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Security News
Information Age IT Security Guru Half of businesses lacking intelligence to defend against cyber attacks. According to a new study, 54 per cent of businesses lack the knowledge and intelligence required to protect against possible cyber attacks. The research, conducted by Symantec and Deloitte, surveyed 500 UK IT decision makers in companies with over 250 employees.
CRN The hottest ticket in town. CRN has set aside 25 March for a series of panel sessions and Q&As in our inaugural Online Security Summit… As encapsulated by a Symantec exec's admission last year that "anti-virus is dead" – and in this recent BBC article and Gartner study – industry lingo is shifting rapidly away from blocking attacks to minimising damage once the bad guys are in. With concerns growing over the effectiveness of traditional preventative controls, the focus has moved from being reactive to being proactive.
Talk Business Magazine Survey reveals 60% rise in UK cyber security concern. GFI Software has released the findings of an independent study examining the business and social impacts of cyber security issues, revealing stark public concerns over the increasing personal and business risks posed by cyber crime and the growing likelihood that cyber crime acts will escalate to physical retaliation.
Mirror Online 'FREAK attack' strikes millions of Apple and Google users - could YOU be affected by the cybersecurity flaw? Millions of people are vulnerable to a hack attack due to a dangerous computer security flaw which has been dubbed "FREAK". One in three websites contain weaknesses which could allow hackers to steal users' private data - potentially including credit card details or passwords.
Computer Weekly IAM tops security initiatives for UK and European firms in 2015 Identity and access management (IAM) is to be the top security initiative by UK and European firms in 2015, according to the latest annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Spending Priorities survey.
Mobile News
CBR BOX BOLSTERS BYOD SECURITY WITH SUBSPACE BUY. Box has announced that it is acquiring Subspace, a start-up which helps IT departments enable employee productivity with secure collaboration and access to data on any device. The move highlights Box's continued strategy to improve the company's security and compliance infrastructure.
CBR 5 KEY SECURITY TOOLS FROM MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS. The tech agenda this week has been fixated on the smartphone, with product announcements (and, indeed, non-announcements) filling the airwaves from every company between Silicon Valley and Barcelona, home of Mobile World Congress (MWC)… Intel Security (at this point at one with McAfee) will soon allow customers of Deutsche Telekom the opportunity to log in to multiple services through passwords, fingerprints and facial recognition technology with its security app True Key.