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Secretary Napolitano visits Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria: Vigilance can report that Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate Rand Beers and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin yesterday met with President Rosen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Bulgaria to discuss the Department’s collaboration with Bulgarian partners on information sharing, law enforcement, cybersecurity, counterterrorism, and border security.

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, EDITOR; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:22

Businesses know their critical equipment and data is secure

City Lifeline, the central London colocation data centre, has today been awarded ISO27001 Information Security Management Certification. This accreditation confirms that City Lifeline’s security systems and processes meet the highest recognized international standards for physical security and for information security.

: LAUREN WHITE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:10

Oracle to showcase Big Data, Cloud, Virtualization & Security solutions at IP EXPO

-IT giant to host an array of live demos at the UK's number one IT infrastructure event-

London: Oracle will showcase and demonstrate a variety of its latest technological innovations and business solutions, including Big Data, Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and Security at IP EXPO.

During the show at London’s Earls Court 2, Oracle’s business and technical specialists will demonstrate the firm's unique ability to work with customers across the entire stack, from servers and storage to database and middleware, through to applications and the cloud.

: HOLLY FORREST; InfoSecurity; Posted On Thursday, 11 October 2012 06:03

Over 80% of service desks have disaster recovery plans in place – yet only half know how to implement them, according to new research

During a year of well-documented IT failures, new research from LANDesk Software reveals just how prepared the IT industry is for the next disaster

LONDON: In a world where companies rely on IT to keep their businesses running, IT managers are taking no risks when it comes to disaster recovery, according to new research from the Service Desk Institute. The research, sponsored by LANDesk Software, surveyed over 15,000 IT Directors from across Europe between June and July 2012, and found that 80% of service desks have a business continuity plan and 61% test their plan every six months, compared to just 9% in 2011.[1]