With 30% of computers across the world still operating XP, the countdown to the last Windows XP patch has begun (April 2014), Kevin Linsell explains how UK businesses can tackle the challenge of the last XP patch and deal with the potential security issues it will bring.
Below is a case study by Tom Glover, Product and Marketing Manager, argus® Thermal Imaging; a UK manufacturer and supplier of hand held thermal imaging cameras for Law Enforcement organisations around the world. In the article Tom explains the benefits of personal thermal imaging in policing along with images and case studies.
Plantation, FL: Thales, leader has announced the publication of its latest 2013 Global Encryption Trends Study. The report, based on independent research by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales, reveals that use of encryption continues to grow in response to consumer concerns, privacy compliance regulations and on-going cyber-attacks and yet there are still major challenges in executing data encryption policy.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN: According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 75 percent of cyber-attacks target vulnerabilities in commercial software. These targeted vulnerabilities, the report concludes, can be cured with the simple administration of patches. While the patching of operating systems is a common practice a significant number of vulnerabilities are emerging from applications that are not part of the operating system. Despite the structure that is put in place to patch software, the fact remains that many organizations have not solved the problems of patch management.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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