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Mobile phone obsession reaches the bedroom as more than 4 in 10 people check their phone before kissing their partner in the morning!

15% check for work emails on their phone as soon as they wake up

London: When asked what is the first thing they do in the morning, only a quarter of Londoners said they kissed their partner – compared to 42% who said that they checked their phone for messages, work emails or even to look at Facebook! The street survey was commissioned by Infosecurity Europe in the run up to the 2012 Infosecurity show running from the 24th – 26th April 2012, in Earls Court, London.

: NEIL STINCHCOMBE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 17 April 2012 10:22

AlienVault gives mimecast control and visibility over its endpoint devices

The fully unified security architecture also helps the cloud service organization achieve ISO27001 certification

California (US) & London (UK): AlienVault, creator of OSSIM - the de facto standard open source SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), yesterday confirmed how it has helped Mimecast gain valuable insight into the security events occurring on their grid. AlienVault’s OSSIM powered Unified Security Management Platform gives Mimecast an overview, compiled together in a control panel, that delivers visibility of what is happening in all its distributed data centers and remote devices. On top of the basic key service AlienVault’s solution also offers vulnerability scanning, executive reporting and network management.

: YVONNE ESKENZI; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 17 April 2012 10:16

Report on how hackers can hack your Facebook account

Late in 2011, Max Schrems asked Facebook for a profile the social networking company assembled based on his posts, likes and friends. Max received a 1200 page PDF file with lots of personal details. Being a law student, understandably, Max examined the information from a privacy perspective. But what about security? Imperva has examined the content from Max’s report and asked: