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ASIS International releases new edition of its Protection of Assets

New eight-volume reference is the primary resource for the ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Examination

Alexandria, Va.: ASIS International, the preeminent organization for security professionals worldwide, has released a new edition of its Protection of Assets (POA). First published in 1974 as a subscription service, the Protection of Assets (POA) has consistently been the ultimate reference for the security professional. The new eight-volume hard-bound set was completely re-written, edited, and critiqued by hundreds of security subject matter experts. The comprehensive, one-of-a-kind reference covers the full spectrum of physical, information, and personnel security.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:15

Increased hacker interest in SQL injection attacks

Imperva’s second annual hacker forum analysis detects black market for social network fraud

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.: Imperva, Inc., a pioneer and leader of a new category of business security solutions for critical application and high-value data in the data center, today released its October Hacker Intelligence Initiative report, “Monitoring Hacker Forums,” its second annual analysis of a large hacker forum containing roughly 250,000 members. Imperva has detected a black market for social network fraud. In addition, about one third of discussions in the hacker forum focused on training and tutorials for data theft techniques such as SQL injection, but industry analysts estimate less than five percent of IT budgets include products to mitigate attacks in the data centre.

: DARSHNA KAMANI; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:08

Five top spam texts for 2012 revealed in AdaptiveMobile’s Ongoing threat analysis

London: AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile security has announced five SMS spam campaigns that are plaguing UK mobile phone users in 2012.

messages offering thousands of pounds to consumers because of mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance scored the highest on AdaptiveMobile’s Ongoing Threat Analysis (OTA) which rates the impact of spam text messages by sector. The report highlights the need for operators to continue to focus on keeping the SMS channel clean to protect users from unwanted messages.

: SALLY BROWN; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 30 October 2012 08:50

TeamDrive helps award winning Hamburg-Cloud delivers secure file-sharing

Hamburg-Cloud and TeamDrive scoop coveted IT security awards and offer template for how cloud service providers can deliver value added synchronization services

Hamburg: Enterprise cloud synchronization provider TeamDrive has announced the successful implementation on the Hamburg-Cloud allowing the innovative service provider IT works! to deliver secure data synchronization and win a prestigious German IT award.

Hamburg-Cloud is operated from three professional data centers in Hamburg to ensure that all mission-critical data and applications are held within German jurisdiction and adhere to the strict German data protection regulations. With the increasing demand for secure data sharing between clouds, smartphones and tablets, Hamburg-Cloud needed a cost effective, yet secure, option and turned to its partner IT works! Consulting for advice. The result was the creation of its ‘Smart Sync’ platform which is based on the server edition of TeamDrive.