SyferLock GridGuard Live On Infosec Island
Press Release
Infosec Island, the new community for IT and information security professionals, today announced that its new enhanced authentication service based on the SyferLock™ GridGuard™ solution, is now live. Deploying this technology provides Infosec Island members with the option to login with a very high level of security for confidential business, personal or security-related communications. SyferLock’s GridOne authentication is available on Infosec Island to all registered members, and membership is free.
How A Security Company Applies Security
By Larry Ketchersid, Chairman and CEO at MediaSourcery
Similar to security assessments, network architecture designs and other projects, a development project, such as this one involves the exchange of confidential data, including in this case, intellectual property designs, requirements documents, test plans, code fragments and road maps. We could have chose to exchange these documents over email, or printed them out and sent them next day parcel post. Instead, we ate our own dogfood and utilized IslandPKI encrypted document and message transfer…
WireHead Security Partners With NCICU
From PRWeb
WireHead SecurityTM, an information security services firm providing customers with solutions to strengthen internal security and risk management, today announced a partnership agreement with the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU), under which member institutions can take advantage of discounted service pricing. NCICU is comprised of North Carolina’s 36 private, non-profit liberal arts, comprehensive, and research colleges and universities accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Consider Outsourcing Your Network Security
By Kenneth Leeser, President, Kaliber Data Security and Compliance
The number and types of external threats to a network are growing exponentially, and unless a company has a dedicated and highly specialized team devoted to network security, it’s hard to keep up with the rapidly changing threat landscape. After all, the threats of the Internet are the same for every company regardless of its size.
GAPP: Generally Accepted Privacy Principles
By Kenneth Leeser, President, Kaliber Data Security and Compliance
The privacy principles and criteria are founded on key concepts from significant local, national, and international privacy laws, regulations, guidelines, and good business practices. By using GAPP, organizations can proactively address the significant challenges that they face in establishing and managing their privacy programs and risks from a business perspective. The following are the 10 generally accepted privacy principles…
InfosecIsland.com Network Acquires ISR
Press Release
Infosec IslandTM, the new online community designed especially for IT and network professionals who manage information security, risk and compliance issues, today acquired Information-Security-Resources.com, one of the leading online news portals addressing security issues. ISR brings a number of high profile authors to Infosec Island, who will regularly offer their rich experience and broad set of security expertise for the benefit of the community. The combination of the two communities also allows for Infosec Island’s free and premium tools to be made available to ISR’s international audience – adding further value to their existing readership.
Data Security Regulations Require Action
By Kenneth Leeser, President, Kaliber Data Security and Compliance
This is a strong acknowledgment that proper data security programs not only involve hardening the perimeter with firewalls, disk encryption, and Intrusion Prevention Systems, they must also include the implementation of appropriate employee policy and procedures, training and enforcement…
Sybase Presents Techwave 2009
Britt Womelsdorf, Principal Systems Consultant, Sybase iAnywhere
Every year, Sybase holds a technical conference devoted to bringing great minds together, both from Sybase and from its customers, known as Techwave. Techwave gives customers the unique opportunity to interface directly with Sybase engineering, product and executive management.
He’s Not After Your Heart, Just Your Data
By Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor at BankInfoSecurity
Lexis-Nexis Breach Linked to Crime Family: One of the “old school” tactics that the organized crime figures use is going to the local watering holes and seducing young girls and finding out where they work. The mob’s tactic of dating new employees who work at companies that have access to customer data leads to Litan’s warning, “He’s not after your heart; he’s after your data.”
DHS Open Request For Information (RFI)
From The Internet Security Alliance
The RFI is classified, but in general terms, it seeks information on prospective technical, end-to-end solutions that will help to protect the federal (.gov) cyber domain, and to facilitate cybersecurity improvements affecting the private sector. Registration will remain open until July 22, 2009.
