Author

Robin Bloor, Partner

Sponsored by Oniqua

...delivering asset performance optimization and management   

Productivity can be looked at from two perspectives; the productivity of assets and plant and the productivity of employees. In asset heavy companies the first of these is by far the most important. In this paper we examine Asset Performance Management, the area of software that focuses on managing asset productivity and discuss the contribution that
Oniqua's Analytics Suite can make to optimizing asset performance in asset intensive businesses. The contents of the paper can be summarized as follows:

Author Robin Bloor, Partner

Sponsored by Zecurion

Why Data Encryption is Effective and a Necessity    

In the world of IT security, the importance of encryption as a means of protecting against data theft has grown significantly in the past 3 years. There are two main reasons for this:
1. The problem of data theft has increased year-on-year.
2. With the advent of versatile encryption products like the Zecurion suite, the inconvenience of encryption technology been reduced while its efficacy has been increased.  In this paper we discuss both topics, starting with an analysis of data theft, its causes and  the way that data can be compromised.

Author
Robin Bloor, Partner

Sponsored by Zecurion

The Realities of Data Theft

The safest way to rob a bank is to use a computer. There are four compelling advantages to this approach:

• You don’t risk physical injury or personal harm.
• If you choose your target wisely, the likelihood of getting caught is low.
• If you pull off the heist effectively, you are likely to get away with much more money; 10 to 100 times as much.
• You can attempt multiple robberies at once. It’s far more efficient use of your time.

Actually, why just focus on banks? Why not focus on all organizations that have valuable data? And while you’re at it, why not enlist the help of an insider, so that when you break through the firewall, you’ll have all the information you need to find where the gold is buried.

Author
Robin Bloor, Partner

Sponsored by SecureWave

In 1989 there were about 30 known viruses, a mere handful compared with today’s figures of more than 200,000.

Anti-virus technology fails to prevent computers from virus infections. And because it fails, it inadvertently assists many security woes that plague the computer population. Because viruses spread, hackers find it easier to compromise business computers, identity theft is better enabled and computer fraud is easier to perpetrate. Virus-infected computers become an exploitable resource for hackers, who assemble and control networks of thousands of “zombie” computers, which are used to mount “denial of service” attacks, distribute huge volumes of spam and distribute more viruses.

Author
Robin Bloor, Partner 

Sponsored by Bit9

From the outset, the AV software vendors took the wrong approach to stopping malware.
In the past 20 years, Anti-Virus technology has grown to become an industry in its own right with revenues just below $4 billion. Nevertheless the viruses that AV software is supposed to protect us against still proliferate and organizations still have to bear the high costs of virus attacks.