Richard Childs
Banknote Watch, the crime reduction partnership aimed at reducing the profits of cash-in-transit and ATM crime, has appointed a new Chairman following a lengthy selection process.
Prolexic latency study
HOLLYWOOD, FL: Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has released results of a website performance case study that documented variations in load times during live DDoS attacks. The study tracked performance of two financial institutions; one website had average website load times of two seconds or less, while the other experienced multiple site outages and lengthy delays in server response times.
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“We’ve had a classification policy for 30 years, but we’ve never been able to enforce it.”
Does this quote sound familiar to you? It’s very common for organizations, especially in the commercial space, to have a classification policy but no way to implement it. Instead, organizations often move directly to the data protection stage, investing in large infrastructure projects such as DLP and IRM. But without classification as the foundation of their information protection strategy, it’s impossible for organizations to know what to protect.
Beleaguered security forces’ attempts to dismantle cartels and encroach on their vast territories are failing to stem the proliferation of violence in Mexico.
Former President Felipe Calderón’s policy directly confronting the groups succeeded in killing a significant number of kingpins. However, the cartels are no closer to loosening their grip on their hard-earned power.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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