Securing Against SQL Injection Attacks
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst
Security firms, like Network Box, operate sophisticated Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems that can block many exploits, (such as public web applications), but even these type of systems can only offer a limited amount of protection in the case of private, internal applications.
Why Not Leave Security to the Experts?
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst
IT is widely seen as a strategic, not a tactical, function of the business. The job of the IT team is to set and implement an IT strategy to meet a business need, rather than developing the tactical technology to support the business need – which, more and more, is left to specialist experts. Nowhere have we seen this more than in security.
Breakthroughs in the Battle Against Spam
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst
We’ve been developing a way of detecting and blocking spam that analyses not just content and IP address, but by applying learning from email user behaviour and relationships, to understand which emails the recipient actually wants, and which are spam.
ISR News: Heartland Braces For A Fight
Excerpts From SearchFinancialSecurity.com
“We intend to vigorously defend any such claims and we believe we have meritorious defenses to those claims that have been asserted to date,” Carr said. “At this time we do not have information that would enable us to reasonably estimate the amount of losses we might incur in connection with such claims.”
ISR News: More Lawsuits for RBS WorldPay
Excerpts From The Scotsman
RBS WorldPay - the payment processing arm of Citizens Bank - has confirmed that, during a 30-minute period last November, thieves used 100 cloned pre-payment cards to withdraw a total of $9 million from 100 cash machines in 49 cities around the world.
