London, UK – 22nd June , According to Infosecurity Adviser  The Digital Britain paper - penned by Lord Carter and his team, and which sets out the game plan for broadband Britain in the future - has left the editor of Infosecurity Adviser, somewhat bemused.

The problem, says Mike Barwise, is that security is only dealt with in the broadest of brush strokes, whilst the recurring emphasis is digital.

The problem he adds, is that most security breaches are not digital, but analogue in nature, as they are caused by people.

"Whether it be failing to harden a web server to prevent malware injection, clicking on a dodgy link in an unsecured Web browser or leaving documents on trains, information security is fundamentally a human problem," he explained.

Compromised PCs of individuals and corporations are turned into digital assets that cybercriminals potentially trade online. Traded data also includes about 100,000 stolen FTP accounts

Farnborough, United Kingdom,, 17th June 2009 – Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of a unified web security solution for the enterprise market, today announced that its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) managed to research a trading network and botnet, where compromised PCs are bought and sold for profit. In the second issue of its “Cybercrime Intelligence Report” of 2009, Finjan shows the operations of the Golden Cash network consisting of an entire trading platform of malware-infested PCs.

Survey reveals low awareness of behavioural and IT security risks

17 June 2009, Chertsey, Surrey – Samsung Electronics, a leading name in the world of consumer electronics and information technology, has today released the results of a Europe-wide survey of more than 4,500 workers in the public and private sectors, which revealed that companies are not putting in place appropriate measures to protect confidential information. According to the research, 56 per cent of workers regularly see confidential documents abandoned on the printer and over half (51 per cent) of those surveyed are not aware of any processes or technologies in place at their organisation to protect the printer network itself.

Defense Investing- Cyber Security: The Next Great Defense Opportunity

POINT ROBERTS, Wash., DELTA, B.C. –June 16, 2009 – www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the defense and security sector, within Investorideas.com, presents a follow-up to the May 6th feature on defense stocks, “Defense Budget Winners and Losers”, by Lisa Springer, CFA, as attention builds on the cyber security sector.  

Cyber Security: The Next Great Defense Opportunity

Lisa Springer CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer

Defense Stocks: Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV), Optex Systems (OTCBB: OPXS), General Dynamics (NYSE:GD)