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UK businesses all talk and no action when it comes to insider threats, reveals LogRhythm research

As more than two fifths of employees admit to having stolen confidential information, little action is being taken by employers to defend against and punish perpetrators – leaving gaping security holes

London: LogRhythm has announced the results of a survey that suggests that while businesses are growing increasingly aware of the insider threat, they still lack enforceable controls to stop and punish perpetrators. The survey of 1,000 IT professionals, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of LogRhythm, found that more than a third (36 percent) of IT professionals believe employees would access or steal confidential information, yet 38 percent do not have, or know of, any systems in place to stop employees accessing unauthorised data. Surprisingly, less than half (48 percent) regularly change passwords to stop ex-employees gaining access and the most commonly used deterrent is the threat of disciplinary action (64 percent).

: John Aduma; Case Studies; Posted On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 10:40

gateprotect becomes a Member of the German Alliance for Cyber-Security

Hamburg: gateprotect AG Germany, Germany’s leading independent IT security specialist, has been admitted as a participant in the Alliance for Cyber-Security. The Alliance for Cyber-Security has been founded in 2012 upon the initiative of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and in cooperation with the Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM).

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 10:36

More than half of IT professionals make undocumented changes to IT systems Netwrix survey finds

Just 60% of organisations have Change Management Controls in place, leaving 40% at risk from security threats or system downtime

Netwrix has released results of a new survey, which finds that a majority, 57%, of IT professionals have made undocumented changes to their IT systems that no one else knows about; while as many as 40% of organisations don’t have formal IT change management controls in place. Frequent system changes without documentation or audit processes can cause system downtime and security breaches from internal and external threats, while decreasing overall operational efficiency.

: Peter Rennison; Case Studies; Posted On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 10:26

Building big ideas from small bricks: COPA-DATA launches zenon Challenge 2014 competition

Since the beginning of April, LEGO bricks have been taking over the desks and offices of students, engineers and automation experts. With the HMI/SCADA software zenon, from COPA-DATA, and LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robots, new zenon applications are being playfully researched for the zenon Challenge 2014 competition. The first teams have already kicked off the race.