CEO, commented: “Lord Erroll said at this year's Infosecurity Show keynote back in April that the consumerisation of IT is now inevitable, but regardless of who actually owns the portable device, we agree his point that organisations must accept that portable devices are now as much a facet of workplace life as the photocopier – which, incidentally, auditors viewed as a significant security threat back in the 1970s when they started reaching the mainstream,” he said. “The rise and rise of Google Android as a portable device operating system of choice, however, changes things from an IT security perspective, since - as an open source operating system - users can clearly download their apps from many different sources, some o... [more]

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