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Insight into the life of a hacker and his challenges

Robert Hansen from WhiteHat Security (@rsnake) recently interviewed a BlackHat hacker ("Adam") to discuss how they got into hacking in the first place, what sort of organisations they target and why, etc.

: ROBERT HANSEN; Interviews; Posted On Monday, 27 May 2013 06:50

Experts from CPNI, United Nations and GDF Suez Algerie to present at the 2nd Oil & Gas Security Summit, 12th-13th June, London

Vigilance can report that Chris Phillips, former Head of National Counter Terrorism Security Office at CPNI (part of MI5) and John Steed, Chief of Maritime Security and Counter Piracy of United Nations Political Office for Somalia will be joining the Oil & Gas Security 2013 Summit. Mr Phillips will provide attendees with an exclusive insight on tried and tested methods to reduce insider threats to an organisation or company along with practical guidelines on successfully building a security culture within a company. Having been the head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office until recently and with thirty years’ experience in both major public order and community based policing, his presentation will bring a unique and highly insightful perspective to the meeting providing delegates with real food for thought when forming security strategies.

: XENIA SAPANIDI; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 27 May 2013 06:42

PhishMe surpasses 4 million users trained

LONDON, UK: PhishMe, the leading enterprise provider of immersive phishing awareness training, has now trained over 4 million unique users at 200 different organizations. PhishMe’s customer base includes a number of the Fortune 500, and leaders in the financial, energy, insurance, healthcare, and government sectors. This milestone demonstrates how enterprises globally are working to counter the most common attack methodology used to compromise networks through managing employee behavior.

: LUCY HARVEY; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 27 May 2013 06:34

Big Data, Meet Enterprise Security

The success of huge online companies, like Google, Facebook and Yahoo, in using Big Data techniques to manage very large volumes of data – think terabytes and petabytes of information – has meant that many large organisations worldwide are working to develop and deploy Big Data facilities alongside their established business intelligence infrastructure.

This phenomenon is still the new kid on the block and, as a result, few standards are currently in place to ensure that these new systems are successfully integrated into existing policy frameworks that guarantee governance, compliance and security. Data security, for example has the potential to stop many of these developments if not properly addressed.

This article shows comprehensive solutions to ensure the security of sensitive information in Big Data environments, without impairing their operational flexibility or performance.