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Information security budgets are not in jeopardy, according to a survey of 300 network administrators. A software security researcher has exploited a flaw in the sex offender registry webpage operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Whether you've been hacked or suspect an employee of wrongdoing, knowing how to preserve evidence is crucial. Derek Parkinson reports. As long as there has been credit granting there have been customers committing first party fraud. Guard the greatest vulnerability point - gaps in data security - to avoid threats, says Raphael Leiteritz The RSA Conference continues to strengthen its hold as the industry's most important gathering for IT security pros. As the dust settles from one of the largest data breaches since TJX, few fresh details emerged one day after Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain revealed that intruders stole some 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from its computer systems. Tumbleweed’s regional vice president Stree Naidu has praised Australian organisations for their efforts in aptly implementing solutions to prevent information and data breaches. A socially-engineered attack could be to blame for a security breach at MTV Networks that has compromised the personal information of some 5,000 employees, security experts said Monday. The easiest way into any system is likely to be the defaults, so make sure you don't leave an open door for criminals. One of the most trusted security elements, it can nonetheless be misconfigured and play right into the hands of the hacker. When it comes to data security, enterprises have historically taken a "stop them at the gates" approach, similar to the purchase of a home security system. Update: A phishing campaign targeted students and staff of Australian universities last month, according to an advisory from Auscert, Australia's National Emergency Response Team. All the technology in the world won't help if your employees don't follow security policies, so how can you win them over? Australians are more concerned about securing outbound email which can lead to sensitive data loss than they are about securing inbound email that could steal data, according to a new survey by Proofpoint.
You have probably heard by now that the root cause of most security vulnerabilities is in the software we run, and that these vulnerabilities are introduced into the software during the development process. That much has been well understood for several years. What hasn't been well understood is the solution to the problem. A major new initiative was launched today in the UK designed to reduce information security failures in organisations by raising security awareness levels. Consumer peer-to-peer (p2p) internet applications are growing at a blistering pace. Evidence is everywhere: worldwide, users send more than 10 billion instant messages every day (J.D. Powers and Associates); Skype's 136 million users account for 7 percent of international long-distance traffic (Morgan Stanley); video file sharing may account for up to 60 percent of all internet traffic (CacheLogic). IT security vendors are acquiring companies that make point products. But what you really need are integrated security solutions. Here’s how to choose your suppliers wisely. By all measures, we live in an age of consolidation.
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.