Information Security from a business prism

As enterprises struggle to remain profitable in an ever-changing risk environment, the current economic crisis has elevated the need for effective business risk management. Information security is a key parameter that affects business risk. The academic definition of information security is the “preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.”** Confidentiality is the preservation of secrecy of information (e.g., business reports, technical designs or financial projections) by ensuring that viewing is conducted solely by authorized people. Integrity is ensuring that information is accurate and consistent and has not been manipulated. Availability ensures that information is accessible to authorized people when needed.

: CHRISTOS K. DIMITRIADIS Ph.D., CISA, CISM; Columnists; Posted On Monday, 21 February 2011 09:43

Training your staff in security might not solve the negligent insider threat

Despite the fact that since April 2010 a deliberate or malicious data breach can be punished with a fine of up to £500,000, organisations continue to leave themselves vulnerable to attack. A few weeks ago a doctor at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust was found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act for leaving medical information about 56 patients on the London Underground.

: Philip Lieberman, CEO, Lieberman Software; Columnists; Posted On Sunday, 28 November 2010 09:33

Tape: The Tyrannosaurus Rex of backup?

Many businesses know that tape is the dinosaur of business continuity solutions, but find the idea of replacing their legacy backup systems with disk arrays too intimidating. In this article, JON MILLS, Managing Director of SEPATON, dons his paleontologist’s hat, digs out his magnifying glass, and compares tape to Tyrannosaurus Rex to encourage anyone that doesn’t see the need to evolve their backup to reconsider their plans.

At first you may not think there are any similarities between Tyrannosaurus Rex and storage tapes: one is a carnivore that died out at the end of the Cretaceous period, the other is a magnetic medium for high capacity data storage. Yet the features of each mean that they face an evolutionary dead-end and replacement by nimbler, more adaptable, alternatives. Let’s look at some of the things they have in common:

: Jon Mills, Guest Columnist; Columnists; Posted On Tuesday, 14 September 2010 19:57

Video analysis in a fast changing world by our guest columnist, Dr Rustom Kanga, CEO, iOmniscient

Making Video Analysis work

Video Analysis seems to be the new buzz word in the Security Industry so everyone feels they must have it. Unfortunately the way most people buy video analysis they are highly likely to be disappointed with the results. Part of the problem is that there are many players in the market (including some otherwise very reputable names) who pass off simple “Motion Detection” technology as Video Analysis. However a large part of the blame must rest with the way users make their buying and implementation decisions.