Thursday, 22 January 2026

· Six million consumers end relationship with organisations each year due to call centre security concerns

· Consumers struggle with multiple passwords and inefficient security processes

· Banks, retailers and mobile operators fare poorly in consumer perception stakes

Guildford, England: Banks top the list of organisations consumers trust least with their personal data, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers. Mobile phone operators and retailers also fare badly in the eyes of the consumer in a report from Avaya, the global provider of business collaboration and communications services, and Sabio, the contact centre technology specialist.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL: Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services,has  announced that it mitigated an attack against a U.S. metropolitan utility company earlier this month. The utility, which provides services to an estimated 420,000 electric, 305,000 water, and 230,000 sewer customers, has engaged Prolexic to provide DDoS protection services.

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Reacting to Deutsche Telekom’s new and interactive real-time map of global cyberattacks, Tufin Technologies says it is significant that the bulk of attacks (27.3m last month) identified by the Sicherheitstacho service were against the Server Message Block (SMB) – aka the Common Internet File System (CIFS). Reuven Harrison, CTO of the security policy management specialist, says this attack vector operates across an application-layer network protocol that is mainly used for providing shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network.

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Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization

Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization

Vigilance can report that work to update the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions estimate for international shipping moved forward during an Expert Workshop at IMO Headquarters last week, (26 February to 1 March 2013), attended by more than one hundred participants from IMO Member Governments and Observer Organizations, whilst a final study is expected to be delivered in 2014.

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  1. Parliamentary round identifies trust, accountability and value for money as necessary ingredients for private security industry, police relationships
  2. Hard work, creativity and dedication earn VSG Officers top industry recognition
  3. Security Is No Joke
  4. Demand for body worn video shoots up dramatically
  5. The Hunt for Red October…2013’s sequel
  6. Nearly a half of employees use social media and read news during work, a third even shops online
  7. British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemns "act of cold-blooded murder" by Northern Nigerian Islamist monsters involving a Briton and other foreign nationals
  8. Tyco draws from its wealth of experience to identify trends that will define the industry in 2013 and in the future
  9. Army’s homecoming to boost economy by £1.8 billion
  10. The Next Cybersecurity Threat Cycle is here: Are You Prepared?
  11. Mastering Your Next Audit with THE Firewall Audit Checklist
  12. The Evernote Breach: Did we see the beginnings of a data-theft wildfire scenario?
  13. “PKI is Under Attack”
  14. CNL goes to Singapore
  15. BSIA: Lone worker protection essential as Corporate Manslaughter cases rise



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