This Year's Theme for Global Security Week
The theme for Global Security Week is “Privacy in the 21st Century” and will take place from the 3rd until the 9th of September. Last year’s highly succesful theme was “Identity Theft” and the above theme is a nice continuation of that topic. Given the increasing amount of personal data belonging to each individual being held […]
Inside Out
A number of stories came to my attention over the past week or so that highlighted something that often gets overlooked, or indeed underestimated, by many of us charged with protecting the organisation’s networks and information. The following stories all have a similar thread Port of Tampa Employees Victimized by ID Thief Social Security Administration […]
Everything Changes – Everything Remains the Same
I recently attended the recent BlackHat Europe briefings in Amsterdam and attended a number of the many interesting talks. The briefings highlighted the many extremely intelligent and dedicated professionals there are within the information security field who work tirelessly to help us better defend our networks from those with less admirable goals. Two talks in […]
Securing Wireless Networks
The freedom and ease of use of wireless networks is making them more and more popular both for personal and business use. However, as with all technologies it is important to ensure that they are deployed correctly and securely. At many of the seminars or presentations I give on seurity I am often asked how […]
45 Million Credit Card Numbers Exposed
At last TJX, who own TK Maxx shops in Ireland and the UK, have finally released the number of credit card numbers exposed. It is the biggest credit card exposure in history with over 45 million credit card numbers exposed going back to 2002. Now some of those cards may be expired but it still […]
The March Edition of Security Watch is Now Available
The March 2007 edition of our sister publication, the Security Watch Newsletter, is now available online. For those of you who do not subscribe to our newsletter, you may find it a useful read as we highlight issues and stories that may not be applicable to our Blog.
Latest Symantec Internet Threat Report
Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report claims that online criminals are exchanging stolen full identities for between $14 and $18. A full identity includes the victim’s Social Security number, bank account details including passwords and other personal information such as date of birth and the mother of the victim’s maiden name. The main victims of online […]
Internet Auction Fraud Most Commonly Reported Online Crime
According to the 2006 annual report released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), Internet auction fraud is the most commonly reported online crime. 45% of the 207,492 complaints received by the IC3 in 2006 related to auction fraud which was down significantly from the 2005 figure of 65%. Overall […]
Be aware of Fraudulent ISACA Exam sites
Thanks to Gary Hinson’s NoticeBored Blog we became aware that there are a number of fraudulent websites claiming to be official ISACA sites for registering for the upcoming CISA exams. ISACA have a post on their site warning about these sites and remind people that the only legimate way to register for the exams is on […]
Managing Information Security with ISO 27001
Information security is becoming more and more a business critical issue as executives and IT professionals are responsible for ensuring the safeguarding of client information, corporate data and compliance with various regulatory and legal requirements. The ISO 27001 Information Security Standard enables those responsible for securing corporate information and associated assets to demonstrate they have […]