Boston, USA: Brainloop, the leading provider of document compliance management solutions, announced on Tuesday that it had signed Foursquare Labs, Inc., the world’s largest location-based social networking mobile platform, to secure their highly confidential business information.
With only eight days to go before the Olympics, beleaguered London businesses are running out of time to prepare to ensure business continuity throughout the games. Independent IT security integratorSecureData today offers advice for those making final preparations.
IT Professionals believe security is woefully flawed as children crack passwords
Forty two percent of IT professionals believe that an average kid could crack most end-user’s passwords using social networking tools. That’s the findings of a survey released today which was conducted by SecurEnvoy amongst 300 IT professionals who found that the average kids can now use social networking tools so proficiently that adults simply don’t stand a chance. Perhaps an even greater concern is that, with social networking sites a virtual Aladdin’s cave of personal information is now available. The security industry concur that just relying on a security question - such as mother’s maiden name, first school or pet is woefully inadequate to fend against hackers – both those already practicing their craft and the far superior younger generation about to enter the workplace!
London, UK: An ISACA leader has welcomed a Business2Community newswire editorial calling for organisations to include software testing as a key stage of their security governance strategy, noting that by including testing prior to choosing the actual applications, it can prevent problems at the software deployment stage.
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