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 How best to manage the security issues social networking brings to business

A social network is a communication network of social contacts and seems to have become the most popular way to stay in touch. Forrester Research stated that the number of people using the web will increase by 45% to 2.2 billion by 2013, the total global internet audience is currently 625M and two thirds of these internet users have now joined a social networking site (417M). This is a huge number of people and consequently the security risks are equally substantial. Businesses must address these risks.

It seems hard to justify the use of social networking in business as the sites are more focused on keeping in touch with friends, sharing photos, video and chatting; however businesses should not prevent employees from catching up with colleagues and talking with friends while in the office, on their tea break or having a cigarette. Staff morale is important and it would be viewed as draconian to block reasonable use of social networking sites at work. Many businesses are now embra...  [ more ]

 Multi-application smart cards can provide different levels of security

Organisations around the world are facing more security threats to their business than ever before. At the same time, tighter regulation and stricter compliance measures mean that these same organisations are under growing pressure to demonstrate to their investors, shareholders and customers that they are taking a consistent and comprehensive approach to managing these risks in their day-to-day operations.

Faced with these external pressures, more and more organisations are recognising the potential benefits of an effective identity and access management (IAM) programme in terms of cost savings, better service levels, tighter IT governance and improved regulatory compliance. Smart cards are at the very heart of this drive.

Not so long ago, many organisations were relying on multiple credentials to fulfil different tasks. On arriving at work, employees would often have to fumble in their pockets to find one card for physical access to the main building, a separate card to access ...  [ more ]

 

 

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 How best to manage the security issues social networking brings to business

 Multi-application smart cards can provide different levels of security

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 Government funds SelectaDNA property marking kits for Thurrock Schools

 Axis Communications network cameras increase security in public schools in Portugal

 Samsung's new iPOLiS network domes incorporate an MPEG-4 JPEG dual codec to allow multi-streaming of high resolution real-time images

 Chubb Security's CCTV system is protecting Wright Robinson College in Manchester

 Conway Security Products launches Conway Security Products has launched the CM180 vandal-resistant camera

 Connetquot Central School District use Axis network cameras to enhance the security and safety of its students and facilities

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Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security (AP via Yahoo! News) A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation's security tracking system for foreigners who attend U.S. schools, experts said Tuesday.

Should Oregon university security officers carry guns? (The Oregonian) A confrontation in a Portland State University class may intensify an upcoming discussion by the State Board of Higher Education over whether campus security officers should be allowed to carry guns.

Tibet security tight for anniversary: residents (AFP via Yahoo! News) China has beefed up security in Tibet's capital as the region marks the sensitive anniversaries of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule and bloody 2008 riots, residents said Wednesday.

Man whose kiss caused airport security scare pleads guilty (CNN) A New Jersey man who breached airport security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.

Amsterdam airport tightens security after sting (AP via Yahoo! News) Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport — the departure site for the Detroit underwear bomber — tightened security Tuesday after journalists orchestrated a sting operation that smuggled bottles of liquids onto planes bound for London and Washington.

U.N. sees no security vacuum as U.S. troops exit Haiti (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.

SecureCloud 2010 Announces Agenda for Inaugural Two Day Cloud Security Conference in Barcelona (Marketwire) Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission to Keynote First European Event to Focus on Cloud Security

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