Wednesday 20 October 2010

IP Expo Update from Today Earls Court

Today, in Westminster, Chancellor George Osborne unveiled plans to cut public spending by £83 billion. I was among the thousands of IT professionals crowded into Earl's Court 2 to discover how IT investment can help their organisations survive the new era of fiscal austerity, and emerge financially stronger, more competitive and more profitable.

They were not disappointed.

Addressing a packed audience for the opening keynote address of IP EXPO 2010, Acadia Enterprises CEO, detailed how the new age of cloud computing is set to revolutionize IT service delivery and the business effectiveness of the organisations that adopt it.

"Cloud" said Capellas "will be mainstream within 24 months."

"This bus has already left the station. You can either be under it, or on it," he said.

The same message, with different emphasis was heard from other quarters. In the seminar theatres, VMware's Paul Strong detailed some of the technical challenges that still lay ahead.

Freeform Dynamics' Jon Collins offered timely advice on how to distinguish marketing hype deliverable reality in today's increasingly competitive IT infrastructure markets.

Meanwhile, I enjoyed talking directly to the latest compute, storage and network infrastructure product and technologies showcased by more than 230 exhibitors. LiveEnsure partnered with The Virtual Tech Group Basingstoke were busy as they talked to Cloud providers who need authentication to secure entry points of their systems.

Far sighted organisations are ready to invest in their future, and those who are will be looking closely at the security aspects of their cloud provider.

Thursday 14 October 2010

Ecommerce Expo, National Hall Olympia..Next week

National Identity Fraud Prevention Week  12th - 18th October I am looking forward to attending next weeks, E Commerce Expo it is the industry event for the UK and, increasingly, Europe. It ranks as one of the largest gatherings of E Commerce professionals in Europe and boasts over 140 exhibiting companies plus a comprehensive conference programme.

http://www.ecommerceexpo.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Seminars/SeminarDate=10_19_2010/goSection=4


Scanning the session list there are really great people telling their stories, I am looking forward to hearing from:

Steve Willey, Group Head of Product Development, moneysupermarket.com

Joe Leech, Principal Consultant, cxpartners

Matt Henderson, Director of Merchant Services, Amazon

Tjipto Sugijoto, Managing Director for Americas, Intershop.

Very surprised to see we are the only best of breed security vendor in attendance... and that there is no session talking about authenticating and protecting your user. With consumers being targeted by hackers, phishing and pharming attacks I would have expected at least one session.

"Relying on static, user-generated passwords to outwit expert hackers leaves ecommerce site severely at risk for data theft," said Christian Hessler, CTO, LiveEnsure™. "Ethical organizations are recognising the need for authentication security. We have made our solution affordable, accessible and quickly deployable for ecommerce sites."

http://www.liveensure.com/getit.html


NOTE to Show organisers... the regulators are really coming down on companies who don't protect their online consumers. A Session would have been good, Christian our CTO would have covered the importance of online authentication and I am sure Stewart Room the leading legal light in data protection would have covered changes in Legislation.

www.christianhessler.com/

http://www.stewartroom.com/

Monday 11 October 2010

LouiseRobertson@Innovate 10


The UK Technology Strategy Board is hosting Innovate 10 the leading networking, conference and exhibition event for businesses to meet other businesses, government and academia with the aim of making innovation happen – creating opportunity and growth for the future.

Innovate 10 will address all aspects of technology innovation, with a special focus on the commercial exploitation of the DIGITAL economy, HEALTHCARE markets of the future, ENERGY generation and supply and the SUSTAINABILITY economy.


I was surprised to see that cybercrime and fraud are not main discussion subjects at this forum.

I will be introducing LiveEnsure™ accessible, affordable authentication SaaS solution for web and mobile to attending digital and creative agencies who are looking to secure and protect the websites they are building. LiveEnsure™ is authentication solution, designed to protect consumers as they transact. LiveEnsure™ provides a revolutionary, multifactor, authentication solution for a multitude of applications, using unique Digimetric™ technology to recognise user’s mobile devices and laptops as part of triangulation process that secures the session. LiveEnsure™ takes the inconvenience out of bulky hardware token or sms-based authentication solutions.

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Cyber Criminals, New Job Option....


e-crime Mid-Year Meeting 5 October 2010, Victoria Park Plaza, London.

As we all know Technology is continuing in it relentless advance at such a rapid pace that even 10 years ago anyone predicting our current technology-enabled capabilities would have been considered crazy. We are all living in a world that is totally connected 24/7. We are the martini generation of computers, anytime, anyplace and anywhere, just like martini time we are very relaxed about our security.

The e-criminal- A Growth Profession!
These quantum changes are matched in the way e-criminals operate, singularly or as very sophisticated groups. Their objective is to find a way around website, apps and mobile protection. E-Criminals are the cyber equivalent to burglars who pick locks and break windows. There is one obvious area where commercial organisations are ‘holding the door’ open for the e-criminal, and that is around login and authentication, research tells us that the 2 factor username and password is not enough you may have left your door open for the e-criminal.
The Cost of CyberCrime to business.
Studies by the Ponemon Institute reveal that a security breach costs a company:
• an average of £64 per file
• £10,000-£120,000 of admin costs
• An ICO fine
• Reputation Damage.

Pro-actively investing in security can help a business avoid potential costs, loss of resource and productivity that security violations can have on a company. Attacks on organisations are becoming more frequent and the attacks are moving outside of the financial sector into all sectors that transact on the web. (Retail, Gaming and Social Networks)

Cloud Computing its coming... well actually everyone is going that way!


The sessions focused on cloud computing, the buzz words of revolutionary cost and savings and operational flexibility, were tainted with concerns for security. Realising the cloud’s benefits is determined by the trustworthiness of the Cloud Infrastructure- in particular the software applications that control, access, private data and automate critical processes. Assuring the inherent security of your associated software is a key factor to successfully embracing cloud options.

The pan-European survey by Portio indicates that 75% of CIO’s viewed security as a barrier to adopting cloud computing, more than 65% said they would move between 21% - 60% of their applications to the cloud in the next year.

STATS
I love all the stats, and they make great colourful graphs but the fact is businesses are moving into the cloud, they need to protect themselves and their users . There is a growing need for effective non invasive security like LiveEnsure authentication.

The content of this mid -year meeting was exceptional, delivering practical advice focussing on how security can help businesses to adapt to change, take advantage of opportunities and remain secure.

http://www.e-crimecongress.org/forum/