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Issue
March 2008
Welcome to the March edition of BH
Consulting's Security Watch Newsletter. In this month's issue we
provide some updates to what has been going on in BH Consulting, alert you to
some upcoming events and provide you with some updates on the latest
news happening in the world of information security.
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About BH Consulting
BH Consulting was founded in answer to demands for an independent consulting
firm to assist clients gain a competitive edge by achieving IT Operational
excellence in deploying, managing and securing their IT infrastructure. With
over 20 year’s experience, we provide you with access to in-depth expertise,
experience and technical know-how. Backed with our quality processes and
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BH CONSULTING NEWS
"Managing
Information Security with ISO 27001" Training Course
The next
“Managing Information Security with the ISO 27001
Information Security Standard”
is scheduled to take place in the
Centre for Software Engineering
on April the 15th and 16th. There are still a number of places
left on the course, if you are interested in attending or
require more information you can
contact us or find details on the course
on the
Centre For Software Engineering’s website.
Brian Honan Interviewed for The
Phoenix Magazine
Our senior consultant, Brian Honan, was interviewed for the March
20th issue of
The Phoenix Magazine. Brian gave
recommendations on how
companies can protect their information assets by identifying what data
they have so they can develop appropriate policies and technology solutions to
protect that information.
Special Guest Invitation to COSAC
2008 for Security Watch Readers
The
COSAC
International Computer Security Symposium, has kindly offered readers
of Security Watch a discounted fee for this year’s symposium which will take
place from the 21st to the 25th of September this year. COSAC is one of
the best information security seminars available with unique opportunities to
network with quality speakers and information security professionals from around
the world. Readers who book early using this
form can receive up to a €500 discount.
SiliconRepublic.com Quotes Brian
Honan on Jobs.ie Breach
The online recruitment website,
Jobs.ie, recently
suffered a security breach where criminals accessed the company's systems and
downloaded a number of CVs belonging to users of the site. The online
magazine,
SiliconRepublic.com, quotes our senior
consultant Brian Honan who commended Jobs.ie for the way they handled the
incident. SiliconRepublic.com also referred to the
post about the breach on our
Security Watch blog.
ENISA Publishes Report on Information
Security Certification Schemes.
ENISA (the
European Network and Information Security Agency) has published a
report from the working group established last
year to examine the area of certification schemes within the information
security industry. The group looked at the merits of different schemes and
focused at personal accreditation, product certification and organisational
certification schemes. Brian Honan was part of this study group and the
report refers to work Brian
posted on our
Security Watch Blog listing all the available
certification schemes. The full report is available from ENISA's
website.
BH CONSULTING WEBSITE UPDATE
We strive at BH Consulting to provide information that is
relevant and useful in securing and running your business. To this end we
provide a range of free whitepapers available for download
free from our
white papers page.
LATEST THREAT LEVELS
Get more information on the latest updates on current threats at
our online resources page;
FEATURES
Managing the Insider Threat
The next
Irish Information Security
Forum meeting is scheduled for Wednesday April the 9th at 18:30. The
topic for this event is “Preventing and Detecting Employees and Contractors
from Stealing Corporate Data” and will be presented by
Dr. Eric Cole from the
SANS
Institute.
The meeting is an open meeting and is open to new
members, guests and interested parties. If you are interested in attending
please register your interest by sending an email to Valerie.lyons@iibbank.ie.
For more details including the agenda please refer to our
Security Watch Blog.
SANS Dublin 2008 Community Night.
As part of SANS
Dublin 2008 the SANS community night will be run on Thursday the 10th
of April. This is a great opportunity to meet Irish and international
information security professionals in a relaxed and friendly environment. The
event will take place at the
Red
Cow Moran Hotel, Red Cow Complex, Naas Road and will kick off with
5.45pm with refreshments served throughout.
There will be a number of speakers including our own Senior
Consultant Brian Honan. For more details of the night please refer to our
Security Watch Blog.
Internet Crime At All Time High
A recent
report published by the FBI's
Internet Crime Complaints
Centre shows that Internet crime has risen again in 2007 to a new all
time high. The most common form of Internet crime is auction fraud with
other areas such as credit card fraud, computer intrusions and spam also showing
an increase. The full report is available from the
Internet Crime Complaints Centre.
5% of Internet Traffic Used for Attacks
Arbor Networks
have released
findings from their research where they
examined the traffic of over 68 ISPs worldwide. The
research shows that up to 5% of Internet
traffic is being used for Distributed Denial of Service attacks. Click
here for more details.
FREE SECURITY SCAN
In partnership with
Qualys, BH Consulting
are offering a for a free Network Security Scan so you can check how healthy
your network is. To find out more about what this service can do for you, visit
our free
Network Security Scan.
Alternatively contact
us or visit our website to get more details on our
risk assessment service.
This issue of Security Watch is being brought to you by BH Consulting.
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for
Focus Ireland.
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Additional news courtesy of
Silicon Republic,
Cnet,
Silicon and
Zdnet
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