Wednesday, 21 January 2026

This is a very exciting step for Facebook. They are now allowing their user community to harness the power of all the metadata they’ve been collecting – and it is this metadata that allows context. For example, the difference between a Google search for a restaurant and a Facebook search is that Facebook has “like” metadata— who liked the restaurant, and what makes their opinion matter? The search engine with the most complete and most accessible metadata usually wins. As a parallel, Varonis has seen that knowing what a file contains is one thing, but when you know who uses that file and who has access to it as well then you have an advantage.

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Rolling Meadows, IL: ISACA, a global association serving 100,000 IT governance, security, risk and assurance professionals, has announced its 2013 conference schedule, including its annual INSIGHTS conference for senior business and IT leaders. With members in 180 countries, ISACA offers education and networking opportunities around the world.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL: Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, announced today that it has mitigated multiple SYN, GET and ICMP floods directed against a variety of trading websites operated by London-based Henyep Capital Markets, a leading international online trading and financial services company.

 

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Napatech, the world's largest vendor of intelligent adapters for network monitoring and analysis, has announced new tunneling protocol support that provides increased visibility for monitoring and management of mobile networks. With mobile networks now supporting a varied and growing mix of applications, efficient monitoring and management of mobile networks is now imperative.

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  1. Akamai releases Third Quarter 2012 ‘State of the Internet’ report with Nordic Highlights
  2. Securing the public sector “soft target” is critical says SANS student
  3. JustGiving selects WorldPay to support global payment processing
  4. AlienVault Unified Security Management Platform provides Security visibility for Amazon EC2
  5. Tufin strengthens its executive management team to support the company’s rapid growth
  6. Aviation Week releases exclusive 2013 industry forecasts & data tools
  7. Parisians more likely to take corporate data to their next role than Londoners
  8. BSIA: Secure data destruction essential as business fraud risk doubles
  9. Nemo implements Semafone to make telephone payments secure
  10. Opengear helps Professor Stephen Hawking’s admins reach the COSMOS
  11. JobsiteWhite partners with Apprentice Supermarket
  12. Australia leads the way in security compliance
  13. Hurlingham Club to host Counter Terror Expo Excellence Awards
  14. Tall Buildings Group to discuss fire safety and security at Counter Terror Expo
  15. Norbain adds Silent Sentinel into its portfolio



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