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Can banking security follow a trend set with biometric authentication from the healthcare industry?
The rate of adoption of any access security infrastructure is ultimately determined by the ability of the user.
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How much influence does the government have on cyber security?
Questions have been asked on how much involvement the government should have when it comes to cyber crime and online issues.
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Ministry of Justice to survey UK citizens on whether the Data Protection Act is still revelant
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to ask citizens whether the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) should have stronger powers and whether current laws are continuing to safeguard people's personal data.
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Amazon cloud users now protected by Snort intrusion prevention
Sourcefire has announced that it is now delivering its Snort Intrusion Prevention services through the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud in the form of an Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
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Apple has banned an application developer from iTunes, following reports of fraudulent applications rising after accounts were compromised
Apple has responded to reports of iTunes being hacked by confirming that a developer has been removed from the app store.
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Cloud adoption expected to increase in the next two years, as less than half of SMEs predict a move
More than half of enterprises are expecting to have started the planning and migration to a cloud computing model within the next two years.
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Stonesoft introduces new version of its management centre to further protect networks
Stonesoft has announced the launch of the next versions of its StoneGate Management Centre.
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Databases continue to be threatened by insiders, as a third of companies believe that their information has been handed over to competitors
A third of companies believe that their information has been handed over to competitors, with most thinking that disgruntled ex-employees as the most likely source.
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BigFix Enterprise Suite
BigFix Enterprise is a large full-scale suite that can be customised with several components above policy management-type components, including the security configuration and vulnerability management pack.
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Warnings made not to let security awareness slip as summer holidays approach
As summer holidays approach warnings have been made of unsecured applications that indicate a user's location and information or do not offer data security.
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A third of UK employees use a personal device for work purposes as IT management remains unaware
IT managers are facing an uphill struggle as employees bring more consumer technologies into the workplace.
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Nick Clegg announces date for voting reform referendum, as VeriSign claims that online voting will be the norm but will be difficult for the UK to implement
In a statement outlining plans for a referendum on the use of the Alternative Vote system in the UK, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg admitted that 'more and more people realised that our political system is broken and needs to be fixed'.
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Indiana restaurant chain in the US hit by credit card breach, after hack of central processing system
Several restaurants have been hit by a credit card breach following a hack of the processing system.
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Increase in data loss prevention interest leads to IAAITC forming partnership with Egress Software Technologies
Egress Software Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with the International Association of Accountants & Technology Consultants (IAAITC).
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YouTube hit by cross-site scripting vulnerability that hits Justin Bieber videos
Rumours spread across the internet yesterday that YouTube had been hacked with a virus.
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Researcher claims that Adobe PDF flaw is still not fixed
A flaw in Adobe Reader that was patched last week is still exploitable.
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Stolen laptop leads to the loss of details of around 13,000 UK dairy farmers
The data of around 13,000 UK dairy farmers has been lost following the theft of a laptop from DairyCo, part of the Agriculture and Horticulture development board.
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Microsoft has detected 10,000 exploits of a vulnerability published three weeks ago
Microsoft has said that it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in its Windows Help and Support Center.
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Banking malware detected with very little anti-virus interception
Malware that specifically targets online banking users that has very low detection rates has been found.
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St John Ambulance moves to PCI compliance, with implementation of LogRhythm SIEM system
St John Ambulance is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant following intervention from LogRhythm.
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