Integrated Platform to cover holistic security issues under single umbrella
Abu Dhabi-UAE: The Organizing Committee of the International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014), the integrated platform that addresses security issues under one umbrella has announced the event will host an ‘International Conference on Security Challenges (ICSC)’ on 31 March, 2014, in Abu Dhabi.
Over half of all UK telecommunications and ecommerce firms surveyed experienced downtime due to DDoS attack last year
United Kingdom: Neustar, a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analysis has announced its findings from DDoS Threats in the UK, a survey of IT professionals across the United Kingdom to understand the impact of DDoS attacks and how companies are managing the crisis. Among the key findings from the survey, a staggering 22% of UK companies were found to have experienced a disruptive attack in 2012. In key industries, the risk of attack varies with 53% of telecommunications firms and 50% of ecommerce businesses surveyed reporting attacks last year.
Alexandria, Va.: The world’s largest educational and networking event dedicated to security—ASIS 2013—will bring more than 20,000 security professionals from the private and public sectors to Chicago, IL, Sept. 24–27. The attendees, who are responsible for protecting their organization’s human, cyber, or physical assets, will come from across the U.S. and more than 90 countries to learn about best practices in the industry, identify trends in technology, connect with their peers and see the latest security products and services on display in the exhibit hall.
Apparently there is some confusion amongst people who are new to web application scanning regarding the "time it takes for a scan to run." That metric is typically perceived as a delta between the time at which the scanner starts running and the time at which the scanner completes. However, in reality there are different methods of tracking how long a scanner takes to complete, and some are more thorough than others. Probably the two most common methods of thinking about tracking this time are as follows:
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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