tagged w/ Simon Heron
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There needs to be a change to email security if we want to stop seeing high profile security breeches such as the ones that hit Hotmail and Google in 2009, and the America law firm Gipson Hoffman & Pancione more recently. The problem is, most email filtering systems will trust the email address and therefore allow it through.
http://information-security-resources.com/2010/01/31/behavioural-based-email-security-systems/There needs to be a change to email security if we want to stop seeing high profile... more
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Remote working, or working from home, is becoming increasingly popular as companies seek the economic benefits of moving some of its team out of the office, or having employees that are able to log on at home. But, businesses could be exposing themselves to more risk by using remote workers if the process is not properly thought through and monitored.
http://information-security-resources.com/2009/11/23/telecommuting-and-enterprise-security/Remote working, or working from home, is becoming increasingly popular as companies... more
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Whilst the recent news that Microsoft has released a free computer security package to the public is reassuring, it does not detract from the fact that the world’s most popular operating system still has serious security flaws.Whilst the recent news that Microsoft has released a free computer security package to... more
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Currently, people rely on obscurity to keep their data safe. But with progressively more intelligent search engines available that can churn through vast amounts of data and make sense of it – even your email – security is something that needs to be addressed.Currently, people rely on obscurity to keep their data safe. But with progressively... more
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We’ve just published the latest guide in our ‘Securing Social Media’ series. We advise companies to block the use of P2P on the corporate network where not related to business use, and implement security guidelines to limit future risk.We’ve just published the latest guide in our ‘Securing Social Media’... more
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Security firms, like Network Box, operate sophisticated Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems that can block many exploits, (such as public web applications), but even these type of systems can only offer a limited amount of protection in the case of private, internal applications.Security firms, like Network Box, operate sophisticated Intrusion Detection and... more
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IT is widely seen as a strategic, not a tactical, function of the business. The job of the IT team is to set and implement an IT strategy to meet a business need, rather than developing the tactical technology to support the business need – which, more and more, is left to specialist experts. Nowhere have we seen this more than in security.IT is widely seen as a strategic, not a tactical, function of the business. The job of... more
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