71% of companies do not treat PCI as a strategic initiative —yet 79% have experienced a data breach

55% do not secure Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and bank account details; Consumers are more at risk with smaller businesses

Data security leader Imperva provides recommendations to consumers, businesses and PCI DSS Council in advance of the Oct 31st deadline

Redwood Shores, Calif. and Traverse City, Mich. – September 23, 2009 – Imperva and the Ponemon Institute  today announced the findings of a survey across more than 500 U.S. and multinational IT security practitioners showing that, despite the Payment Card Industry’s (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS), companies still struggle with data security, putting consumers at continued risk for identity theft.

- Almost 30 per cent admit failure to secure important data

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are putting data at risk according to new research[1] published today by Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of storage and wireless networking. The research also indicates that data backup is being ignored and, as a result, sensitive business and customer information is going astray.

Buffalo Technology has discovered that 28 per cent of SMEs do not backup company data. When these businesses were asked why this was the case, time (34 per cent), security worries (16 per cent) and not being concerned (14 per cent) were listed as the main reasons. Other small businesses (13 per cent) found complexity a barrier.

16th September 2009 – Cyber-Ark Software, the leader in securing and managing privileged identities and highly sensitive information and Devoteam, the leading ICT services company in Europe, today have announced a new partnership which will enable companies in Belgium to safeguard their sensitive information and prevent data leakage as well as protection from insider threats.   Devoteam will now be able to offer their clients in Belgium Cyber-Ark’s award winning suites Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and Highly-Sensitive Information Management.

Privileged accounts, such as UNIX Root or Windows Administrator, proliferate through an organization's infrastructure on every server, device, application, database, desktop and laptop.

MAHWAH, N.J.; September 16, 2009. Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced the release of DefensePro® 5.0, an enhanced version of its award winning intrusion prevention system (IPS) designed to protect application infrastructure against cybersecurity attacks and emerging zero-minute and non-vulnerability network threats. Leveraging a ‘booster shot’ feature, DefensePro 5.0 can accurately detect and neutralize security breaches without the risk of blocking legitimate users or bypassing the security engine during attack mitigation.

The rise in cybercrime has left many global commercial and government Websites exposed to high packet-per-second (PPS) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks – which can cause service disruption or a complete network shut down.