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| ArcSight Lunches Logger 4 to Help Organisations Combat Increased Risk from Cyber Crime |
 Posted by SecExtra on November 03rd, 2009
ArcSight, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARST), a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies, has announced the launch of ArcSight Logger 4, which includes software designed to enable enterprises to combat the growing threat of cyber crime. With more data, transactions and users online, organisations are increasingly vulnerable to fraud, theft and breaches due to hackers, malware, and malicious insiders. ArcSight Logger reduces the impact of cybercrime by enabling faster and better investigations and forensic analysis of criminal activities.
ArcSight Logger 4 has been designed to fit with the needs of both small and large …
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| SMEs Can Prevent Employee Fraud With Good Business Practice |
Posted by SecExtra on October 27th, 2009
IT security specialist, Turnkey Consulting is advising SMEs on implementing robust internal controls to improve business practice and reduce the potential risk of employee fraud.
The move comes as research suggests that the risk of corporate wrongdoing rises in a tough economic climate. In August this year, fraud prevention service CIFAS revealed that the rate of dishonest employee actions had increased by more than two thirds (69.5 percent) between the latter half of 2008 and the first half of 2009.
Fraud is an issue for organisations regardless of their size. However, small to medium businesses often face the additional challenge of small …
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| Six stolen laptops highlight need for strict control on data |
Posted by secExtra on June 19th, 2008
IT security and control firm Sophos is reminding organisations of the risks of data loss and identity theft following news that six laptops, containing personal information about 20,000 NHS patients, have been stolen from St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London. Sophos experts note that inadequate security policies left the data vulnerable, with the sensitive information being stored on the laptops on a temporary basis due to computer network problems at the hospital. "Sensitive patient data should never be stored on portable computers," said Carole Theriault, …
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| Police invade Facebook to catch the baddies! |
Posted by secExtra on April 18th, 2008
They really are starting to watch you everywhere. You don’t have to be in front of a CCTV camera to be under the watchful eye of the establishment. The announcement by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) about using Facebook as means of gathering intelligence illustrates the increasing adoption of social networking sites by organisations. As always there is a spin that tries to make us feel like we are going to be protected and benefit from the new police tactics. …
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| US Hannaford stores hit by major card fraud |
Posted by secExtra on March 19th, 2008
A potentially major security breach has resulted in around 4.2 million credit and debit cardholders details being revealed in the US, with 1,800 fraud cases resulting so far.”The case is interesting, as it appears that the card numbers were stolen during the card authorization process,” said Calum Macleod, European director of Cyber-Ark.”The security breach is reported to have affected more than 270 stores in the Hannaford chain across the US, as well as a number of independent stores that sell Hannaford products,” he added.According to Macleod, the …
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