International Computer Security Association

Its a small world. Really, it is. Computers seem to have a magic shrinking ability that causes distances to close and shrinks areas at an alarming rate. We can now experience things that are happening from around the world in real time. We can communicate directly with people for free and we can do business with people in countries far away, all with the help of our computers.

It really can seem like the entire world is now simply one gargantuan online community. This is a wonderful thing and makes so many things possible, opens so many doors and creates an environment where people can work and play together from opposite sides of the Earth. With this open community, there are, unfortunately opportunities for not only business and personal relationships to develop across borders, but also for crimes to be committed.

Because of this there is a great need for security systems to be in place to keep things as safe as possible online. Unfortunately it is all too easy for crackers to find their way into computer networks and get their hands on information that they can use in the wrong way, or even to simply destroy what people have created and worked for.

International computer security is essential for people to be able to interact online across borders. It is necessary that there be regulations in place that will allow people to have good software to fight against malware and all sorts of threats to the security of their data.

The International Computer Security Association provides just such services. They research and work for certification and testing of computer security products such as antivirus, firewall, cryptography, IPsec VPN, network IPS, anti-spyware and other such products.

Having this international organization that provides certification programs for security related software makes it much easier for individuals and businesses to protect their computers and all the data stored in them and the activity they do on them in a way that is effective and uniform across borders.

Imagine the scenario if anti-malware software was of poor quality in a far away country with which you did business online. The fact that their computers are at greater risk automatically puts your computer and personal information at risk as well. Having these certifications means that the standard is set so that people communicating across borders dont have to worry too much about a reduced level of security.

What began as the National Computer Security Association has become and international group and they not only certify software, but also test and provide intelligence that helps to keep that software up to date and ahead of the hackers and all of their tricks of sabotage.

 


 

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Persistent trade failure problem gets partial fix - Reuters UK

Persistent trade failure problem gets partial fix
Reuters UK
By Carrick Mollenkamp, Cezary Podkul and Jessica Toonkel (Reuters) - Big banks and trading firms that fail to settle certain mortgage-security trades will have to pay a penalty starting Wednesday as part of an effort to fix a persistent problem that .

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Build Up Your Phone's Defenses Against Hackers - New York Times

Build Up Your Phone's Defenses Against Hackers
New York Times
And while Mr. Bokath's job is to expose security flaws in wireless devices, he said it was EURtrivialEUR to hack into a cellphone. Indeed, the instructions on how to do it are available online (the link most certainly will not be provided here).

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Idiot Who Outed Himself As FBI Snitch Is Still Working with the Feds - Gawker

Idiot Who Outed Himself As FBI Snitch Is Still Working with the Feds
Gawker
Computer security consultant Thomas Ryan's ham-fisted attempt at spying on Occupy Wall Street last October exposed his own snitching to the feds. But the FBI apparently still trusts him enough to have had him speak at their big computer security .

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Britain pushes UN to agree deal to force Assad to step down - Daily Mail

Daily Mail

Britain pushes UN to agree deal to force Assad to step down
Daily Mail
By David Gardner and Lee Moran Syrian security forces tried to smuggle President Bashar Assad's family - including his British-born wife - out of the country. Rebel forces claim Asma Assad, a graduate of King's College, London and a former investment .

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Saudi pro-female driving right activist dies in car crash - ABNA.ir

ABNA.ir

Saudi pro-female driving right activist dies in car crash
ABNA.ir
The woman's death comes months after a 32-year-old computer security consultant was arrested and detained for 10 days after posting a video of herself on YouTube as she drove in the eastern city of Khobar. Manal Al-Sherif pioneered a female movement by .
Woman who defied Saudi driving ban dies in road accidentSunday Times.lk
Saudi woman who defied mullahs for right to drive kills friend in car crashDaily Bhaskar
Saudi protester lives to drive another daySydney Morning Herald
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Four Recognized Experts Selected to Keynote SEPG North America 2012 - MarketWatch (press release)

Four Recognized Experts Selected to Keynote SEPG North America 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
. software quality and security: Walker Royce, IBM Software Group; Bobbie Stempfley, Cybersecurity and Communications, US Department of Homeland Security; Carl Wyrwa, independent consultant and former director at Beckman Coulter, Inc.; and Khaled El .

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Symantec Accused of Selling EURScareware in Consumer Fraud Suit in San Jose
Symantec Corp. (SYMC) , a computer security software maker, uses free diagnostic programs to fraudulently induce customers to buy its products with claims their computers are in danger, a consumer alleged in a lawsuit...


 



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