Data breaches in 2009 cost UK firms an average of £64 for every record lost, research has claimed.

The study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of encryption software vendor PGP, also revealed that data breaches cost UK firms seven per cent more last year than in 2008.

Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute, said: “This study shows that the financial impact of data breaches is hitting UK organisations harder and harder each year.”

The study’s findings are based on the costs accrued by 33 firms during real-life data loss incidents between May 2009 and January 2010.

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The vast majority of US federal agencies have failed to meet a December 31 deadline to deploy new technology that would make it significantly harder for attackers to spoof their websites, according to Network World.

BlueCat Networks reduces the inherent complexity of DNSSEC with the Signing Policy Management system allowing you to configure DNSSEC key and rollover settings in one place using the latest protocol features including full support for NSEC3.

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IPAM vendor signs second distributor

BlueCat Networks has talked up the growth prospects of the IP address management (IPAM) sector after appointing Cohort Technology as its second UK distributor.

The vendor, which claims to be enjoying 35 per cent annual growth, inked an agreement with Avnet last January, but said Cohort would help it reach its goal of recruiting 10 to 15 VARs by mid-2010.

Louisa Maskell, who recently joined BlueCat as UK channel manager, said: “There has been an explosion in rollouts of voice over IP, iPhones and PDAs and they all need to have IP addresses. They have traditionally been managed by spreadsheets, but that is becoming unmanageable.”

Maskell stressed that BlueCat’s technology is fairly complex and that Cohort’s professional services team could help VARs with implementation and support.

Grahame Smee, managing director of Cohort, said: “We believe that the market for the Bluecat product is set to grow rapidly and also that the reseller community for this type of product needs a strong range of supporting services from its distributor. We will also be launching some lead generation and associated marketing support programmes for our partners.”

Bruce Hockin, head of business strategy at Avnet Technology Solutions, said: “This is a positive thing. IPAM is a strong emerging market and BlueCat needs
someone to penetrate the SME area.”

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Military class certification provides further assurance against data loss at the MoD.

PGP Corporation, a provider of enterprise data protection, have announced that PGP Whole Disk Encryption has been formally approved by the Defence INFOSEC Product Co-operation Group (DIPCOG) as suitable for use within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and British Armed Forces.

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Value added distributor Cohort Technology has secured Authorised Training Centre Status for leading security vendor SonicWALL.

As a result of this new accreditation, Cohort Technology has added several, new SonicWALL classes to its award-winning portfolio of vendor-authorised training programs. All of Cohorts courses will be delivered by one of Cohort’s certified SonicWALL instructors, the new comprehensive and flexible courses are designed to educate partners on the latest SonicWALL products and solutions.

Commenting on the news, Ian Gilbey, Services Director of Cohort Technology said: “As part of our overall strategy of services-based distribution, training services forms a key role and this further demonstrates our commitment to the value-add model on which Cohort  is based. We will be working with SonicWall to further enhance their training offerings for their partners’

Cohort is offering two popular courses at a subsidised price for limited time. These include SonicWALL Secure Remote Access Administrator v10.0 and SonicWALL Network Security Essentials (CSSA) training courses to partners at various locations across the UK.

SonicWALL resellers and customers should contact Cohort Technology for more detailed information on this and any other training related issue.

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