Woking, Surrey: Wick Hill, a value added distributor specialising in IT security, has won Woking’s ‘Most Successful Company of the Year’ award for achieving the best financial performance by an independent company in the Woking area. The award was made jointly by Woking Borough Council, Decision Magazine, Hamlyns and Arcom IT. It was presented to Wick Hill at a ceremony at the WWF UK Headquarters in Woking.
• Over 1.5 billion smart payment cards shipped in 2014
• 185 million smart payment cards and modules shipped to US in 2014
• Contactless technology present on 40% of payment cards in 2014
• Secure DDA technology present on 70% of payment cards in 2014
Munich: The United States’ migration to EMV-standard chip-and-PIN cards, and the growing demand for contactless technologies, defined a high-growth payment card market in 2014, according to the Smart Payment Association (SPA).
Beverley Bell FCILT, Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain, will take up the one-year presidency from Jim Spittle FCILT when he passes the honour at an inauguration lunch to be held in London on May 8th.
A new report from FireEye has revealed that Syrian hackers have obtained data from their opposition via Skype and Facebook by posing as women.
As a reaction, Andy Manoske, senior product manager, AlienVault, has provided the following detailed comment on the malware involved and this type of attack:
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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