Infosecurity Europe Show Event Director welcomes findings of latest Ernst & Young security report

Commenting on an Ernst & Young report that concludes many companies are only making incremental changes to their security platforms – and not looking at the bigger picture – the organisers of Infosecurity Europe say that the pressure is clearly now on IT security professionals to do more with less.

According to Claire Sellick, Event Director for the annual IT security show Infosecurity Europe - which takes place in London each April – “whilst it is clear that IT security professionals are under budgetary pressure, the solution to this situation is to become better informed about the security solutions that are available”.

Read more: Pressure on IT security professional’s increases with 75% reporting external attacks in 2012

It’s official - Eskenzi PR has been voted the number 2 tech agency in Britain by the journalist community in the 2012 Most Rated PR Agency awards by PR Week.  Eskenzi has also come out as the fourth most rated agency across all sectors as judged by 1400 journalists.

PR Week consulted 1,400 technology journalists including print, broadcast and online media from the national, regional and specialist titles and asked the press to rank the agencies in four main areas: friendliness, accessibility, quality of stories pitched and quality of briefings.

Out of the thousands of PR agencies in the UK, Eskenzi also came fourth from all sectors including healthcare and business.

Read more: Eskenzi Scoops 2012 Most Rated PR Agency Award By PR Week As Voted By The Journalists

 SAN MATEO, Calif. – October 24, 2012 - AlienVault, the only open and collaborative Unified Security Management platform combining built-in controls and full visibility, today announced the formation of its Open Minds Exchange, a resource center housing the latest research, tools and insights from the AlienVault security experts and community. As part of the Open Minds Exchange, AlienVault has released two iOS applications – the AlienVault Mobile Console and AlientVault OTXMobile – to put security visibility directly into users’ hands wherever and whenever they need it.

“Advanced cyber attacks are occurring at a pace never before seen, and the only way the security community can prepare for and defend against them is by maintaining a steady exchange of intelligence and information,” said Barmak Meftah, AlienVault CEO.

Read more: AlienVault Launches Threat Intelligence Resource Center & iOS Mobile Apps

 San Mateo, CALIF. – October 24, 2012 – AlienVault, the only open and collaborative Unified Security Management platform delivering built-in controls and full visibility, announced today a Try-and-Buy! program that enables qualified participants to install and use the AlienVault Unified Security Management “all-in-one” appliance in their own environment at no cost and completely risk-free for 28 days.

The AlienVault Unified Security Management platform (AV-USM) unifies the five security capabilities that no company can be without: Asset Discovery, Vulnerability Assessment, Threat Detection, Behavioral Monitoring, and Security Intelligence. The platform leverages more than 30 best-of-breed security tools to create a workflow-centric solution that enables comprehensive security management, materially reducing time to visibility and security versus a homegrown solution stitched together from individual point products.

Read more: AlienVault Announces Try-And-Buy! Product Program

 Imperva Report Inculcates Organizations with the Psychological, Legal and Technological Tactics to Prevent Insider Threats

Redwood Shores, Calif., October 24, 2012 – Imperva, Inc. (NYSE:IMPV) a pioneer and leader of a new category of business security solutions for critical applications and high-value data in the data center, today announced “An Inside Track on Insider Threats,” a report that examines that the psychological, legal and technological tactics employed by leading organizations to mitigate insider threats, a class of enterprise risk perpetuated by a trusted person who has access to intellectual property or data, but uses that information outside of acceptable business requirements

The risk of insider threats has entered mainstream consciousness with Wikileaks damaging the sensitivity of confidential information and a rash of corporate espionage targeting trade secrets

 

Read more: Mitigate Insider Threats With A Measured Approach To Security