Cyber Threat


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Cybersecurity – Governments need to cooperate

As the Lords call for greater levels of co-operation amongst governments, the EU and Nato to prevent and detect cyber attacks, many people are wondering what level of attack we are under, when does cyber-attack become cyberwar and who...

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Card fraud declines, other channels prove more profitable

The UK Cards association recently reported a 19% decline in card fraud in 2009, the first decrease since 2006. However, that bit of good news was tempered by a continued increase in phishing attacks and a general consensus that...

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I Can See Clearly Now...

Recently the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) called for new efforts to clarify cloud computing, so that UK businesses would adopt cloud services more readily. The CIF called attention to research indicating that 25% of survey respondents (IT decision makers)...

Tags: applications, security, windows

Opening up an organisation without opening doors to new security threats

These days crime is paying. Cyber criminals are earning close to US$1 trillion annually, according to a recent report. It is big business. These criminals have evolved their skills and techniques to such an extent that they can breach...

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Log Management: A compliance hoop to jump through or a business enabler?

Many organisations from local authorities to financial services companies or stock market listed businesses are implementing or have deployed logging solutions. A significant percentage of these deployments have been driven by a need to tick a regulatory compliance requirement...

Tags: applications, security