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Issue
December 2009
Welcome to the latest edition of BH
Consulting's Security Watch Newsletter. We have not been publishing our
newsletter as regularly this year as we planned to do. We will rectify
that in 2010 and make sure that we keep you up to date with what is happening in
BH Consulting and the information security industry.
In this month's issue we
provide some updates to what has been going on in BH Consulting
since our last issue,
review some of the top stories and issues in the world of information security.
Christmas Wishes
To all our customers, readers of our
Security Watch Blog and
newsletter we at
BH
Consulting wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and a
happy New Year.
Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir agus Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise daoibh,
agus go mba seacht fearr sinn go léir ag an am seo ar an bhliain seo chugainn!
As part of our
Community Responsibility Programme,
this year BH Consulting is not sending out
Christmas cards or gifts this year, instead we have
sponsored a star on the Focus Ireland Christmas Tree.
Focus Ireland aims to advance the right of people-out-of-home to live in a place they call
home through quality services, research, and advocacy. The objectives of
Focus Ireland are to respond to the needs of people out-of-home and those at
risk of becoming homeless, through a range of appropriate high quality services,
to provide emergency transitional and long-term accommodation for people
out-of-home, to campaign and lobby for the rights of people out-of-home
and the prevention of homelessness. No sum is too small and all is
put to excellent use so please consider
donating to this worthwhile cause.
If you have found our Security Watch newsletter or our
Blog to be of
use or of interest, we ask you to
make a donation to
Focus Ireland. No sum is too small and all is
put to excellent use.
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
commitment to deliver, BH Consulting provides clients with quality solutions at
cost effective rates.
BH CONSULTING NEWS
BH
Consulting Achieves ISO 27001
Certification
Following an independent audit of
our Information Security Management
System by Certification Europe, BH
Consulting has been awarded
accreditation to the ISO 27001:2005
Information Security Standard. This
independent certification recognises
that BH Consulting has in place an
Information Security Management
System that meets the requirements
of this highly regarded standard.
Achieving this accreditation means
that our customers can be confident
their information is being dealt
with by a company who takes the
matter of information security
seriously. As a consulting company
it also shows that we practise what
we preach. BH Consulting has
achieved this certification for all
of its consulting services.
Brian Honan is an ISSA Security
Star
To help celebrate the Information
Systems Security Association’s (ISSA)
25th anniversary the ISSA are
chronicling the showcasing
achievements of its members.
We are happy to say that Brian Honan
has been selected as an ISSA
Security Star for his work in
establishing Ireland's first
Computer Emergency Response Team,
the IRISS-CERT.
In the News
A number of news stories happened
over the previous months and our
senior consultant, Brian Honan, was
asked to contribute;
Speaking Engagements
Brian Honan spoke at a number of
events over the past months;
If
you would like Brian to speak at
your event please
contact us.
Infosecurity Adviser
Brian Honan has been invited to blog
on the
Infosecurity Adviser site.
Brian's role will be to provide
visitors to the blog with practical
information they can apply to their
information security programs.
Brian will continue to blog on our
on Security Watch blog so be sure to
include the
Infosecurity Adviser blog as
part of your online reading
resources.
Follow Us On Twitter
BH
Consulting is now on Twitter and we
plan to use the service to make
timely announcements on news and
events that are happening in BH
Consulting. You can follow BH
Consulting at
http://www.twitter.com/bhconsulting.
Don't forget that our senior
consultant Brian Honan is also on
Twitter and you can follow his
updates at
http://www.twitter.com/brianhonan.
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.
Don't forget to visit our
Security Watch Blog to keep up to date with the latest information
security news.
LATEST THREAT LEVELS
Get more information on the latest updates on current threats at
our online resources page;
FEATURES
SANS Training Coming To Dublin
SANS is returning
to Dublin in March 2009 to provide three training
courses.
- SEC401: SANS
Security Essentials Bootcamp
- SEC504: Hacker
Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling
SANS Dublin 2010
will run from the 15th until the 20th of
March, perfect timing for St. Patrick's
day. Not only is the quality of the training
superb, the networking opportunities to meet with
information security professionals from all around
Europe, and indeed the World, are fantastic.
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IRISS-CERT Celebrates Its First
Anniversary
IRISS-CERT celebrated its first
anniversary by holding a
Cyber
Crime Conference. It was an excellent event with over 100
people attending. The line up of speakers was excellent and many
of those at the event stated it was one of the best security conferences
they attended. The slides from the seminar are available for
download in the members area of IRISS-CERT
Remember the services provided by
IRISS
are free and will help you better
protect your organisation’s network
infrastructure and ultimately that
of the Irish Internet space so don’t
hesitate to
sign up and take advantage of
the facilities.
Ireland to Have a National Cyber
Security Strategy
We are delighted to see that the Department of Communications has
engaged with a consulting firm to develop a national Cyber Security
Strategy. The security of Ireland's Internet space is something
that BH Consulting considers to be of vital importance and is the reason
why we established Ireland's first CERT team IRISS-CERT. Ireland
has some very unique requirements given our size, our legal system, our
culture, our location and our dependency on ICT. Lets hope that
the proposed strategy takes these elements into consideration and
produces some definitive results to ensure the security of our nation,
our economy and our businesses.
Cloud Security
The biggest thing to hit the IT industry in
2009 has to be the whole are of Cloud computing. It seems that
every vendor is now offering a solution in this space. But many
organisations are still wary of moving to the cloud citing security as
one of their main concerns. The following are some useful
resources to help you determine whether or not the Cloud is where you
want to entrust your data;
If you are looking into moving any
of your services or data into the
cloud then we recommend you read the
above papers. For additional
insight into the complex world of
cloud computing the
Cloud Computer Security and
Rational
Survivability blogs are
excellent resources.
ENISA Release New Guide
The
European Network and Information Security Agency have
recently released their "Guide to mitigate vulnerabilities,
threats & cyber attacks". This is an excellent paper
and one that we recommend you review with a view to
implementing some of the recommendations in your own
organisation.
FREE SECURITY SCAN
In partnership with
Qualys, BH Consulting
are offering 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.
If you have found this issue to be of use please support our drive to raise funds
for
Focus Ireland.
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Security Watch eNewsletter, and the special Security Alert issues, are produced
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Additional news courtesy of
Silicon Republic,
Cnet,
Silicon and
Zdnet
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