Τρίτη 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

InfoSec for the Fourth Estate - Free eBook

Snowden revelations made quite clear the need to protect the source of information as well as the information itse...

Δευτέρα 29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

European Data Authorities vs. Google

In order for Google to comply with European Union law, EU privacy regulators recommended to the company to make its privacy policies easier to find and understand, by publishing exhaustive lists of what data it holds and processes.
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Κυριακή 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Privacy is in the eye of the beholder

Recent articles - like this and this - state that FBI and NSA are greatly concerned about the new encryption algorithm that the latest iPhone models u...

Παρασκευή 26 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Protect business information outside your organisation

European Cyber Security Month is at the gates. Follow some simple steps to protect the privacy and security of corporate information.
Ensure you keep sensitive information secure: When you are outside your organisation, ensure you keep...

Πέμπτη 25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Information Security Strategy

An information security strategy is a plan to mitigate risks while complying with legal, statutory, contractual, and internally developed requirements.  Typical steps to building a strategy include the...

iOS 8.0.1 #fail

On September 23rd according to Crittercism, iOS 8's crash rate was 3.3%, between September 17th and September 22nd, or about 65% higher than iOS 7 at the...

Τετάρτη 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Eiopa issues cyber warning

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa), one of EU financial regulator has called state regulators to check that insurance companies and other financial institutions devote sufficient resources to...

Δευτέρα 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Protect your personal information and identity

Simple advice to protect your privacy and ensure that you will not be the next cyber-victim of an attack. Spread the ECSM message through your friends, colleagues, business and consumer channe...

Κυριακή 21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Integrated Desktop & Mobile Device Management Software

Patch management is an area of systems management that involves acquiring, testing, and installing multiple patches (code changes) to an administered computer system. Patch management tasks include: maintaining current knowledge of available...

Παρασκευή 19 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

E-Payment: Vulnerable Terminal Devices

Serious safety issues faced by financial companies and companies engaged in e-commerce showed the survey conducted...

Simply Secure

New entry in the infosec world. Simply Secure is a brand new organization that aims to solve one of the greatest issues of information security, make it easy to use for the end user.

Πέμπτη 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

iPhone 6 Security Features

The first devices to support Apple Pay will be the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that come with built-in NFC support and Touch ID fingerprint sensor, as well as the Apple Watch (in early 2015), at which point Apple Pay will also work on older...

Τετάρτη 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

p≡p – pretty Easy privacy

Remove total surveillance from the Internet: European project “p≡p – pretty Easy privacy” is going to restore privacy for everyone.

Παρασκευή 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

InfoSec Essentials: SME Threats & Attack Vectors

SMEs usually do not pay much attention to their information security. This negligence pose a serius threat to business and attack vector analysis is an important part of vulnerability analysis. An attack vector is the method or means by which...

Πέμπτη 11 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

List of 5 Million 'Gmail Passwords' Leaked

A list of almost five million Gmail addresses and passwords culled from various websites was posted on a Russian online forum Tuesd...

Τρίτη 9 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

InfoSec Essentials: Passwords

Passwords: Who needs them?
How many keys do you carry with you every day? Personally, I hold about 5-7 regularly, home, office, car not counting any remote controls such as garage or car alarm. Why is this? Why don’t we have a single...

Κυριακή 7 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014

Global State of Information Security© Survey 2014

Recently, PwC has published the latest Global State of Information Security© Survey 2014. Major key findings include:

  • Despite an increase in security practices, the adversaries continue to have...