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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. The easiest way into any system is likely to be the defaults, so make sure you don't leave an open door for criminals. 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. 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. 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. Encryption is pointless if not applied to an entire session. It only gives users a false sense of security. 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.
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. 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.
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.. A recent survey of 100 IT managers and CIOs from the financial services, health care, retail, manufacturing and government business sectors shows that despite a torrent of bad press on data-security breaches involving FTP (file-transfer protocol), its use is prevalent and growing. 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. Before TJX revealed its servers had been breached by hackers, the retail giant collected and stored unnecessary and excessive amounts of personal information for too long and relied on outdated encryption technology to defend the data, according to a report released today by Canadian privacy officials.