It has become axiomatic that financial sector organizations sit at the top end of the scale for security and reputational risk. Banks and finance firms are built on customer data and criminals are drawn to that as surely as are regulators tasked with ensuring companies safeguard it to the required legal standards.
UK: Vigilance can report that Panasonic’s Professional Camera Solutions, the WV-SP509 continued its streak as an award winning security camera on Thursday the 8th November at the Computing Security Awards.
Computing Security is the sister publication of Network Computing and deals with the key issues that organisations face as they try to maintain secure networks in the face of new and old threats by educating and guiding those responsible for security. In this way organisations can better understand their vulnerabilities and the possible equipment, staff and corporate policies available to improve security.
Alexandria, Va.: ASIS International, the leading organization for security professionals worldwide, and (ISC)2, the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals worldwide, has opened its joint call for Presentations for the 59th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2013) and the colocated third annual (ISC)2 Security Congress. The events will take place Sept. 24-27, 2013 (Tues.-Fri.) at McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill. Subject matter experts from around the globe are invited to submit proposals to present 60-75 minute educational sessions on timely security solutions and up-to-date intelligence for the traditional or information security practitioner. Detailed information and proposal guidelines are available online at https://asis.confex.com/asis/ansem2013/cfp.cgi. The deadline to submit is Feb. 11, 2013.
CREATES HIGHLY SKILLED JOBS, LAUNCHES NEW APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME
Cardiff, UK: Logicalis UK, the international IT solutions, managed services and cloud provider, has announced that it has extended its operations in Wales by scaling up activities at Nantgarw near Cardiff. Enhanced services from the site will support over 100 Welsh customers, creating 6 new highly skilled ICT jobs and 3 apprenticeship placements as a consequence. This increment consolidates a 50% increase in the workforce in Wales over the last 3 years.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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