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Survey: Risk to organisational data an ongoing cloud security concern

By T.C. Seow | 10 May, 2013 21:38

While companies have become more comfortable with the security of third-party cloud service providers, data security--particularly at the end user level--as well as concerns over meeting compliance requirements, remain top-of-mind among cloud adopters. This is the conclusion of a cloud security survey commissioned by NetIQ.

Fortinet: Top 6 threat predictions for 2013

By T.C. Seow | 14 December, 2012 01:40

Network security firm Fortinet has revealed FortiGuard Labs' 2013 threat predictions, highlighting six threats to watch out for next year.

Survey: Banks strengthen online security teams to fight cyber threats

By T.C. Seow | 03 July, 2012 19:32 | 1 Comment

In a survey of 150 CIOs and CTOs working in the finance and banking sector in Asia conducted by Robert Half, it was found Singapore technology experts are most concerned about threats than their regional counterparts.

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Security Awareness Tip

Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).


  1. Have an incident response plan.

  2. Pre-define your incident response team 

  3. Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.

  4. Pre-distribute call cards.

  5. Forensic and incident response data capture.

  6. Get your users on-side.

  7. Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement. 

  8. Practice makes perfect.

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Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping

I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.

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