Wednesday, 08 October 2025

Targeted attacks and consumerization of IT will be key in 2012

With 2012 just around the corner, Cryptzone, the IT Threat mitigation experts, today announced its 8 key predictions for the top security trends for the coming year.

Peter Davin, CEO of Cryptzone, comments “Employees are now demanding to use their own devices for work with security as a prerequisite. On the other side, hackers have become more sophisticated in whom they target, opting away from indiscriminate strikes. 2012 will see these trends develop even further.”

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65% of respondents acknowledge IT Departments have easiest access to sensitive data while data access is restricted for other key staff, including CEOs

London: Venafi, the inventor of and market leader in Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) solutions, today announced the second set of findings from its InfoSecurity 2011 survey. Respondents from over 500 IT professionals reported that chief executive officers of modern companies often lack access to their own sensitive data. When asked who had the easiest access to their company’s most sensitive data, 65 percent said that the IT department had the easiest access, with the CEO at 30 percent, management at 8 percent, the HR department at 7 percent and legal at 5 percent.

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Reports that the European Commission is planning a number of changes to its pan-European data breach legislation, including reporting a breach within 24 hours of its discovery – and if the rumours in the Financial Times and other media outlets are correct – dramatically increasing the penalties for data losses (http://bit.ly/vCrhgp).

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  2. IBM develops analytics solution to help clients extract insight from patents and intellectual property
  3. Making great strides in delivering on the goal of building a transcontinental community of nations
  4. G4S - sponsored sailors among 1,500 competitors at ISAF Championships in Western Australia
  5. Day of glory for G4S Secure Solutions USA for winning the First Place Award in 2011 Homeland Security Awards
  6. AdaptEar recognised at John Connell Technology Awards
  7. PAC Report: “The armoured vehicle programme was left in a mess by the previous Government,” says Luff
  8. Internet 'a threat to Jury integrity'
  9. MPS arrests 207 perpetrators of domestic violence and hate crimes in London-wide raids
  10. Tufin unveils its top security predictions for 2012
  11. Google fix for SSL...step in the right direction, but not good enough!
  12. ISACA issues COBIT Assessment Programme to help enterprises ensure consistent and reliable processes
  13. "You can now serve in the Royal Navy Submarines," MoD tells women
  14. Pass the blackberry, not the cranberry as double-dip recession and Eurozone chaos breeds a nation of Christmas neurotics
  15. Opengear expands product line with a high capacity infrastructure management gateway



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