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Amberstone Technology gets Health & Safety accreditation from Safecontractor

Amberstone Technology, a Cardinal Group Company, has been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety.

Safecontractor is a leading third-party accreditation scheme which assesses the health and safety standards of UK contractors. Under the scheme, businesses undergo a vetting process which investigates health and safety procedures and historical records to monitor areas for improvement and examples of existing best practices.

: Beki McVicker and Simon Matthews; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 21 June 2013 08:37

Jeroboams chooses Oncore IT for cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services

Oncore IT, a Cloud and IT managed services provider, has announced that it has renewed a three year contract with Jeroboams Group, a leading London-based wine and whisky merchant, to provide on-premise and Cloud-based backup services, along with disaster recovery (DR), and remote server monitoring.

: TOM HERBST; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 21 June 2013 08:29

10 Data Security Tips: Keep Your Sensitive Information Where it Belongs

Last week’s headlines revealed that the NSA PRISM program details were exfiltrated using a USB thumb drive. The news is filled with cautionary tales of data theft and cyber espionage. With advanced cyberattacks, data theft by employees through portable storage devices and stories of accidental data loss, we have had increasing insight to the frightening ramifications of data theft.

: Jason Clark, CSO WEBSENSE; Viewpoints; Posted On Friday, 21 June 2013 08:10

Criminals are now spamming mobile users by name, state and income level

AdaptiveMobile has uncovered the first instances of customised spam that utilise users’ data against them

Dublin: AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile security, has unearthed evidence that spammers are using mobile users’ personal data to launch invasive, highly targeted attacks. For the first time, mobile spammers can use such information as a subscriber’s first name, postcode, income level and ethnicity to make attacks personalised and therefore more effective. AdaptiveMobile issued the findings in its Global Mobile Security Insights for Mobile VIII, “Mobile security threats: conflict, combat and culture in the United States,” which is the result of mobile traffic analysis from major US mobile operators.