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New England is again the epicenter of a major retail data breach, this time with the Hannaford Bros. grocery store chain on Monday disclosing that hackers stole 4.2 million debit and credit card numbers from its computer systems. There are plenty of tools around to make infosec professionals' life easier. But how do you find the right ones? Barry Mansfield reports. The easiest way into any system is likely to be the defaults, so make sure you don't leave an open door for criminals. Sophos is urging wireless internet users to ensure the maximum security of their networks following the arrests of ten people in Spain for allegedly distributing bogus email lottery scams via unsecured Wi-Fi networks. Too often, network security relies on placing firewalls in front of public network access points and calling it a day. The assumptions are 1) being on a private network is synonymous with being on campus 2) campus users are implicitly trustworthy and 3) external threats are mitigated by the perimeter firewall. Three out of five IT professionals plans to increase spending on security over the coming year, according to a study by Cisco.. The IDsentrie identity management appliance brings together several forms of secure user management into one device. This appliance focuses on two main areas of identity management, the first being network authentication. TJX on Wednesday reported a 47 percent spike in quarterly profits, aided by a reduction in the reserve that was created to pay for costs associated with last year's reported data breach. Remote workers are becoming less vigilant in their online behaviour, according to Cisco's annual study on security awareness and online behaviour. Analyst firm IDC has updated its July 2007 security solutions market forecast, predicting the industry is set to surpass US$1.6 billion by 2011 instead of just reaching it. Trend Micro's consumer offering of Internet Security 2008 scored top marks in a comparison testing of 28 other anti-virus products conducted by an independent testing organisation.
Encryption is pointless if not applied to an entire session. It only gives users a false sense of security. SC Magazine has announced the finalists for the 2008 SC Awards. The awards presentation dinner will be held April 8, 2008, in San Francisco, Calif. It was about four years ago when the IT department at Chris McClanahan's Fortune 500 financial services company began noticing a widespread influx of so-called smartphones seeking connection to the corporate network.
Concerns about security and poor performance are still holding back wireless local area network (Lan) adoption for many UK firms, research reports. Thousands of customer details have been used by fraudsters following the theft of a Cable & Wireless database, an investigation has found. Hard drives are often overlooked when it comes to patching. But an exploit in this area could be fateful. We all love the convenience of Wi-Fi to stay connected anywhere our laptops take us. In fact, you may be reading this article on your wireless-enabled laptop now. But just as the availability of Wi-Fi services proliferate, so does the number of hackers ready to take advantage of unsuspecting road warriors. The 4tress AAA Server offers scalable authentication, authorisation and accounting services. It is supported by LDAP and SQL databases, allowing centralised administration with fully distributed user authentication. Enterprise security firm Mobile Armor has released a list of 10 New Year resolutions for the enterprise data security professional..