Iron Mountain study reveals concern about the lack of analytic and strategic skills required to release full value from information For information professionals and the business leaders they support, the most critical information management skills that businesses will need over the coming years are the ability to add value to information through insight and analysis, combined with a strategic outlook and awareness of business goals. However, a new study[i] from Iron Mountain reveals that both groups agree these skills are currently the weakest. The survey of senior business executives and records and information professionals in 900 mid-sized European and North…
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The Wall Street Journal broke the news of the LogJam computer bug in web browsers that has the potential impact of making more than 20,000 websites unreachable. Branden Spikes is founder, CEO and CTO of Spikes Security (www.spikes.com) which develops technology for secure online web browsing: “It’s a good move for browsers to raise the bar on encryption key strength as compute power increases, and hackers gain access to botnets and cryptocurrency mining devices which make key cracking a bit too trivial for comfort. I think you can probably blame this archaic support for weak keys on the US cryptography…
Experts from Securonix and Secure Channels commented tonight on Brian Krebs’ report that the St. Louis Federal Reserve today sent a message to the banks it serves alerting them that in late April 2015 attackers succeeded in hijacking the domain name servers for the institution. The attack redirected Web searches and queries for those seeking a variety of domains run by the government entity to a Web page set up by the attackers in an apparent bid by cybercrooks to hijack online communications of banks and other entities dealing with the regional Fed office. Igor Baikalov, Chief Scientist, Securonix (www.securonix.com) “Unless…
As you prepare for your big trip, you routinely whip out your suitcase and cosmetics bag, carefully fold your clothing and tuck away your personal items, and print out your boarding pass. As you head out the door, you grab your cell phone, phone charger, tablet, laptop, and any other technology that you’re bringing along—after all, you carry these items with you daily, and you wouldn’t think of leaving them behind during your travels. The more technology you have at your fingertips, the more conveniences you enjoy. However, along with these devices also comes security concerns, and these security concerns…
In light of the news that South Wales Police has been fined by the ICO for its DVD data breach, please find comment below from Nick Banks, VP EMEA and APAC, IronKey by Imation. “No organisation is exempt to suffering a data breach, and the UK’s public sector is certainly no stranger to data loss. We only need to look back over the past few years to see the catastrophic results this can have on an organisation and its reputation. Public sector organisations like South Wales Police hold a position of trust within the community, and equally, on a countrywide…
Security experts from Tripwire and Securonix commented this afternoon on the Chris Roberts plane hack. Tim Erlin, Director of IT Security and Risk Strategy, Tripwire (www.tripwire.com): “The new information about Roberts’ actions is high profile, but we should be asking how we validate what is possible on these aircraft, and how we then make them safer. Whether Chris Roberts is a criminal or not is secondary to the safety of passengers. As a consumer and a member of the information security community, I’d like to know what is being done to address the vulnerabilities that have been disclosed. Let’s make sure that no…
Penn State University network attack Penn State’s College of Engineering revealed that it was the target of sophisticated cyberattacks that shut down its network. An official at Penn State mentioned “In fact, on an average day last year, Penn State alone repelled more than 22 million overtly hostile cyberattacks from around the world.” This is an interesting number, however I would surmise they are counting the amount of perimeter based source IP addresses they are blocking using general static firewall, VPN, and IPS rules that stop general drive by attacks blasting the internet. What may be more important are how many…
Accumuli Security, an NCC Group Company, has announced an agreement to licence Juniper Networks DDoS Secure technology. In follow up to Accumuli Security’s, £6.37 million sale of DDoS business, Webscreen Systems, to Juniper Networks in February 2013, Sharing the news that Accumuli Security, has just gained the worldwide licencing rights for DDoS Secure from Juniper. Gavin Lyons, CEO of Accumuli, comments: “DDoS Secure is a fantastic technology and we want to ensure it continues to thrive in the industry. We believe in this technology and the value it can add to our customers and partners. As the previous owner of the…
Data from a LogicNow survey shows global IT Service Management industry in discord Significant misalignment between what services IT departments most want to buy and IT Service Providers try hardest to sell 71% of IT Service Providers want a more strategically-focused customer relationship – but only 13% of IT departments feel the same 45% of IT Service Providers invoice in a way that frustrates IT departments – and 53% are not planning to change LogicNow, the world’s leading integrated IT Service Management platform provider, has today announced the results of its Global IT Service Providers Harmony Report, an annual healthcheck of…
Researchers at Context Information Security have demonstrated how easy it is to monitor and record Bluetooth Low Energy signals transmitted by many mobile phones, wearable devices and iBeacons, including the iPhone and leading fitness monitors, raising concerns about privacy and confidentiality. The researchers have even developed an Android app that scans, detects and logs wearable devices. The app can be downloaded along with a detailed blog explaining the research visit HERE The Context findings follow recent reports that soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army of China have been warned against using wearables to restrict the possibility of cyber-security loopholes. “Many…