UK Large business & public sector
How should organisations prove that they can be trusted with sensitive data, and build a bond of trust with partners and stakeholders? Terry Greer-King, UK MD for Check Point, looks at the issues
“That won’t happen to us, ’cause it’s always been a matter of trust.” This line from Billy Joel’s 1986 hit single could easily describe the approach that many organisations have taken over the past five years to safeguarding the personal, confidential data that they hold. [Read more...]
The problem of search engine poisoning attacks
We’re pleased to invite you to a WebEx we’ll be hosting on May 17th talking about search engine poisoning attacks. [Read more...]
There is often tension between security, innovation, business drivers and business productivity. A challenge exists. Instead of the positive tension many businesses often create to ensure a balance that allows them to grow and profit from technology advances there is a negative tension. For example, this negative tension exists in the form of security policies that are usually aimed at reducing the risk profile of organisations. [Read more...]
Carl Leonard, Sr. Security Manager, Websense Security Labs
Were you aware that Java is increasingly being viewed as a security risk? Of course you were — recent high-profile attacks have firmly established the trend, so we’re not going to do yet another roundup here.
Instead, let’s drill in and try to understand the core problem. With so many vulnerabilities, it’s hard to keep browsers up to date with the latest patched versions — especially because Java is updated independently from the browser. How hard is it? We decided to check. [Read more...]
Ensuring you’re up to dealing with unforeseen circumstances at a large event takes a lot of thought. Organisations are often obligated to deliver a wide range of services, in a situation where failure is not an option.
And that’s under pressure from threats and higher-than-usual scrutiny from things like travel disruption, and the increased demand on services.
Speaking from our own experience — when BT was the official communication services partner to London 2012 — we know the challenges of delivering success to a large-scale event. And part of managing to do that was to have check after check, and contingency after contingency, in place to make sure there was no room for error. [Read more...]
