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ISACA survey shows 61% of UK IT leaders believe employee-owned mobile devices are riskiest to the enterprise

2011 ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer also reveals concerns surround cloud computing in UK and projected increase in information security jobs

According to a new member survey by global IT association ISACA, 61 percent of information technology leaders in the UK believe that any employee-owned mobile device poses a greater risk to the enterprise than company-supplied devices do, as opposed to 31 percent who said a mobile device supplied by the company is riskiest*. When asked, ”What is the riskiest behaviour you are aware of an employee doing with a mobile device that has access to the corporate network?”, storing company data in an unsecured manner was reported as the riskiest by 48 percent of the respondents; losing the device was said to be the riskiest by 26 percent. Just 23 percent of respondents believe that the benefits of employees using personal devices for work activities outweigh the risk to the enterprise.

: NEIL STINCHCOMBE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Thursday, 02 June 2011 14:21

Lieberman Software CEO predicts disaster for 02 mobile wallet security

The flurry of news surrounding mobile wallets and how NFC (near field communications) will soon allow us all to ditch our credit and debit cards in favour of a payment-enabled mobile phone ignores the security issue that is staring us in the face, says Phil Lieberman, the CEO of Lieberman Software.

: BILL BOYLE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Thursday, 02 June 2011 13:24

Wake up, Apple! Apple, wake up! Action, action! It's time for action!

Trusteer says MacDefender rogue antivirus requires action by Apple

The rash of rogue Apple Mac AV software appearing in recent weeks - culminating in the widely-publicised appearance of MacDefender - highlights the fact that the Mac is just as susceptible to malware as the Windows platform says Trusteer the leading provider of Secure Web Access services.

: NEIL STINCHCOMBE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 01 June 2011 12:03

Breach survey reveals shift in web hacking towards smaller targets, multipath attacks

Ethical hacking expert highlights social engineering as potentially the most dangerous growing threat

Can anyone keep hackers out of business? You probably will have an answer personal to you after you have read the findings of this survey. But one thing is certain; hackers do behave like the eyes of a crab. Press down an eye of that sea creature called ‘crab’, and you will find it lifting the other!