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Juniper Networks acquires SMobile to deliver a secure mobile Internet experience on any mobile smart device

Juniper Networks has announced its acquisition of SMobile, a provider of smart phone security. The Columbus, Ohio-based SMobile Systems, Inc., is a privately held software company focused solely on smart phone and tablet security solutions for the enterprise, service provider and consumer markets. The total transaction consideration at closing will [...more...]

Bradford Networks' Adaptive Network Security platform secures wireless access throughout University of Westminster campus

The University of Westminster has selected Bradford Networks' Adaptive Network Security™ (ANS) platform to secure wireless access throughout its campus. Khipu Networks completed this project, its 250th Bradford implementation in the UK. The University of Westminster selected Khipu for its secure wireless project as Khipu was the only company to [...more...]

Malware for mobiles will become increasingly complex and operating system specific

The first piece of mobile malware to make use of the Internet was written by a Ukrainian hacker back in 2004. Cybercriminals then lost interest in these types of programs until quite recently, when from June 2009 to June 2010, 35% of all detected smartphone malware operated via the Internet. There’s a perfectly logical explanation for this – sm [...more...]

Organisations plan to include encryption on employees' mobile phones

According to Goode Intelligence's Mobile Security Survey (Part Three) 40 percent of organisations are planning to deploy mobile phone data encryption. Of these organisations, one hundred percent plan to include encryption on employees’ mobile phones from September 2010 onwards. This survey, carried out in partnership with Acumin Consulting i [...more...]

IT professionals are carrying unprotected sensitive information on USB sticks

Data transported on any unencrypted mobile device – such as laptops, handheld devices, smartphones, USB drives, CD-DVDs and other devices, are the equivalent of ticking time bombs waiting to blow up in the organisation’s face – with mandatory audits, breach notifications, hefty fines and public humiliation likely to ensue. A new survey of alleg [...more...]

Hampshire County Council Selects CRYPTOCard Two-Factor Authentication

Hampshire County Council has extended its five-year relationship with authentication authority CRYPTOCard to roll-out two-factor authentication for education staff across participating schools in the county. With CRYPTOCard’s innovative, user-friendly authentication service, the county’s teachers will be able to access education services, such a [...more...]

How do you protect your data when it's out of your hands

What’s not to like about laptops? They’re powerful, connected, portable, have great graphics and sound – and they don’t cost much more than their desktop counterparts. So it’s no surprise that laptop shipments rose by 16% in 2009. Unfortunately, their portability makes them easier to lose, not to mention prime targets for opportunistic theft [...more...]

Netpad devices exacerbate security threats and potential data losses

Bell Micro has warned of the security implications as a result of the proliferation of netpad devices. With the iPad currently closing the gap between laptops and smart-phones, 2010 will see the start of the introduction of an entire raft of new portable hardware that further increases the drive towards remote system access but also further exacerb [...more...]

Kaspersky and Arqiva protect handsets used by police officers against cyber-threats

Arqiva's Police Mobile Data Solution focuses on improving front-line policing in the UK. The software is installed on mobile handset devices manufactured by HTC and operates on the Windows Mobile platform. It provides officers in the field with immediate, encrypted and secure access to vital systems and resources such as the Police National Compute [...more...]

Secret keys in a mobile phone can be revealed simply by monitoring its power consumption

Cryptography Research are warning that a closer scrutiny of the security of smartphones is now required, particularly against attacks that involve the monitoring of the power consumption of the phone. There is a class of attacks that can reveal the secret keys and other stored information in a mobile phone by the simple monitoring of its powe [...more...]

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