Following reports that Russia was behind last year’s State Department and White House hacks http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/politics/how-russians-hacked-the-wh/index.html Ken Westin, senior security analyst at Tripwire and Dwyane Melancon, CTO at Tripwire explain why this seems to be the result of an outwardly-focused security approach and why attribution is difficult:
HackFu brings together the brightest minds in cyber security for a weekend of hacking challenges
LONDON, UK: In a bid to close the cyber security skills gap, MWR InfoSecurity - the global research-led security consultancy, is bringing back its highly anticipated and prestigious HackFu event for the eighth year running. HackFu 2015 aims to test and improve existing cyber security and team work skills amongst the industry’s best emerging talent, through a series of tasks and challenges that push participants to explore beyond their comfort zones. Prior to the event, MWR is running a global competition to find the most gifted security minds of the world, as well as a local competition for budding infosec enthusiasts, who’ll win a place at this invite-only event. Deadline for entrants is 30 April.
Organisations need the right people and skills to enable security awareness to reduce the human error leading to today’s security breaches
Ahead of SANS Secure Europe 2015, the region’s largest annual InfoSec training event; Lance Spitzner, Director, SANS Institute suggests that the recent 2015 Security Awareness Report highlights that security awareness programs are still in their infancy and many lack the soft skills needed to ensure successful implementation.
The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has welcomed the publication of the long-awaited new Building Regulations which - for the first time in England - require new homes to incorporate provisions to resist unauthorised access.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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