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ActivIdentity Appoints Sysec as First Global Implementation Partner
ActivIdentity has accredited Sysec as their first UK-based Global Implementation Partner. This accreditation recognises Sysec's expertise and experience in managing the successful deployment of multi-layer strong authentication and credential management solutions based on ActivIdentity technology for identity assurance and authentication.
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Top 10 Reasons for Security
Some IT and security teams wonder if automated and vulnerability is important, given pressing demands for other IT projects and investments. Use the simple checklist in this report from McAfee to find out how secure you really are.
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Combating Shadow IT
Shadow IT arises when employees surreptitiously use their own devices and software to get things done. Now, entire armies of employees are using smartphones and other consumer technology such as tablets in the workplace. This is one of the rising trends in corporate IT that may result in new vulnerabilities identified in the latest Security Labs report from the Sysec partner M86 Security.
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M86 Security Predictions
A year makes a big difference when it comes to web and email security. M86 Security Labs has produced a threat predictions report that identifies eight of the top trends that are emerging to form tomorrow's threat landscape.
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Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
APTs are combined, sustained attacks on an organisation's computer systems and they are on the increase. Read our partner, M86 Security, white paper on the evolution of APTs and how to establish best practice for defending against these threats.
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Advanced Persistent Threats - What is the Real Threat To You?
Some organisations may feel they are not important enough to worry about Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). However, some may be targeted because thay have lax security and because they also have partnerships that yield high value targets.
Read the McAfee white paper to find out more about the real threat posed by APTs.
Cheshire Councils Improve Communications with Secure Shared Services
Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester Councils have selected Sysec to secure a common identity and access management solution to facilitate the deployment of a shared service Microsoft Lync Server unified communications and collaboration platform.
Cyber crime costs UK £27 Billion
A recent study prepared by Detica in partnership with the office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) estimates the cost of cyber crime to the UK to be £27 billion per annum. The study indicates that businesses in particular need to look again at their defences to determine whether their information is indeed well protected.
Information Security - The People Factor
Two recent surveys reinforce the fact that when it comes to security breaches people remain the weakest link. In one survey more than two-thirds of public sector workers who cannot send or receive emails larger than 10Mb in size admit to trying to get round the problem by sending a file using personal email accounts, file-sharing websites or unsecured USB storage devices. In a second survey more than half of Europeans admit that they would access a network insecurely whilst working remotely.
Social media – the next cybercrime target?
According to the McAfee 2011 Threat Predictions Report, social media will eventually replace email as the primary method for distributing malicious code and links. The threat landscape is evolving with the rapidity that organisations are adopting more immediate methods of communication such as instant messaging and social media and information security needs to display the same agility to keep pace with the speed of this change.
Information Commissioner Gets Tough on Breaches
The Information Commissioner has recently demonstrated that his bite is as bad as his bark. Two
organisations have received fines of £60,000 and £100,000 respectively for serious data protection
breaches.
Sysec Secures Email for Leading Wealth
Management Company
Sysec has been chosen by St James's Place, one of the UK's
leading wealth management companies, to provide a secure, managed
email service to ensure the company's ability to provide the highest
quality service to its clients.
Sport Wales raises the bar with
Sysec
Sysec has been selected by Sport Wales, the national
organisation for developing sport and active lifestyles, to provide
an identity and access management solution for employees located at
their offices and national sporting centres throughout the country.
Find out more about how Sysec is delivering a secure environment for
Sport Wales employees to work more efficiently and securely whether
in the office or remotely.
Security in the Cloud
The growing number of cloud computing services promise
appealing cost-savings and flexibility. Yet cloud computing may seem
risky because you cannot secure its perimeter - where are a cloud's
boundaries? How do you ensure the security of data hosted in cloud
data centres? Sysec's experts have prepared some guidance on the
importance of identity and access management in the cloud that will
help you ensure that there is no compromise to the security of
confidential information whether in a public or private cloud
environment.
Meet the new Sysec team
Sysec is expanding to improve our ability to advise clients on
their information security needs. Find out more about the latest
recruits to the Sysec team and how their expertise can help you
improve your organisation's information security here. They are all
looking forward to working with Sysec's expanding base of security
solution and managed security customers.
McAfee Threat Report (Q2, 2010)
The latest Threat Report from McAfee reveals malware at all
time high with 6 million malicious files and spam at an all time
high. According to the latest report there are 55,000 news pieces of
malware every day and a significant increase in threats to portable
storage devices, fake anti-virus and social media software. You can
download a copy of the latest report here.
Sysec Revs Up Performance at British
Grand Prix!
While Mark Weber and Lewis Hamilton were battling it out for
supremacy at the British Grand Prix on Sunday July 11th, Sysec and
several of their clients were enjoying the spectacle from the
grandstand at Silverstone.
Sysec applies identity and access
management (IAM) expertise to NPIA IAM projectReading, UK – Tuesday November 17th,
2009 – Sysec Security Group ( www.sysec.co.uk) has been chosen
by Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN Group)(1) to provide
identity and access management (IAM) solutions and services to
police forces throughout the UK as part of the National Police
Improvement Agency (NPIA – www.npia.police.uk) IAM Central
Services project. There are 43 police forces in England and
Wales with over 140,000 serving police officers. In the
continuing battle to protect the public against crime and terrorism
there is a growing demand to make information more widely available
across forces. Read more
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