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Study expresses concern over shortage of skilled cyber security professionals worldwide

2013 Global Information Security Workforce Study finds that hactivism, cyber-terrorism and state-sponsored acts among list of top security concerns, yet two-thirds of CISOs feel short-staffed, resulting in frequent and costly data breaches

London, U.K: (ISC)2® (“ISC-squared”), the world’s largest not-for-profit information security professional body and administrators of the CISSP®, today released the results of its sixth Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton, conducted by Frost & Sullivan. The study of more than 12,000 information security professionals worldwide (3,229 from the Europe/Middle East/Africa region) reveals that the global shortage of information security professionals is having a profound impact on the economy and is driven by a combination of business conditions, executives not fully understanding the need for security, and an inability to locate qualified information security professionals.

: VIDUSHI PATEL; Case Studies; Posted On Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:35

gateprotect Firewall awarded EAL4+ Certification under Common Criteria

Hamburg: The German IT security specialist gateprotect has successfully completed the internationally recognized EAL4+ certification under Common Criteria. In the course of development, the firewall packet filtering core was evaluated by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in Germany.

: THOMAS SCHULTZE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:27

Signify gets ISO27001 certification putting its secure authentication service 'best in class'

Cambridge: Signify, the cloud-based secure authentication service, has achieved ISO27001 certification. Signify provides 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) as a hosted service in the cloud that enhances the security of its customers systems, especially their remote access and cloud-based systems. The ISO27001 certification demonstrates that Signify’s security and reliability are in line with world-class standards, ensuring it meets the needs of its security conscious customers. This puts it best in class as an authentication service provider.

: ALLIE ANDREWS; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:20

WatchGuard extends enterprise strength security to BYOD

WatchGuard has announced introduction to the market two new Wireless Access Point products. With more companies adopting bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies to enable a mobile workforce and enhance productivity, they will provide customers with the same level of security for wireless local access network (WLAN) traffic that they rely on for traditional wired traffic.