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Video: Future security threats

Video silicon.com found out what security issues businesses should look out for in the future through speaking to security experts attending the annual Infosec show at London's Olympia. Find out what the experts had to say about the current threats to...

Tags: expert, infosec, threat, security

[09 May 2008]

Video: Tackling security threats

Video While at the annual Infosec show at London's Olympia, silicon.com asked security experts how businesses should tackle the biggest threats facing them today. Check out what the same experts said are the biggest threats businesses should be aware of.

Tags: infosec, business, threat, security

[07 May 2008]

Video: Business security threats

Video silicon.com asked security experts attending the annual Infosec security conference at London's Olympia what they feel are the biggest security threats facing businesses today. There were some interesting answers.

Tags: industry, threat, business, security

[01 May 2008]

Are we losing the security war?

Comment I can't honestly remember how long Infosec has been running. A short cyber crime story on Al Jazeera TV on Sunday made me realise that this year's Infosec show in London had passed me by, almost unnoticed.

Tags: security, e-crime, cyber crime

[29 Apr 2008]

Police e-crime unit set for green light

News Speaking at the Infosec security show in London, The Metropolitan Police Service's detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie said: "I'm fairly convinced we'll get the required sum of £5.3m some way or the other.

Tags: funding, government, police, e-crime

[25 Apr 2008]

Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'

News Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on cyber security, Howard Schmidt, said: "[Mobile is] going to become a rich target area for the bad guys. Mobile devices are going to become the next big target...

Tags: criminals, schmidt, security, sdk

[24 Apr 2008]

How Cisco IT Migrated to Stronger Firewall Protection for Large Sites

whitepaper Cisco IT and Cisco Information Security (InfoSec) collaborated to design, deploy, and manage an advanced firewall solution as a critical first line of defense. Like other companies, Cisco Systems needs to connect its intranets to the public...

Tags: firewalls

[04 Mar 2008]

Automated Reporting Gives Microsoft IT Security Team Critical Data in Minutes

whitepaper The IT Information Security (InfoSec) team at Microsoft is responsible for defending the software company's workstations from a variety of threats. In August 2006, the InfoSec team began deploying Microsoft Forefront Client Security on the company...

Tags: security applications, client, workstations, forefront client security

[20 Jun 2007]

Techies plugging in and tuning out

News At this year's InfoSec conference, for instance, security experts talked up the 'insider threat' posed by staff using technology such as MP3 players in the workplace. The IT department is plugged in in more ways than one.

Tags: podcasts, music, headphones

[09 May 2007]

Editor's Blog: The green revolution and Everything 2.0

Comment My colleague Will Sturgeon last week made the point at the annual InfoSec show that we'll soon hear the term 'security 2.0'. I read this week that the former boss of wi-fi provider The Cloud has gone to a venture that has the lofty goal of tackling...

Tags: web 2.0, green

[03 May 2007]

Video: Hackers - what are they good for?

Video Check out the silicon.com InfoSec podcast Security experts have hit out at the notion that there are benefits to be had from engaging with cyber criminals in order to better understand emerging threats.

Tags: white hat, hacker, hack, security

[02 May 2007]

Editor's Blog: Grey areas, honesty and naivety

Comment Some interesting goings on at InfoSec. The guys on the Clearswift stand haven't missed an opportunity to point out how lonely their closest rivals (both in industry terms and proximity on the show floor) have looked on what appears to be InfoSec's...

Tags: security, infosec

[26 Apr 2007]

Schneier: 'We shouldn't need a security industry'

News Speaking to silicon.com at the InfoSec show at London Olympia this week - a leading trade show for the security industry - Schneier said: "The fact this show even exists is a problem. Outspoken author and security guru Bruce Schneier has questioned...

Tags: security, schneier

[26 Apr 2007]

Watch your staff: 'Insider threat must be addressed'

News To demonstrate this point, he performed a 'pod-slurping' demo for attendees at InfoSec. The insider threat posed by malicious staff abusing technology or network resources must become the major concern for businesses.

Tags: security

[26 Apr 2007]

Editor's Blog: Should everybody be a security company?

Comment Schneier spoke out about the relevance of an event like InfoSec, branding its very existence "a problem". silicon.com editor-at-large Will Sturgeon is blogging from the InfoSecurity show at London Olympia.

Tags: iss, ibm, security, bruce schneier

[25 Apr 2007]

Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec

Comment The InfoSec show has come around again so quickly. One of the benefits of larger vendors choosing to step out of the InfoSec madness is more breathing space for start-ups looking for the oxygen of publicity.

Tags: security, infosec

[24 Apr 2007]

Use hacker strategies to build a successful information security career

whitepaper This chapter from InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul offers advice on determining the type of information security job that's right for you, how to dig for the details about companies you're pursuing, best ways to make contact...

Tags: network security, type, field, job

[19 May 2006]

Address these eight concerns in your incident response policy

whitepaper Defining partner agreementsDeveloping an incident team Designing an internal communications plan These recommendations, along with information available from sites such as the SANS InfoSec Reading Room, will make it easier to hammer out an IRP...

Tags: security management, response, plan, incident

[17 May 2006]

Opinion: What's the point of security?

Comment It's Infosec time again. Infosec was once again the venue for the release of the latest government-sponsored survey of information security breaches in the UK, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Tags: internet crime, computer security

[26 Apr 2006]

WebAgain Case Study: NATO

whitepaper INFOSEC Command of SHAPE selected WebAgain, from Lockstep Systems, Inc. Allied Command Europe (ACE) is one of two major military commands of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the...

Tags: europe, north, command, headquarters

[19 Apr 2006]

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