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Strategy for secure public message exchange in Norway is published
The Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI) has published its proposed strategy concerning the need for protected message exchange towards governmental service providers and citizens and businesses.
Godai Group reports on huge sensitive information leakages due to incorrect addressing of ordinary e-mails.
“The intercepted correspondence included employee usernames and passwords, sensitive security information about the configuration of corporate network architecture that would be useful to hackers, affidavits and other documents related to litigation in which the companies were embroiled, and trade secrets, such as contracts for business transactions.”
Massive and tailored attacks against webmail platforms: Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo mail.
The reputable IT security company, Trend Micro, has recently published a report of extreme seriousness on attacks against the most commonly used webmail platforms in the world.
PUBLIC SERVICES IS LAUNCHED - E-mail server security check FOR FREE !
Protectoria has launched its service for testing e-mail server security settings.
Many users have no idea of whether an e-mail is protected during transmission or not. This free service provides information and help to users and systemadministrators that want to check transport security and possibly enhance their own e-mail infrastructure.
Many users have no idea of whether an e-mail is protected during transmission or not. This free service provides information and help to users and systemadministrators that want to check transport security and possibly enhance their own e-mail infrastructure.
Protectoria patent granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office
Experiencing the need for more automated security verification, Protectoria have patented a mechanism designed to (1) find secure devices (end-points and servers) and (2) to evaluate their (security) protocol compliance and strength.
Næringslivets Sikkerhetsråd om urovekkende datakriminalitet og mørketall i Norge
475 bedrifter og institusjoner har besvart Næringslivets Sikkerhetsråd's Mørketallsundersøkelse 2010 om informasjonssikkerhet og datakriminalitet. 1/3 av virksomhetene i Mørketallsundersøkelsen har oppdaget at de har vært utsatt for datakriminalitet, men mørketallene rapporteres å være svært store.
Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet med nedslående rapport om informasjonssikring i Norge
Til tross for et stadig mer utfordrende og dynamisk trusselbilde knyttet til sensitiv informasjon, dokumenterer Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet at norske ledere har liten bevissthet om dette.
Ny Protectoria release er lansert
Tjenesten tilbyr nå også en ny, sikker og effektiv leveringskanal til kunders partnere og integrasjon til dokumentsystemer. Alt dekket via samme 'Send' knapp som for ordinær epostutveksling fra Microsoft Outlook
US airbase e-mails go to town web (English)
BBC News: Confidential US Air Force (USAF) e-mails, some including flight plans for a presidential visit, have been mistakenly sent to a tourism website.
Need for efficiency compromises security says lawyer (Norwegian)
e24.no: Advokat Arve Føyen mener mye av kommunikasjonen med klientene skjer på epost fordi kravet til effektivitet er blitt så stort.
Ignores security when sending e-mail (Norwegian)
Survey by NorSIS shows misaddressing of e-mail is frequent (Norwegian)
forbruker.no: Kjapt, lettvint og enkelt, men langt fra trygt. E-poster havner ikke alltid der de skal.
EuroSox regulates the use of e-mail (Norwegian)
digi.no: All lemfeldig omgang med e-post må opphøre fra neste sommer, advarer advokat Ståle L. Hagen.

