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Infosecurity
Europe bucks recession, as does cybercrime
It looks like the security industry is in good shape, especially if the
Infosecurity Europe show is a measure of economic health. Cybercriminals, however, are looking
strong, too.
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security skills must include communication, says Dorey
According to industry veteran Paul Dorey, future security professionals will need
to have better communication skills to gain respect.
U.K.
security must improve in time for 2012 Olympics, says Blunkett
Former Home Secretary David Blunkett opened the Infosecurity conference in London
with a call for government and business to give greater attention to cybercrime threats, especially
in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics.
New products aim to control rogue applications that avoid
firewalls
Palo Alto Networks Inc. was sporting the slogan "Fix the Firewall" at its first
Infosecurity Europe exhibition in London, and showing off its range of firewall appliances that
attempt to control applications that avoid firewall detection.
Few companies enforce social
networking policies, says survey
According to a survey from Sophos Plc, employees are sharing too much personal
information on sites like LinkedIn and MySpace. More importantly, many enterprises are not making
an attempt to control the use of social network sites.
Information
security salaries remain steady despite recession
Despite an economic crisis, professional information security salaries are holding
up well in the U.K., according to a new survey of more than 600 professionals.
Survey: U.K. workers could be tempted into selling
company secrets
An Infosecurity Europe survey of 600 London commuters revealed that many employees
would give up their precious company's data for the right price.
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This was first published in April 2009
