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Passwords are no longer enough to protect critical data in a mobile age

Protecting sensitive data – be it installing a system, or managing information on behalf of in-house or third-party clients – has never been more important in a world where top-secret US files can find their way onto the web via WikiLeaks. With the explosion in mobile data access thanks to the wave of portable devices hitting the market in recent years, its high-time thought was given to whether the authentication solution you have in place is still fit for purpose.

: STEPHEN HOWES, Chief Technology Officer, GrIDsure; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 21 March 2011 07:20

Are you looking for zombies in Denver, Colorado? "There are no zombies in Denver, Colorado," says SecurEnvoy

Well, if you are looking for zombies in Denver, Colorado, you had better look elsewhere! This is a candid warning from SecurEnvoy to all looking for zombies in DenCol in the USA as an amusing incident involving a Denver, Colorado digital road sign that was hacked to display `Zombies Ahead' has been highlighted by them as a classic demonstration of the need for transparent authentication.

: YVONNE ESKENZI; InfoSecurity; Posted On Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:28

British assault ship visits London

Yesterday, the British warship HMS Bulwark took a break from her busy training schedule to visit London. Vigilance learnt authoritatively that HMS Bulwark, the UK’s largest and most technologically advanced amphibious assault and command and control ship, will be mooring at Greenwich for 5 days.

: EDITORIAL TEAM; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:42

Genuine acquisition reform: Neither “conspiracy of optimism”, nor “conspiracy of pessimism”, but better value for money for the British taxpayer

Today, Vigilance brings to it numerous readers worldwide, two views on British Defence Acquisition Reform in speeches delivered on March 15, 2011 by Peter Luff MP, Minister for Defence Equipment Support and Technology and Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel.The speeches were given at the RUSI/ Cranfield conference on Defence Acquisition Reform at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham.

Minister for Defence Equipment Support and Technology

10 am, 15 March 2011

RUSI/ Cranfield Speech at Shrivenham, Luff hits back at Jeremy Paxman, editors of national newspapers...”Yet whereas 90% success would be welcomed with open arms in the private sector, in the political world it is the 10% failure that the likes of Jeremy Paxman and the editors of national newspapers focus on.”