Enterprises suffer an average of two breaches a year, but only a third of IT professionals are completely confident in their incident response plans, according to a study published earlier this week. According to a study conducted by data recovery and forensics service provider Kroll Ontrack, about three-quarters of U.K….
California Plans to Launch Information Security Operations Center
In California, we are confronting the challenges in a coordinated and efficient fashion that will increase protections for the citizens and businesses of this state,” said Weatherford, in a statement announcing the plan.
A California First Weatherford’s new statewide information security plan is the first ever developed for California state government, and it represents a significant milestone for the CISO, given the sprawling nature of California state government and the size and independence of its state agencies.
In an interview with Government Technology earlier this year, Weatherford said California state agency CIOs needed an enterprise security strategy to help guide their efforts.
http://www.govtech.com/gt/733337?topic=117671
Want to visit your child’s teacher or volunteer in a classroom?
The New Lenox district is among the first in the south suburbs to adopt this technology, following in the steps of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, which launched the system last year. The system stores the license information so returning volunteers only have to provide their name – which is rerun through the database – to get a new ID badge. “You may not be a sex offender today but may be tomorrow,” said Jason Livezey, District 122’s director of technology.
“It’s important we do this to make sure we ID people who are coming into our schools… But it’s only done when students are in the building, not during after-school events such as basketball games, he said.
If a parent is on the list, board policy states the parent only is allowed to attend parent-teacher conferences and may be supervised.
“No technology will be a magic bullet.” And the technology “is only as good as the adults working in the environment where the equipment is operational,” said school security expert Kenneth S. Trump, president of Cleveland-based National School Safety and Security Services. “The first and best line of defense is a well-trained, highly alert staff and student body,” Trump said via e-mail.
Video cameras and buzzers have become standard procedure, regardless of school size. Tinley Park District 146 is installing a video intercom system requiring all visitors to push a button, which feeds their picture to the school office, where once admitted, they must present a driver’s license. Orland School District 135 installed GPS units on all its buses and will purchase digital radios to improve staff communications. “They are trying to protect kids from falling meteors.”
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/869690.html
SaaS Offerings May Play Key Role In Small Business Security, Report Says
The report offers a detailed look at the total cost of ownership surrounding security technology and weighs the cost of “renting” tools against the cost of “owning” them.
“For most SMBs, the benefits of SaaS and third-party security fall into three areas: cutting down on the stress associated with managing complex security apps; getting up and running quickly; and letting you focus on your business without having to worry about installing updates,” the report says.
http://www.darkreading.com/securityservices/security/perimeter/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600951
Canada – Beef information Service
“McDonald’s Canada proudly supports the Canadian beef industry,” says Jeff Kroll, Senior Vice-President, National Supply Chain, at McDonald’s Canada. “McDonald’s Canada has made a commitment to Canadian beef which today translates into the company using 100% Canadian beef for all its burger offerings,” says John Gillespie, BIC Chairman and producer from Ayr, Ontario. “As the largest foodservice purchaser of beef in Canada, this is a significant alliance for Canada’s beef industry.”
From the outset, Brad Wildeman, President of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and a feedlot operator fron Lanigan, Saskatchewan, has been quick to point out that “Canadian cattle producers appreciate that McDonald’s Canada has been a long-time supporter of the Canadian beef industry.
The initial appearance of the chain email earlier in the year prompted McDonald’s Canada to post a statement on its website, www.mcdonalds.ca, refuting the claim with the facts, most notably that McDonald’s Canada proudly sources 100% of its beef from Canadian producers.
http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051109/canada___beef_information_service.aspx
Phishing, worms spike this year, say Microsoft and McAfee
While browser vulnerabilities increased slightly, application vulnerabilities dropped and operating system holes were flat, Microsoft said. Microsoft software accounted for 6 of the top 10 browser-based holes attacked on Windows XP computers, compared with only one on Vista computers. Of the top 10 browser-based holes exploited on computers running Vista, 2 targeted Adobe Reader and the most significant one targeted Adobe Flash Player.
In the third spot was an exploit aimed at Internet Explorer.
Infection rates for Windows Vista were significantly lower than Windows XP, while the rate for Windows Server 2008 was less than Server 2003.
Microsoft released 27 security bulletins in the first half of the year, addressing 85 individual vulnerabilities.
McAfee’s report showed the U.S. as the top country when it comes to the number of compromised computers that are zombies used in botnets to do things like send spam, followed by China and Brazil.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10387768-245.html