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Business continuity planning
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April 26, 2012
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Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Unscrubbed hard drives a threat to business, says ICO
Unscrubbed hard drives on computers that are decommissioned and sold on represent a significant risk to business
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April 25, 2012
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Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Internet security body to tackle SSL problems
The Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM) is to tackle implementation and governance internet communication protocol (SSL) as its first project.
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April 25, 2012
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Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Patching alone can deliver 80% protection
Keeping software up to date with security patches can deliver 80% protection from cyber threats, says security firm Secunia.
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April 25, 2012
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Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Cloud enables security expertise for SME
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) typically face the same threats as bigger organisations, but lack the same level of expertise and other security resources.
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April 23, 2012
23
Apr'12
UK firms see competitors as greater cyber attack risk than criminals
More than half of UK firms expect a cyber attack in the next six months, but see competitors as a greater risk than criminals
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April 02, 2012
02
Apr'12
UK business fears impact of new EU data protection framework
More than half of senior UK IT managers in large enterprises believe the proposed new EU data protection framework will cost their business more money, a survey has revealed
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March 27, 2012
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Mar'12
Warwickshire-based company to revamp data protection following breach
A Warwickshire-based company has committed to taking action to protect personal data, following a breach of the Data Protection Act
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March 19, 2012
19
Mar'12
UK hacktivist cases should spur business to action, says lawyer
The last of four alleged UK members of hacktivist group LulzSec has appeared in Westminster magistrates court in London
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March 15, 2012
15
Mar'12
BBC cyber attacks highlight difficulty of attribution
The BBC has said it is was targeted by cyber attacks following a campaign by Iran against its Persian service, but stopped short of accusing Tehran of ordering the cyber attacks
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March 01, 2012
01
Mar'12
RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes
Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012
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February 28, 2012
28
Feb'12
Social media to support business continuity
Three-quarters of organisations will use social media as part of their business continuity management (BCM) strategies by 2015 with communication during crises a key component of its role.
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February 23, 2012
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Feb'12
OSSIM update enables cyber threat intelligence sharing
The latest update to the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) base system includes a mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence.
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February 13, 2012
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Feb'12
IE update top priority for Patch Tuesday
Microsoft releases nine bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update on 14 February
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December 12, 2011
12
Dec'11
Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?
Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?
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December 05, 2011
05
Dec'11
One in four IT security staff abuse admin rights, survey shows
At least one in four IT security staff use their privileged login rights to look at confidential information, a survey has revealed.
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October 31, 2011
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Oct'11
Japan may be facing sustained cyber attack
Japan's mapping agency is the latest in a series of government agencies to be targeted by hackers, raising fears that the breaches are part of a series of sustained attacks.
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November 01, 2007
01
Nov'07
Riverbed adds disaster recovery features to WAFS
A new version of Riverbed's software will sense when users are doing massive restores over the Wan and optimise traffic accordingly, the company says.
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April 20, 2007
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Apr'07
Disaster Recovery Planning Podcasts
DR expert Jon Toigo explains how the new realities of business make DR planning an essential element of daily IT process, procedure, product development and procurement.
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March 26, 2007
26
Mar'07
How can a company set retention policies with such a glut of unstructured data?
It depends; there are no easy answers to this. There are a number of initiatives that a company should undertake, including disaster recovery, business continuity planning, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and data security...
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August 24, 2006
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Aug'06
Are tape backups a thing of the past when it comes to disaster recovery?
I guess we have to look at disaster recovery, when it comes to tapes, in order of priorities. So, if we're talking about your most critical applications nowadays -- your most critical data -- tape backup is actually losing favor to disk backup or ...
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August 16, 2005
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Aug'05
Reduce risks of disaster recovery testing
Untested business continuity plans can leave your firm in the lurch, but taking down live environments is risky and complicated.
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November 21, 2004
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Nov'04
Crash Course: Recovery
What good is backing up your data if you can't get it back? The goal of this Crash Course on recovery is to make sure you can effectively and efficiently recover data no matter what iteration of the lifecycle it's in. Included here are also hints on...