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NCA agency hit by DDoS attack

The NCA agency has recently been hit by a DDoS attack resulting in downtime of over two hours after recently arresting six hackers.

David Fisk, EMEA, Sales Director at Quorum highlights how in today's age IT leaders need to be on guard for even the most modest threats to their infrastructure.

David Fisk, EMEA Sales Director, Quorum says: “Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks pose the question of how can companies quickly recover from technical glitches? The National Crime Agency (NCA) site was down for two hours after it was hacked and they have measures in place which generally means their site is up and running again within 30 minutes. An organisation of this size has multiple redundant systems and a huge amount of experience in business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR). Yet the fact remains disasters such as this will occur. Today’s IT leaders need to be on guard for even the most modest threats to their infrastructure.

: SECURITY EXPERT; Talking Point; Posted On Tuesday, 01 September 2015 00:00

Why so many security breaches in and around the world?

Thought it was time to get back in touch now that the summer seems to be over. Kids, or in my case grand kids, are off to school, iPhones have been issued to track every movement, and life returns to what we call normality.

: Calum MacLeod; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 01 September 2015 00:00

Wrightstyle and escaping from prison fires

Wrightstyle Limited is a leading UK supplier of integrated steel and aluminium glazing systems and exports worldwide. Jane Embury, the company’s commercial director, looks at some notorious prison fires – and the appalling conditions in some facilities today.

: JANE EMBURY, MARKETING DIRECTOR, WRIGHTSTYLE; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 31 August 2015 14:45

UK lockmakers meet lock attack challenge

UK police are continuing to warn householders about the vulnerability of domestic entrance door locks which burglars can defeat in seconds in order to break in.

They are advising householders to have their locks inspected professionally, especially those found on front and back doors made from PVC-u and composite materials, which form a high proportion of domestic entrance doors in the UK.