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Versign Attack: Is this the tip of the iceberg for SSL Attacks?

Verisign have revealed that hackers have taken stolen undisclosed information on numerous occasions.

The VeriSign attacks were revealed in a quarterly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing in October that followed new guidelines on reporting security breaches to investors. It was the most striking disclosure to emerge in a review by Reuters of more than 2,000 documents mentioning breach risks since the SEC guidance was published.

: ROB RACHWALD, DIRECTOR OF SECURITY STRATEGY, IMPERVA; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 03 February 2012 09:04

Mission to Falklands

Vigilance can confirm that Flight Lieutenant Wales, as part of a four- man Search and Rescue (SAR) crew is currently in the Falkland Islands on a routine operational deployment and will shortly take up SAR duties post a period of briefings and a familiarisation flight.

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, EDITOR; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Friday, 03 February 2012 08:52

Respected Manufacturer becomes first Doyenz UK rCloud customer

Himag Solutions selects innovative cloud-based disaster recovery solution to protect critical systems accessed by users on three continents

United Kingdom: Doyenz Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has announced that Himag Solutions has become the first UK client to use its recently launched rCloud service from its new London data centre.

: DAWN NICHOLLS; InfoSecurity; Posted On Friday, 03 February 2012 08:36

Cloud and SaaS increases security challenges for developers says expert

Cloud Security Best practice, Tokenisations and encryption need to become more prevalent

The rise in popularity of hosted, cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is making life more difficult for developers to secure critical applications. “One of the challenges is exercising controls over the remote infrastructure, especially in multi tenant environments,” explains Dr. Johannes Ullrich, Dean of Research and a faculty member of the SANS Technology Institute. “Each development environment will place restrictions on how data is stored and handled by the applications and developers need to educate themselves on the platform before committing to projects.”