Monday, 21 May 2012
Disaster recovery and business continuity
The threat that employee data theft, natural disaster, epidemics and terrorist attacks make data loss prevention and disaster recovery a must-have for business continuity.
Sub-Topics
Data loss prevention is a computer security term referring to systems designed to detect and prevent the unauthorized transmission of information from the computer systems of an organization to outsiders.
Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures of restoring operations critical to the resumption of business, including regaining access to data (records, hardware, software, etc.), communications (incoming, outgoing, toll-free, fax, etc.), workspace, and other business processes after a natural or human-induced disaster.
Offsite data storage can help your business by automatically backing up and storing, offsite, your critical data, by building custom storage systems for your data and even helping with your networking needs.
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Highlights
A staggering 72% of survey respondents admitted that they have no automated process to replace compromised certificates. IT managers are using post-it notes and spreadsheets to manage millions of security instruments.
Difficulties experienced by customers booking tickets through SISTIC's website and Hotline were caused by an error at the gateway of independent payment processing vendor Systems@Work.
Business transactions are faster and have a broader reach to more people in more countries than ever before. Businesses of all sizes can cast a global shadow by setting up a website and conducting business over the Internet. At the same time the volume of data is growing, so are the threats.
Organizations are increasingly aware of the acute need to control the information that flows into, through and out of their networks. This paper demonstrates the need for a high-profile acceptable use policy to prevent data leakage, gives practical guidance on how to use your security budget effectively to protect data at the gateway and endpoint, and highlights the benefits of encryption in securing data in the event that it does get stolen or lost.
Japanese security chief calls for public-private sector cooperation
