DOWNLOADS AREA
Welcome to the downloads area of our website. We regularly post whitepapers in this area which we feel are of interest to the business and security communities alike. If there is a subject of particular interest to you that you do not see here please contact us.
Whitepapers are available in both PDF and HTML format. If you require software to read the PDF please visit either Adobe for Windows users or *nix users try KPDF or visit SourceForge to find alternatives.
| 10 Truths of Information Security | HTML | |
| Unfortunately, the most proficient security professionals have a hard time getting and maintaining visibility with senior management, who tend to get lulled into a false sense of security when nothing bad happens. |
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| The Need For Secure Web Development | HTML | |
| We can almost guarantee that the two elements we will find to be insecure are the website and staff. See Russian crime ring behind Webattacker below. Isn't it time you started asking your web developers some pertinent questions? | ||
| Is the data protection act being weakened? | HTML | |
| The government has ditched yet more of the protections on personal data contained in the Data Protection Act with new legislation that will allow the sharing of data between public and private sectors. Where does this leave the rest of us? | ||
| Why ethical hacking? | HTML | |
| An examination of the pros of ethical hacking and penetration testing for your business. If you need to build a business case to justify IT security expenditure then this is a good starting point. | ||
| Drive by Pharming, a new threat. | HTML | |
| Drive-By Pharming is a hacker attack aimed at the home market and could steal your banking details. | ||
| Anti-Virus just isn't enough anymore. | HTML | |
| Gone are the days when viruses simply corrupted your network, costing your organisation time and money. Today’s threats consist of ‘under the radar’ approaches in the form of multi-vector attacks, which operate across email and the internet and are designed to get past traditional security tools.. | ||
| Spyware Vs. Virus | HTML | |
| A comparison of todays common malware threats, which should you be more worried about? | ||
| What the hacker knows that you don't! | HTML | |
| This document outlines how hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in e-mail systems, and describes the widely available hacking methods and tools they use. The main body of the paper attempts to describe the problem and its solution as non-technically as possible. The Appendix has the real technical detail for those who are interested. | ||
| 7 steps to securing USB devices | HTML | |
| How can companies keep track of the data coming in or leaving the company via USB devices? Keeping company data secure has become a significant challenge for any IT department. This whitepaper provides you with a road map to achieving USB security. | ||
| How to set up a mobile security policy | HTML | |
| The proliferation of laptops, PDAs, smartphones and USB sticks means that corporate data is no longer confined to the office. Without a joined-up policy on mobile security, protecting and keeping track of it becomes impossible. | ||
| Is security good for business? | HTML | |
| A recent study in America carried out a survey to ascertain why organisations invest in IT security, not only will it provide you strong resiliance and continuity in the event of an attack or disaster, it's good for marketing too! | ||
| What's the risk? | XLS | |
Here you will find a comprehensive spreadsheet which allows you to calculate the loss to your business in the event of IT systems failures. |
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| What's the risk? [Quick Version] | XLS | |
| Simple spreadsheet which allows you to calculate the loss to your business in the event of IT systems failures. | ||
| Are foreign hackers immune from the law? | HTML | |
| A case involving two Russian companies accused of hacking into a London computer system can be heard in English courts, a High Court judge has ruled. The allegations make for an exciting story of corporate espionage in the internet age, but the case serves as a reminder that, even today, cross-border lawsuits are anything but point-and-click operations. | ||
| The case for IT security and the SME | HTML | |
| The complexity and rapid innovation in IT produces many challenges to an organisation, but one of the most urgent, and yet most neglected, is that of IT and network security. Whether it is the network, the applications you run, the web site you sell through, the legal implications of IT and your use of it, or your staff, and the possibility that they may knowingly, or unknowingly, divulge confidential information. | ||
| Russian crime ring behind WebAttacker | HTML | |
| The Russian crime ring behind the infamous MPack attack hacked into thousands of Italian Web sites over a weekend and used a one-line snippet of code to redirect surfers from the web site they were visiting to a server rigged with exploits that could steal information including credit card details. | ||
| encriptions compliance statements [PDF] | ||
encription limited are an ethical company, we take our compliance and social responsibilities very seriously, you may view our main compliance documents here. |
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| Other Articles & White Papers NHTCU 2005 [7 Mb] FBI Cybercrime Report 2006 BBC Report on Cyber Crime Cyber crime - keyloggers The Google Hackers guide Introduction to computer forensics Computers and the Law Dealing with computer crime Man in the Middle Attacks Mastercard SQL Injection |
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