Hamburg: In its latest product review, the renowned American SC Magazine has rated the GPZ 5000 appliance from gateprotect with five of five possible stars. The gateprotect firewall achieved the top rating in the categories scope of functions, usability, performance, documentation and technical support.
The ‘supremely courageous and inspiring’ actions of a soldier killed in action in Afghanistan have been recognised with the highest award for valour, Vigilance can report.
Lance Corporal James Ashworth, 23 from Corby, Northamptonshire was killed as he stormed an insurgent position in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand in June 2012. His conduct in putting himself in the line of fire to protect his colleagues has been rewarded with the Victoria Cross (VC), the first award of the honour since 2006.
Rolling Meadows: Big data can save big money. A recent McKinsey report found that value gained from data in the US health care sector alone could be more than US $300 billion every year. But traditional tools aren’t enough to manage these extremely large amounts of fast-changing information. To help enterprises use big data effectively, global nonprofit IT association ISACA issued guidance today on how to manage the chaos and address the business benefits and challenges.
What do nearly all of the recent high-profile data breaches have in common? They have all been traced to sophisticated threats and cyber criminals. While there are many disagreements in the security industry, after every significant breach nearly everyone agrees that it was sophisticated (Twitter, Apple, and the Department of Energy are some of the unfortunate organizations to be compromised by a sophisticated attack recently).
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