LONDON, UK: Tripwire, Inc. has announced a multi-tiered virtual Capture the Flag cyber security competition. The contest gives contestants an opportunity to apply penetration testing and analytical skills in a real-world cyber security scenario. The competition will take place March 27-30, 2015.
Birmingham, UK and Dublin, Ireland: ENTERTECH SYSTEMS, the official operating partner for Suprema Inc. in Ireland, the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, has announced that Reliable Security Products Ltd., a leading Irish security products distributor, is now providing Suprema biometrics and ENTERTECH’s BioConnect application for access control in the Irish market. Reliable Security Products Ltd. serves everything from residential markets to large industrial projects through a local network of systems integrators.
The Intercept is reporting a secret program targeting Apple devices and software as part of a CIA sponsored event called “Jamboree” where groups of security researchers meet and present new ways to circumvent security tools and software. Ken Westin, Security Analyst of Tripwire questions the line between research and espionage. The documents acquired by The Intercept are part of the leaked NSA data from Edward Snowden. Similar programs have been revealed such as the NSA’s Dropout Jeep Program where the goal was to compromise and root iPhones when you had physical access to the device. Ken says these same methods and techniques are used by a number of countries as part of their high tech spycraft.
The number of organisations that fully complied with the payment card industry (PCI) security standards during 2014 rose to 20%, according to the latest Verizon PCI compliance report. Previous reports showed that in 2013, only 11.1% of companies worldwide were fully PCI compliant, with average global compliance rising to 93.7% in 2014, up from 85.2%.
The report indicated that the level of full compliance was due to an improvement of compliance across the board, with over 60% of organisations assessed during 2014 compliant with any of the 12 PCI DSS requirements. As a result, PCI DSS compliance went up by an average of 18% for 11 out of 12 requirements.
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