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Options deploys Microsoft Lync, enabling unified communications and collaboration for enterprise clients

New York & London: Options, the leading private financial cloud provider for the global capital markets industry, has has announced that it has deployed the instant messaging client, Microsoft Lync, to the Options PIPE platform. This latest addition to the Options platform will see the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) firm offer enterprise clients a complete corporate communications tool that incorporates instant messaging, ‘Voice Over IP’ (VoIP) calls and video conferencing.

: O'Connor Kieran; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 02 October 2013 05:38

AlienVault opens new offices in the UK and US

London, UK: AlienVault, the leading provider of Unified Security Management™ solutions and crowd-sourced threat intelligence has announced that it has expanded its operations with two new offices: one in Reading, England, and one in Austin, Texas. The new locations will help the company meet the rapidly growing market demand for its products, and the expansion of its channel organisation to help serve that demand in EMEA and the U.S.

: Beth Smith; Industry News; Posted On Wednesday, 02 October 2013 05:31

Lancope to present joint research at Virus Bulletin in Berlin

Joint presentation to discuss best practices for public disclosure of vulnerability exploitation

LONDON (UK): Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, will present with Microsoft at Virus Bulletin 2013 in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday, October 2. Lancope’s Director of Security Research, Tom Cross, will co-present a session with Holly Stewart, Sr. Program Manager Lead at Microsoft Malware Protection Center, covering best practices for public disclosure of the fact that a security vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. The session will define the difference between vulnerability disclosure and disclosure of exploitation, and illustrate scenarios in which exploitation information can help aid the public in defending against active threats, as well as scenarios in which exploitation information can result in increased attack activity.

: Lara Lackie; Exhibitions; Posted On Wednesday, 02 October 2013 05:25

MOD cybersecurity plans do not scale

In the last few days The Ministry of Defence revealed it is set to recruit hundreds of reservists as computer experts to work alongside regular forces in the creation of the new Joint Cyber Reserve Unit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24321717). But is that enough?