Managing Information Security With ISO 27001
In partnership with the Centre for Software Engineering we are running a two day course on “Managing Information Security with the ISO 27001 Information Security Standard”. The course is scheduled to run on the 15th and 16th of April 2008 and you can book your place on the course by contacting the Centre for Software Engineering. The […]
Protecting Your Online Reputation
An interesting series of posts on how to deal with negative publicity from the online community has just started today on Damien’s Blog. Today’s post offers an interesting insight into how to deal with negative postings about your company from bloggers. While focused on the customer service side of things regarding this issue, I think […]
Security Breach at Jobs.ie?
Lots of conversation on boards.ie claiming that a number of CVs have been illegally downloaded from the Jobs.ie website. No details of what happened have appeared yet but the below is supposed to be an email from Huw Taylor the General Manager of Jobs.ie to affected users. Dear ………. I am writing to bring your […]
A Matter of Pride
I was watching TV and saw an advert for Irish Pride bread. The concept of the advert is that some people take no pride in their work and often take shortcuts to achieve their goals or indeed just do the bare minimum to get by. It got me thinking about the information security field and whether or […]
Latest Information Security News Roundup
Below is a round up of news stories relating to information security that we have collated from the past few days. For ease of use we have categorised the stories under the most appropriate headings. If there are other stories that may be of interest please let us know via the comments feature.
Vulnerabity of the Old
During a recent email conversation with Damien Mulley on the risks posed to dial up users I also discussed with him how the rapid advancement of technology is making older technology more dangerous. The following is a summation of that conversation and hopefully it will provide you with some food for thought. Despite the media splashes regarding […]
Latest Information Security News Roundup
Below is a round up of news stories relating to information security that we have collated from the past few days. For ease of use we have categorised the stories under the most appropriate headings. If there are other stories that may be of interest please let us know via the comments feature.
Insuring Against Hack Attacks
The Canadian based insurance firm Executive Risk Insurance Services announced that they are launching a new corporate insurance product enabling clients insure against the associated costs of an information security breach. The new insurance plan will not only cover the costs of the actual damage caused against systems by an attack but also the additional […]
Virus Alert
I came across this amusing video by Weird Al Yankovic called Virus Alert. And for those of you keeping track of the recent court case whereby Eircom is being sued by four record lables, the song “Don’t Download this Song”, from the same artist is worth a listen to…. Enjoy
Latest Information Security News Roundup
Below is a round up of news stories relating to information security that we have collated from the past few days. For ease of use we have categorised the stories under the most appropriate headings. If there are other stories that may be of interest please let us know via the comments feature.