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Card holders must remain vigilant against the threat of card fraud
The UK Cards Association has confirmed that online banking fraud losses across the UK rose to £57.7m (an annual increase of 14%). Despite banking fraud losses rising, there are encouraging signs in the war against fraud, with counterfeit fraud falling by half (52%), cheque fraud falling by 29% and fraud on credit and debit cards falling by more tha [...more...]
Absolute security and confidentiality for HR services
HR resource services companies offer a complete range of services and products relating to the employment of personnel. With payroll data increasingly being transferred over publicly accessible network as the Internet, many HR services companies are aware of the need for absolute security and confidentiality. Many organizations need to secure the e [...more...]
Security is becoming an increasing source of business intelligence
Premises security has long been viewed by organisations as a necessity rather than an opportunity, but with the growth of intelligent buildings this is rapidly changing. Security is becoming an increasing source of business intelligence that helps to ensure a duty of care to employees and visitors and to support increased revenue generation. As [...more...]
Kaspersky PURE safeguards home PC users against digital pollution and Cybercrime threats
Kaspersky Lab has announced the launch of Kaspersky PURE, a comprehensive and innovative approach to safeguarding all home PC users against digital pollution and Cybercrime threats. Kaspersky PURE creates a worry and risk-free environment within which PCs, files, digital identity and services are protected against loss caused by malware, malfunctio [...more...]
How best to manage the security issues social networking brings to business
A social network is a communication network of social contacts and seems to have become the most popular way to stay in touch. Forrester Research stated that the number of people using the web will increase by 45% to 2.2 billion by 2013, the total global internet audience is currently 625M and two thirds of these internet users have now joined a so [...more...]
BKF Recovery Software Now Supporting Windows 7 OS
Windows 7 is the latest version of Microsoft Windows, which is the most widely-used Operating System (OS) in the world. Windows 7 OS reached general public in October 2009 – less than 3 years after Windows Vista release (Vista is the predecessor of Windows 7). Recognizing the possible need for BKF recovery for Windows 7 users, SysTools Group made m [...more...]
Internet users can take advantage of the speed of email and the security of digital encryption with Comodo's free Email Certificates
When New York jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, he shipped the 45.52-carat gem via US mail. Email users need to be warier than Winston. Unlike rocks, email messages scatter into tiny digital signals bouncing from computer to computer, owned and operated by different companies. Anyone along the way [...more...]
Multi-application smart cards can provide different levels of security
Organisations around the world are facing more security threats to their business than ever before. At the same time, tighter regulation and stricter compliance measures mean that these same organisations are under growing pressure to demonstrate to their investors, shareholders and customers that they are taking a consistent and comprehensive appr [...more...]
The risks of losing data and how to prevent it
In an era when the UK Government itself acknowledges that total security of data is impossible, and the Information Commissioner has described data as a potential “toxic liability” to an organisation, never has the protection of data been more critical. The risks associated with the potential loss of confidential company, customer or employee data [...more...]
New hacker scheme is infecting educational servers worldwide with Viagra ads
Imperva's latest report warns that hackers have become industrialized and represent an exponentially increased threat to individuals, organizations and Government. Imperva’s report says the emerging industrialization of hacking parallels the way in which the 19th century revolution advanced methods and accelerated assembly from single to mass prod [...more...]
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