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The State of International Co-operation on Cybercrime
Political leaders continue to hold conferences and sign treaties as the need to tackle cybercrime at an international level rapidly increases, but ultimately these attempts at agreement fail due to national interests and diplomatic concerns. This whitepaper looks at what has been done and why agreements have failed to be ratified.
Denial of Service Attacks
Denial of service attacks continue to grow in sophistication. This article considers the gains that such attacks can offer criminals, and examines the various types of attacks used today. (First published in NESE http://www.elsevierscitech.com/nl/ns/home.asp)
Information Commissioner’s Office Powers: A Guide to Compliant Security in the UK from Network Box
Legislation on protecting data in the UK – such as the Data Protection Act 1998 (revisions, that take effect in April 2010, were introduced to the Act in 2009) and PCI DSS – have made good security even more important for businesses. Since the introduction of the Data Protection Act in 1998, a company breaching data security rules could be served an enforcement notice by the Information Commissioner and made to clean up its act. In January this year, the Information Commissioner was given greater powers of enforcement, and the ability to fine companies breaching data security up to £500,000.
In the Matter of the Data Protection Act
James Pickering was asked to give advice and guidance to Network Box Corp (UK) Limited in relation to the application and effect of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA 1998”). In particular, he was asked to outline the obligations imposed on businesses and their potential liabilities in the light of a number of significant amendments recently made to the DPA 1998 in response to a number of high profile contraventions.
Guide to IT security for car dealerships
Car dealerships rely on IT systems and internet connections now more than ever before. Whether it is to provide an open connection to a third-party supplier database, to download manuals, to connect online with customers, or to use bespoke applications to provide inventory information, security is of increasing importance in this environment.
A guide to IT security for sports clubs
The nature of how sports clubs interact with fans has changed significantly over the past few years. More tickets, kits and souvenirs are bought online; games are streamed live on club websites; and some clubs are even creating entire online communities to connect fans, shareholders and players.
But although technology is changing the way sports clubs interact, the essence of sport is that it is a physical, not a virtual activity, and so technology is often not a primary concern for a club. Many clubs outsource the running of their website to a third party organisation, and it is left to a small IT team, or single IT manager to make sure the systems that connect into that site are secure. At Network Box, we work with a number of sports clubs – particularly football clubs, such as Tottenham Hotspurs, Sunderland FC and Norwich City – to support the in-house IT team and keep the club’s networks secure.
Securing the Public Sector
Recent years have seen a number of high-profile security breaches hit the public sector. Data privacy in particular is a serious concern, and is more tightly governed than ever before, with higher penalties for organisations that don’t comply effectively with legislation. At the same time, more public service business is conducted online, as information is distributed to citizens through web-based applications.
Browser Privacy and Online Security
According to figures from IDC, 20 per cent of businesses use Google Docs ‘widely’ within their businesses, with this figure likely to increase in 2010. But as businesses move away from traditional working practices and towards more flexible (and often free) communications services, they may be compromising privacy, and data security.
This guide gives companies the information they need to decide whether or not they should use free email hosting, browser and document storage services.
Securing schools from social media threats
Schools today face increasing internet security risks from the number of new platforms and technologies used by pupils and teachers in and out of the classroom. The proliferation of social networks such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace, instant messenger (IM) platforms, and file-sharing and peer-to-peer applications and software mean that the IT teams in schools have to cope with an even greater number of threats than many corporate networks.
Return on Investment
Threats from the internet are increasing and, as a result, a growing number of large companies have turned to managed security services as a cost-effective way of providing the expertise needed to keep these threats at bay. The decision to outsource security management to experts is taken by large organisations that have done the maths and recognise that it offers the best overall return on investment, protecting both the business and its customers from the disruption and cost of a security breach.
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Network Box urges UK government to focus on cybercrime as Britain climbs the virus charts
28th Jul 10
June saw the UK become the fourth largest producer of spam in the world, and it is now also the fourth largest producer of viruses, according to July threat statistics from managed security company, Network Box.
The number one virus producer remains the US, which has increased production by around one per cent (to 14.6 per cent). But India’s slight increase in production (from 9.2 to 9.5 per cent) was enough to move it to number two in the charts and see Korea drop to third place, with a decline in production of more than three per cent.
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