Archive for July, 2011
Could you save 50% on the cost of your Firewall Change Requests?
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 18/07/2011
Tufin, a “Security LifeCycle Management solutions company” claim that with effective Firewall change management a business could reduce the cost of its Firewall management by 50%. Tufin use research from Frost and Sullivan to support their claim. Frost & Sullivan reports that “The process of implementing a change request to a firewall is a combination of many tasks that […]
RSA’s June Online Fraud Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 13/07/2011
Below is a summary of RSA Security’s June 2011 Fraud Report. RSA recently analyzed one local pharming Trojan which they found to be a highly sophisticated piece of malware that goes as far as installing a driver to achieve its intended goal of stealing information. This is the first local pharming Trojan observed by RSA to even have a driver. […]
PCI Compliance Cost Calculator for Level 1-4 Retailers
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 12/07/2011
StillSecure have produced the “StillSecure PCI Calculator”, a free online tool designed to help Level 1 though 4 retailers examine, and potentially significantly reduce, the costs and complexities associated with PCI compliance. It is a very interesting approach to calculating the cost of compliance. From the StillSecure press release: Gartner issued its Retail Security & Compliance […]
Business under threat as UK fraud exceeds £1bn – KPMG Research
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 12/07/2011
KPMG have released their Fraud Report January to June 2011 Significant statistics: Fraud against the UK as a whole increased by 75.5 per cent from Jan – Jun 2010 to Jan – Jun 2011 (£608.57m – £1068.93m) Fraud against the private sector accounted for 48 per cent of all UK fraud (by number of incidents) […]
Symantec MessageLabs June 2011 Intelligence Report
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 11/07/2011
Symantec have released their June 2011 Intelligence Report. The Symantec Intelligence Report, provides the latest analysis of cyber security threats, trends and insights from the Symantec Intelligence team concerning malware, spam, and other potentially harmful business risks. The data used to compile the analysis for this combined report includes data from May and June 2011. Report highlights […]
Top 10 tips to avoid the Information Commissioner’s wrath
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 05/07/2011
Sophos White Paper. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office can levy fines of up to £500,000 for data breaches, which proves data security is essential. And while it’s not illegal in the UK to lose data – regulators understand there is no 100% in security – you do need to demonstrate you’re managing information risks responsibly. […]
Email Attacks: This Time It’s Personal
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 01/07/2011
Cisco Security Intelligence Operations’ (SIO) research has found that “Cybercriminal business models have recently shifted toward low volume targeted attacks. With email remaining the primary attack vector, these attacks are increasing in both their frequency and their financial impact on targeted organizations”. Cisco SIO estimates that the Cybercriminal benefit resulting from traditional mass email based […]
EMC Has a Good Idea of Who Was Behind RSA Breach
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 01/07/2011
On the 30th June Reuters Published a very interesting interview with Jeremy Burton the Chief Marketing Officer of RSA/EMC. The interview as published by Reuters is below. Reuters 30/6/11 Data storage firm EMC has a good idea of who was behind an attack on its RSA security division that may have compromised SecurID keys used by 40 […]
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