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GLOBAL TRADE BODY WARNS AGAIN OVER SURGE IN FAKE COVID CARDS

Dr Paul Dunn, CEO, IHMA

More investment in anti-counterfeiting measures, urges IHMA

Government and law enforcement authorities are urged to step-up anti-counterfeiting measures following ‘disturbing ‘ reports about a surge in fake COVID cards.

In April of this year, 45 US attorney generals called on social media and tech companies to crack down on fraudulent vaccination cards known to be circulating online. In a letter to the CEOs of Twitter, Shopify and eBay, officials asked that companies take action to prevent the sales of fake vaccine cards on their platforms. ‘It has come to our attention that your platforms are being used to market and sell blank or fraudulently completed COVID vaccine cards bearing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logo,’ the letter said.

: ANDY BRUCE; Health Security; Posted On Thursday, 21 October 2021 23:26

Racing ahead...2022 from the 'crystal glass' of a security expert

Looking ahead to 2022, Guido Grillenmeier, Chief Technologist, Semperis is sharing his thoughts on what he sees as the main trends in identity security, ransomware and identity property theft.

Security predictions for 2022

By Guido Grillenmeier, Chief Technologist, Semperis

Attackers will find routes into the cloud that start on your on-premises server

On-premises Active Directory (AD), Windows’ directory service, remains a wide open weak spot in most companies. As the core of Windows operating systems, AD manages user permissions and holds the key to numerous business-critical processes and services – but its default configuration makes it an easy target. While businesses are increasingly shifting workloads from on premises to the cloud, AD remains a foundational piece of infrastructure for both environments for 90% of organisations, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Cybercriminals know this and are increasingly using AD weaknesses as an inroad for attacks against data and applications in the cloud, thus bypassing classic cloud protection systems.

: Guido Grillenmeier, Chief Technologist, Semperis; Viewpoints; Posted On Thursday, 21 October 2021 23:16

ACC, Police Scotland, speaks on policing COP26 and other burning issues in crime prevention

With the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow just a few days away, Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) Gary Ritchie, who is a Director of Police Crime Prevention Initiatives, took a break from his busy schedule to talk about policing the summit, his personal achievements, the importance of structured partnership working and the future of crime prevention.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Intelligence and Policing; Posted On Wednesday, 20 October 2021 23:20

Reflections on the police, the unspeakable and the fallout

BY CHRIS HOBBS

A group of vigilant police officers

Photos: Chris Hobbs

On an ordinary day, this scene would have attracted little comment. Four officers in the ‘meet and greet’ area of the London Marathon were being approached by members of the public for assistance, mainly involving directions that would take them away from St. James’s Park.

In normal times, the fact that a number of these members of the public were unaccompanied women wouldn’t attract comment, but for policing these are not normal times thanks to a rogue police constable whose name has become synonymous with unspeakable evil.