January 26th, 2012 
Admin Organized criminals have realised (precisely because they are
organized) that phishing and identity theft can be carried out
over an extended period, by piecing together snippets of
information from separate attacks for a final sting. For
example, logging on using an authentication token will
neutralize password stealers, but the very presence of a token
authentication request can make an ideal trigger for spyware,
especially if its goal is to build up a pattern of your on-line
January 17th, 2012 Admin Successful web policies:
Ensuring staff productivity and legal compliance
Regulating net access in the workplace is a delicate balancing act. The web offers employees with valuable data and tools that enhance productivity and competitive advantage, but it can also devastate company productivity with its endless supply of games, downloads, webmail, community internet sites and on the internet retailers.
The evidence of web abuse is dramatic. Over half of respondents to an America On the web and Salary. com survey cited web surfing as their biggest work distraction. Although an additional survey revealed inside abuse of web access as the most prevalent security dilemma.
The risks
January 9th, 2012 Admin 31 March 2006: Staff misusing the Internet by accessing inappropriate websites remains the second largest cause of reported security incidents after viruses for large UK companies, according to findings from the 2006 Department of Trade and Industry’s biennial Information Security Breaches Survey.
The survey went on to say that some 90% of all companies said protecting their reputation was one of the most important drivers for information security. Yet despite this, the majority of organisations still do nothing to audit or monitor for staff accessing digital pornography.
In order to assess their level of risk, companies need to understand the Severity, Likelihood and Visibility of the risk.
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