and disables ambulance response system

A took out the automated response system of a major New Zealand ambulance company last week, leaving drivers in the dark and forcing employees to adjust their emergency procedures for two days. The Nov. 9 malware hit the …


, Disables Ambulance Response System

A took out the automated response system of a major New Zealand ambulance company last week, leaving drivers in the dark and forcing employees to adjust their emergency procedures for two days. The Nov. 9 malware hit the …


Incident Response

Product DescriptionSeventy percent of businesses reported security breaches in 2000, and the rate is on the rise. Is your organization ready to respond to such an incident head-on? Will you be able to tell whether an incident is an attack or a glitch in the system? Do you know how to assess the possible damage [...]


Microsoft tweaks location services in response to privacy fears (Tom Warren/WinRumors)

Tom Warren / WinRumors:Microsoft tweaks location services in response to privacy fears  —  Microsoft announced on Monday a change to its geographic location positioning service.  —  The change was implemented on July 30 and addresses an issue highlighted by security researcher Elie Bursztein.


Cybercrime automation demands new response and new skills – Computer Weekly

He noted that organisations still tend to spend the bulk of their IT security budgets on network firewalls and anti-virus protection, while leaving applications ripe for attack. The essential question is whether an organisation’s web applications could …


Hey Apple, Sony and Amazon: Crisis Response is Real Time Now Too (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM)

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:Hey Apple, Sony and Amazon: Crisis Response is Real Time Now Too  —  We’ve seen a trifecta of failures and/or screwups over the past couple of weeks, from three of the world’s technology giants: Apple was shown to be keeping a log of the location of millions of iPhone users …


Cyber-Security System Mimics Human Immune Response – ABC News

Rossman says experts are looking at new models of “nature-inspired defense” as computer threats become a greater security problem for government agencies and a bigger cost to industry. “The threat is growing,” Rossman said. “There are more incidents and …


Cyber-Security System Mimics Human Immune Response – msnbc.com

Hartman says experts are looking at new models of “nature-inspired defense” as computer threats become a greater security problem for government agencies and a bigger cost to industry. “The threat is growing,” Hartman said. “There are more incidents and …


Security Threat Mitigation and Response: Understanding Cisco Security MARS

Product DescriptionIdentify, manage, and counter security threats with the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System   Dale Tesch Greg Abelar   While it is commonly understood that deploying network security devices is critical to the well-being of an organization’s systems and data, all too often companies assume that simply having these devices is enough [...]


Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response

Product DescriptionYou can’t succeed in the field of computer forensics without hands-on practice–and you can’t get hands-on practice without real forensic data. The solution: Real Digital Forensics. In this book, a team of world-class computer forensics experts walks you through six detailed, highly realistic investigations and provides a DVD with all the data you need [...]