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Trusteer provides holistic protection for mobile and Online banking channels

LONDON (UK): Trusteer, the leading provider of endpoint cybercrime prevention, has announced the Trusteer Mobile Risk Engine to protect financial institutions against mobile and PC-to-mobile (cross-channel) attacks. Trusteer Mobile Risk Engine detects and stops account takeover from mobile devices by conclusively identifying criminal access attempts. It also identifies devices that are vulnerable to compromise by malware and those that have been infected. Mobile malware is commonly used to bypass strong authentication methods such as SMS One-Time Passwords (SMS OTP).

: Lara Lackie; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 31 May 2013 09:31

Over half of UK population worried about nation-state cyber attacks

LONDON, UK: A recent survey by Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, has revealed that 53 percent of the British public is worried about foreign countries launching damaging cyber attacks against the U.K.

: LUCY HARVEY; Case Studies; Posted On Friday, 31 May 2013 09:25

New Guide helps enterprises perform business-relevant assessments

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA: Establishing confidence in IT processes and controls is important, but audit and assurance processes often represent a pain point for business partners. Their perception is that assurance processes consume resources, slow activities and can lead to additional work—all to achieve goals they may not understand. ISACA’s new COBIT 5 for Assurance bridges the gap by translating assurance activities into a common language that is meaningful to business and technology partners and ties assessment goals directly to business goals. Building on the globally recognized COBIT 5 framework, COBIT 5 for Assurance provides practical guidance for unifying business, IT and assurance professionals around a shared approach when planning and performing assurance reviews.

: Katie Chodosh; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 31 May 2013 09:19

Voltage says latest Experian report highlights our love affair with smartphones – and the risk this poses to corporate data

“By all means allow staff to use their smartphones to communicate on the move - using voice, text and basic email. But when it comes to risking the integrity of the company’s data, encryption at source is the best security defence possible” -- Dave Anderson, Voltage Security