Application Whitelisting – Worth a look?
Application whitelisting is gaining a lot more mindshare with security people
Nigel Stanley was the IT Security Practice Leader for Bloor Research. In this blog Nigel commented on the world of IT security and other areas of interest.
Are IT audits like an MOT test for a car?
Is the growth in IT-related regulations and compliance requirements following a similar trajectory to the evolution of the MOT test?
Interested in application (code) security?
Recent European research gives a good idea of the state of secure application coding practices in Europe.
And Fran makes the complete set …
The security practice at Bloor Research has recently seen some changes and we now have two additional analysts working in the team.
McAfee Names Dangerous Celebs
Anyone that has spent more than 3 seconds searching the Web would have realised that there is a lot of bad stuff out there, and by this I mean more than crappy websites and dubious information...
Expert loses laptop. Is no one immune?
According to this report an Australian navel officer attending a defence seminar in Bangkok had his laptop stolen from his hotel room. Reportedly an expert in maritime communications and...
Infosecurity Magazine Virtual Conference – A Naming and Shaming Fiesta!
Infosecurity magazine is holding its very first virtual conference on 24th September 2009. This is a one-day event about the latest information security trends and challenges. I'll be covering...
Some NHS trusts have suffered badly due to poor malware management
An interesting piece of work here by the folks over at Channel 4, the last remaining outpost of reasonable TV news reporting in the UK since the demise of BBC news into a dumbed down, animated...
Baitware gets better – we should all be vigilant
I am always rattling on about good end user education when it comes to IT security. Let's face it, with a well educated, aware and on the ball work force your chances of them introducing malware...
Plods Plod the Perilous Wikipedia Path
This weeks Police Review, which is essential reading for those involved in the depressing work of policing this country, carries an interesting story on page 4 concerning that font of all...