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IT professionals do not display enough concern for data encryption

From www.scmagazineuk.com - November 30, 2012 8:08 AM

Nearly two-thirds of IT professionals have admitted that they do not encrypt data stored on portable storage devices.

According to a survey of 106 delegates at IP Expo 2012 by iStorage, 64 per cent admitted to not encrypting data held on portable storage devices, while fewer (than those surveyed in 2011) believed that data loss was a serious concern. (!!!???)

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Social Media Use Tied to Increase in Malware Infections | threatpost

From threatpost.com - September 30, 2011 9:22 AM

A Websense survey ties use of social media to an increase in malware infections.

With the use of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+ becoming more and more prevalent in the enterprise, companies are having to come to grips with additional security concerns that they bring with them. But, according to the results of a new survey of IT and security professionals, that process is still in its early stages in many companies.

The survey, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Websense, found that a large number of companies believe that they are seeing an increase in malware infections and other security incidents as a result of the use of social media in the enterprise.

For example, 54 percent of respondents said that they had already seen or were very likely to see soon a loss of confidential information or a violation of a confidentiality policy because of employees' social media activities. And 52 percent of those surveyed said that they had seen an increase in malware attacks as a result of social media use.

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Spam with QR code targets mobile users

From www.scmagazine.com - January 11, 2012 5:47 PM

Researchers have revealed a new type of spam campaign that appears to be a test run to find out how mobile users will respond to social engineering attempts on their smartphones and tablets.

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