In an article published last month by Computer Economics (link here) more than half of midsize and large organizations and over 35% of small organizations experienced unauthorized disclosure of confidential information at least once in the 2009-10 timeframe.  This disclosure was due to malicious insiders accessing unauthorized company information (as opposed to users who did so with no ill intent).

Not only was there a high percentage of these incidents, but among CIOs that had not yet suffered such an incident, a majority did not rate such events as requiring high level of concern. 

This data was based upon a survey performed by CSO Magazine, and co-sponsored by the Secret Service, Deloitte, and Carnegie-Mellon (link here).

The Lansing chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is hosting its first Netwars workshop the afternoon of May 22nd on the campus of Michigan State.  Sessions will show how to work with the Metasploit penetration testing framework as well as network penetration exercises.

See event details and register here.

Security researchers Don Bailey and Nick DePetrillo presented a paper on a cell phone exploit at the SOURCE conference in Boston this April that exposes serious fundamental weaknesses in the architecture of mobile phones. Bailey and DePetrillo have found ways to discover information that most cell users assume is private and known only to the cell provider. DePetrillo said. "If you go through entire number ranges and blocks, you'll get numbers for celebrities, executives, anyone. You can then track them easily using the geolocation information." At the heart of the work is the ability to access the caller ID database mobile providers use to match the names of subscribers to mobile numbers. This is the same database that contains the subscriber information for landlines, but most mobile users don't realize that their data is entered into this repository, Bailey said. Furthermore, these vulnerabilities are design flaws, and thus cannot be simply patched or mitigated with workarounds. Read more here.

Come see us at the Designing Sustainable Communities Through Business event on Wednesday, April 28th at Aquinas College.

This event is being held by LocalFirst and it promises to be a very informative event, including several workshops on marketing and business development. Zocalo Data Systems is a proud co-sponsor, so come by and see us at our table.  We'll be talking about how technology can be used to help make your business a "greener" enterprise.

More information about the event here.

Registration is here.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact :

David Stycos
1610 Timberlane Ln. NE 
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Phone : 888-321-9337
http://www.zocalodata.com
dstycos@zocalodata.com

Local Security Expert to discuss Cryptographic Applications in Data Security

David Stycos of Zocalo Data Systems will be speaking to Dornerworks employees on April 7th, 2010 at the Dornerworks building beginning at 12:00 p.m. 

He will look at how cryptography is applied to some of the problems of data security. He will show how good cryptography can be implemented poorly, dispelling the myth that just because something is encrypted it's secure. He will also explore how cryptography systems work to protect us, and how our actions often hinder them. 

David Stycos has been a software developer for over 25 years in many different fields, including developing cryptographic systems for hand-held encryption devices. In 2004 he started Zocalo Data Systems as a vehicle to develop and sell data security products and services of his own design, and to help businesses strengthen their security risk profiles. 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact :

David Stycos
1610 Timberlane Ln. NE 
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Phone : 888-321-9337
http://www.zocalodata.com
dstycos@zocalodata.com

Local Security Expert to discuss Cryptographic Applications in Data Security

David Stycos of Zocalo Data Systems will be speaking at the Grand Rapids chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) on April 16th, 2010 at the Steelcase HQ beginning at 2:30 p.m. 

He will look at how cryptography is applied to some of the problems of data security. He will show how good cryptography can be implemented poorly, dispelling the myth that just because something is encrypted it's secure. He will also explore how cryptography systems work to protect us, and how our actions often hinder them. 

David Stycos has been a software developer for over 25 years in many different fields, including developing cryptographic systems for hand-held encryption devices. In 2004 he started Zocalo Data Systems as a vehicle to develop and sell data security products and services of his own design, and to help businesses strengthen their security risk profiles. 

Please contact David for further information.

 

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