IT security

Security standard for surveillance cameras set for launch

Several of the biggest and best-known brands in the surveillance industry have collaborated with a team appointed by UK surveillance camera commissioner Tony Porter to draw up a baseline standard for manufacturers. Read full story.
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 23rd May 2019
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Password; too short, too weak, like everyone else’s …. #WorldPasswordDay

The top 10 passwords of 2018 has over half of the same passwords of 2017. We aren’t just lacking in imagination, we are also not learning our lesson either. Lets be original, avoid the dictionary words, add some upper cases and symbols. Let’s make them hard to guess but easy for us to remember.. because […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 2nd May 2019
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Chrome on Android: Phishing attackers can now trick you with fake address bar

Why display the URL bar on a mobile device when you can give users more screen space by hiding it? Google Chrome for Android does just that after a page has loaded, concealing information about the URL and expanding the screen space available to display content from the web page. Read full story.
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 29th April 2019
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Data breach roles outlined at cyber conference

Victims of cyber incidents will benefit from an improved approach to breaches between the UK’s technical authority for cyber threats and its independent authority for data protection. Read full story.
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 29th April 2019
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The Security Event 2019: Urgent collaboration needed between physical and cyber security

The panel, Convergence in an increasingly cyber enabled age, was chaired by Philip Ingram MBE, and participants included consultant Peter Houlis, Ellie Hurst of consultancy and training provider Advent IM, Andrew Tsonchev, Director of Technology at Darktrace Industrial, and Patrick McBrearty, a ‘Cyber Patrol Officer’ for the West Midlands Police Regional Cyber Crime Unit. Read […]
  • Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
  • On 12th April 2019
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