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From Rio to the world
What security managers can learn from Brazil - front line in the global cyber wars - by Cristiano Lincoln Mattos, CEO at Tempest
Brazil has enjoyed consistent economic and social growth over the last decade. Thanks to changing demographics and the economic and political stabilisation of the 1990s, millions of Brazilian citizens have joined the middle class and are encouraging a technology boom, particularly in the country's banking sector. In fact, the Brazilian financial services industry has a history of heavily investing in technology as a business enabler, with growth of 42 percent projected by 2015. However, Brazil has also experienced another area of growth that is less positive. The legal and regulatory framewo… More…
Flood protection - how to make sure it doesn't sink your business
Sungard's Daren Howell, looks at how technology can stop your business from sinking.
A Soggy Outlook 2012 was one of the wettest years on record. Over 52 inches of rainfall splashed down on Britain, despite the country experiencing a drought over the first three months. Over 8,000 homes and businesses were battered by heavy rain, storms and flash floods. UK agriculture suffered as crops were hit, and the country's transport infrastructure was severely disrupted. More worryingly, research from the Met Office has warned that we can expect more 'extreme' weather events in the future, with average rainfall levels rising across Britain. Clearly 2012 was not a one off problem. The… More…
Protect and Serve - Remotely!
Opengear's Rob Waldie describes how remote monitoring and management technology is helping CNI to streamline operational support and protect against emerging cyber security threats
Critical National Infrastructure is increasingly dependent on IT, spanning from the massive data centre, through smaller regional sites, points-of-presence and network wiring closets. Organisations need access to these distributed sites on a regular basis for many operational reasons and this physical accessibility can potentially add another element of IT security risk. These risks have been noted by the influential Data Breach Investigation Report 2011 (DBIR), a study conducted by the Verizon RISK Team with cooperation from the U.S. Secret Service and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit. Over t… More…
Maintaining security and protecting information of children in schools
Education is likely to become firmly in focus as a key market for security suppliers following a recent Government announcement to slash spending in many Whitehall departments whilst investing the savings into schools and transport schemes.
However, to add a level of complexity for the access control sector, the forthcoming Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (which comes into force from 1st September 2013) adds new legislation to the Data Protection Act 1998 on holding personal data, and is especially relevant to the installation of biometric systems. This potential question mark over one of the most progressive access control technologies could present a headache for installers as much as the schools themselves, however it's a subject that warrants further investigation and is by no means an immovable obstacle! A Government Consu… More…
