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Issue
July 2006
In this month's issue of our Security Watch Newsletter, we provide feedback
from the FBI on how to protect your systems, outline how even small
business websites can become targets for hackers, provide an overview of a
"Vishing" and advise you on how best to prevent hackers from attacking you
system. We also highlight some interesting news stories from around the
globe and update you on the latest happenings in BH Consulting
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.
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work tirelessly supporting the homeless throughout Ireland. Focus Ireland
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risk of becoming homeless, through a range of appropriate high quality services,
to provide emergency transitional and long-term accommodation for people
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NEWS
Focus Ireland Golf Tournament.
BH Consulting were delighted to enter a team into this year's Focus
Ireland Golf Tournament held at Carton House. As we decided to enter a
team that extolled in the true Olympic spirit we did not manage to win any
prizes, however a great day was held by all. On behalf of BH Consulting I
would like to sincerely thank the members of the team who took the time from
their busy schedules to take part and made the day a very enjoyable event.
My thanks also to our kind sponsors for the day who provided the team with
various golf paraphernalia and the much appreciated supply of spare golf balls!!
Finally a very sincere thank you to our hosts for the day, Focus Ireland, who
provided an excellent day and venue for the event. Hopefully next year we
can enter at least one team, if not more.
Identity Theft
Seminar as part of Global Security WeeK
BH Consulting, in partnership with
Vigitrust, are sponsoring a free seminar on
Identity Theft as part of this year's Global Security Week. The seminar
will take place at 2 p.m. in the Burlington Hotel on Thursday the 7th of
September. Identity Theft is becoming the fastest growing crime and this
afternoon seminar will highlight to individuals and companies alike the threat
posed to their identity by this crime. There will be speakers on this
topic from the Garda Computer Crime Unit, ENISA (the European Network and
Information Security Agency) and also from the Companies Registration Office to
talk about company identity theft.
SiliconRepublic.com have posted details on the
event on their
site. More details of Global Security
Week can be found
here.
If you wish to book a place at this event please do not hesitate
to
contact us.
Rules changing for Online Merchants.
if your organisation provides the facility to process credit card details via
your website, then you should be aware that Visa and Mastercard intend to make a
number of changes to the
Payment Card Industry data security standard
over the coming weeks. The proposed changes will further bolster the
standard in an attempt to ensure that customer data is protected properly from
unauthorised access. Organisations who claim they are compliant with the
Payment Card Industry data security standard can suffer large penalties if they
subsequently suffer a security breach. Details of the proposed
requirements can be found
here and more information on the new changes
can be found
here.
BH Consulting in partnership with
Qualys can provide you with a vulnerability
management service to assist you in complying with the Payment Card Industry
data security standard. More details of the Payment Card Industry data
security standard and Qualys' vulnerability management service is available
here or you can contact BH Consulting directly.
1 in 5 Irish Internet Users do not Trust
Online Transactions
A recent interesting survey indicating the lack of confidence
Irish online consumers have in conducting online transactions. Apparently 1 in
5 Internet users do not trust their personal details with online merchants.
The
Register and
SiliconRepublic.Com provide good details on the
story. This survey certainly shows that awareness of Identity Theft is
quite high amongst Irish web surfers and also that our
Identity Theft Seminar as part of
Global
Security Week is well timed.
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 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
What little old me?
Too often many companies think that hackers will not be interested in
them because they are too small or don't have anything that would be of interest
to a hacker. These companies fail to realise that today's hacker is
solely interested in one thing each company has, computers. This story
shows how the web site of a small company was hacked to most likely be a launch
pad for an attack against another company, in this case the ISP hosting the
site.... Click
Here for more info
Deterring Hackers
How best to prevent your systems becoming a victim of an attack is a constantly
challenging goal. This article provides a comprehensive tutorial on how to
better protect your network against attack... Click
Here for more info
How to Avoid being a Cyber Crime Victim
An interesting question and answer session with several special
agents of the United States' FBI on their experiences in dealing with companies
that became victims of cyber crime. the agents also provide some helpful
advice on how to prevent your company becoming another victim ...Click
Here for more info
Gone Vishing
No, our spell checker has not been playing up. A new attack has
recently been discovered called
Vishing whereby fraudsters are using Voice Over
IP systems to imitate the phone systems of banks. Victims are lured by an
email encouraging them to surrender their personal details via telephone rather
than email ... Click
Here for more info
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.
If you have found this issue to be of use please support our drive to raise funds
for
Focus Ireland.
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Additional news courtesy of
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Cnet,
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