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ISACA Survey: Online Christmas Shopping – grab a bargain- but what’s the risk?

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Employees potentially increasing risk as they use corporate smartphones—or personal smartphones that they also use for work—to shop online.

London, UK – 15 December 2011 - More people than ever are using their personally owned smartphones to send and receive e-mails, browse the Internet, shop online and visit social media sites—as well as perform work activities or even connect to the company network. And with the holiday season fast approaching, it is perhaps not surprising that more than half of employees in the UK will do more online shopping this year than they did last year. According to ISACA’s 2011 Shopping on the Job: Online Holiday Shopping and BYOD Security survey, 50% of UK employees questioned will use their smartphones to shop online between early and mid-December. As the line between personal and work devices continues to blur, potentially putting corporate data at risk, it is critical for companies to embrace the technology, and educate their employees on the risk.

Lieberman Software says questions remain on EDF hack of Greenpeace

Your Expert Witness Philip Lieberman Commenting on the prison sentences handed down to the former members of EDF’s security staff - and a 1.5 million euro fine on his employers – Lieberman Software says that the only surprise is not having seen this sort of trojan-assisted industrial espionage reaching the courts before.

Philip Lieberman, President and Chief Executive of the privileged identity management specialist, said that the case of EDF being hit with a severe fine - after a senior official hired an external company to use a trojan to spy on Greenpeace - is notable because the saga started more than five years ago.

IT Security staff in Festive Season hacking bonanza

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One in four IT security staff admits to abusing administration privileges to pry

London – December 5th, 2011 Lieberman Software Corporation, the Pioneers of Privileged Identity ManagementSM (PIM) and leading information security specialists, today announced that analysis of their 2011 password survey has shown that IT security staff will be some of the most informed people at the office Christmas party this year. A full 26 per cent of them admit to using their privileged log in rights to look at confidential information they should not have had access to in the first place.

Ten Vital steps for Successful Cloud Computing Implementation

Your Expert Witness Costas Galonis Costas Galonis, CTO of Cloud provider Cirrus Stratus, takes you through the ten steps to check off on your to-do list before committing to the Cloud.

If you are wading through the sea of words which has been written about Cloud computing in the last few months you can be forgiven for being a little confused. Not only is Cloud computing a new concept, the literature about it is also weighed down with new ideas and words such as virtualization, multi-tenancy etc. Since Cloud computing is a new way of doing business you have to be clear about what you are letting yourself in for. For some, the business benefits of Cloud are many – for others it will be the simple fact that Cloud allows a small business to stop worrying about its IT - something that distracts from its core function of running the business

Varonis Receives Medal at UK IT Industry Awards

Varonis was honoured to receive a medal at last night’s prestigious UK IT Industry Awards, held at Battersea Parks Events Arena, in its Technology Excellence category. These annual awards are the benchmark for excellence throughout the computer industry, organised and run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Computing, and offer a platform for the entire profession to celebrate best practice, innovation and excellence.

Speaking about the results, David Clarke, MBE, Chief Executive Officer of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT said, "The awards are very rigorously judged so to be a winner or medallist means that you really are the best of the best."