From Rio to the World

What security managers can learn from Brazil – front line in the global cyber wars, by Cristiano Lincoln Mattos, CEO at Tempest

Brazil has enjoyed consistent economic and social growth over the last decade. Thanks to changing demographics and the economic and political stabilisation of the 1990s, millions of Brazilian citizens have joined the middle class and are encouraging a technology boom, particularly in the country’s banking sector. In fact, the Brazilian financial services industry has a history of heavily investing in technology as a business enabler, with growth of 42 percent projected by 2015.

 By Mark Bower, Vice President, Product Management at Voltage Security

The recent stories circulating around the litigation between Genesco and Visa over PCI Compliance and a data breach shine a spotlight on some of the grey areas in PCI DSS.

At the same time, there’s a spotlight on how retailers may misinterpret PCI DSS and what it means to them in reducing risk. The bottom line is that retailers can easily avoid the pain of a breach – and get rid of the PCI DSS challenge in a major way. However, what’s underneath this case hitting the front pages of the popular media?

 London, UK, 3rd April 2013, the Conservative Technology Forum (CTF) Energy Group has launched this first paper in response to a meeting with Charles Hendry, MP, in April 2012. The Group has brought together interested parties from suppliers, consumers, standards bodies and politics to formulate the paper. This has been presented to Baroness Verma and the Group hopes to hold a meeting with the Minister in the near future.

“We have to turn the approach to smart metering on its head and emphasise the benefits to early adopters” says the Andrew Henderson, Co-Chair of the Energy Group, introducing the Conservative Technology Forum policy proposals in their paper: Power to the people.

 Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (3 April 2013)—Many are declaring 2013 as the year of the hack. ISACA’s recent cybersecurity survey of more than 1,500 security professionals found that more than one in five respondents’ enterprises have experienced an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. More than 60 percent of survey respondents say that it’s only a matter of time before their enterprise is targeted. To help enterprises prepare and protect against cyberattacks, ISACA, a global association of 100,000 IT professionals, is hosting a free virtual conference, titled The State of Cybersecurity, on Wednesday, 24 April 2013, from 8:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. CDT (UTC–6).