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EVENTS 11–15 March 2013 Troopers Heidelberg, Germany www.troopers.de 12–15 March 2013 Black Hat Europe Amsterdam, Netherlands www.blackhat.com/eu-13/ 25–26 March 2013 8th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW) Denver, US http://academic-conferences.org 5–7 April 2013 Security BSides Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico http://bit.ly/Q6wWFn 8–11 April 2013 Hack in the Box Amsterdam, Netherlands http://conference.hitb.org 14–16 April 2013 ASIS European Security Forum and Exhibition Gothenburg, Sweden www.asisonline.org/education/programs/ gothenburg/ 15–17 April 2013 InfoSec World Conference & Expo Orlando, Florida, US http://bit.ly/infosecworld 16–17 April 2013 Trust in the Digital World (EEMA) Brussels, Belgium www.eema.org 23–25 April 2013 Infosecurity Europe 2013 Earls Court, London, UK www.infosec.co.uk CALENDAR 20 Computer Fraud & Security February 2013 ...Continued from page 19 other than the organisation providing the hosting) you are in total control of your own data and can easily migrate to someone else. Memset does not use Google Docs, for example, mainly because it’s not wise to put your company information on servers belonging to a company you don’t wholly and utterly trust. Instead, why not put your faith in a community of enlightened, liberal, intelligent people who are just trying to make things work a little better? About the author British entrepreneurs Kate and Nick Craig-Wood founded the hosting/ cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) company Memset. They have recently attained a cross-government CESG accreditation for its service under the G-Cloud project. From the start they have exclusively used open source software for their business and infrastructure systems, combined with in-house development. ...News continued from page 3 increased dramatically, meaning that data-driven identity crimes now constitute the vast majority of all fraud in the UK. genuine account holder or applicant have all declined – the most notable being the decrease in fraudulent misuse of an account which fell by over 15% from the record levels seen in 2011. CIFAS cites the fraudulent use of identity information – either fake data or stolen identities – as “the biggest and most perturbing fraud threat”, accounting for around half of all frauds committed in 2012. There has also been a marked increase in ‘facility takeover’ fraud where, for example, a victim’s bank account is hijacked. This is achieved by a number of means, including hacking, phishing and other social engineering attacks. This kind of fraud rose by 53% during 2012. Frauds committed by the actual account holders actually declined in 2012, which is good news on one hand, but also masks the significant rise of other forms of fraud in the overall statistics. “Organisations have invested heavily in updating and refreshing their security processes recently, ensuring that extra steps are taken to validate the identity of people with whom they are dealing,” said Kate Beddington-Brown, CIFAS head of communications. “In spite of this, however, identity crimes have continued to rise – demonstrating that far more must be done. Equally, for individuals, It is obvious that fraud relating to personal data is an immense criminal trade so, fundamentally, we all have to do all we can to ensure that we also protect ourselves from becoming a victim, as well as demanding that the organisations we deal with take their security responsibilities seriously.” CIFAS research shows a rise in most forms of fraud, particularly those crimes related to identity.
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EVENTS
11–15 March 2013TroopersHeidelberg, Germanywww.troopers.de
12–15 March 2013Black Hat EuropeAmsterdam, Netherlandswww.blackhat.com/eu-13/
25–26 March 20138th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW)Denver, UShttp://academic-conferences.org
5–7 April 2013Security BSides Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto Ricohttp://bit.ly/Q6wWFn
8–11 April 2013Hack in the BoxAmsterdam, Netherlandshttp://conference.hitb.org
14–16 April 2013ASIS European Security Forum and ExhibitionGothenburg, Swedenwww.asisonline.org/education/programs/gothenburg/
15–17 April 2013InfoSec World Conference & ExpoOrlando, Florida, UShttp://bit.ly/infosecworld
16–17 April 2013Trust in the Digital World (EEMA)Brussels, Belgiumwww.eema.org
23–25 April 2013Infosecurity Europe 2013Earls Court, London, UKwww.infosec.co.uk
CALENDAR
20Computer Fraud & Security February 2013
...Continued from page 19other than the organisation providing the hosting) you are in total control of your own data and can easily migrate to someone else.
Memset does not use Google Docs, for example, mainly because it’s not wise to put your company information on servers belonging to a company you don’t wholly and utterly trust. Instead, why not put your faith in a community of enlightened, liberal, intelligent people who are just trying to make things work a little better?
About the author
British entrepreneurs Kate and Nick Craig-Wood founded the hosting/cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) company Memset. They have recently attained a cross-government CESG accreditation for its service under the G-Cloud project. From the start they have exclusively used open source software for their business and infrastructure systems, combined with in-house development.
...News continued from page 3
increased dramatically, meaning that data-driven identity crimes now constitute the vast majority of all fraud in the UK.
genuine account holder or applicant have all declined – the most notable being the decrease in fraudulent misuse of an account which fell by over 15% from the record levels seen in 2011.
CIFAS cites the fraudulent use of identity information – either fake data or stolen identities – as “the biggest and most perturbing fraud threat”, accounting for around half of all frauds committed in 2012. There has also been a marked increase in ‘facility takeover’ fraud where, for example, a victim’s bank account is hijacked. This is achieved by a number of means, including hacking, phishing and other social engineering
attacks. This kind of fraud rose by 53% during 2012.
Frauds committed by the actual account holders actually declined in 2012, which is good news on one hand, but also masks the significant rise of other forms of fraud in the overall statistics.
“Organisations have invested heavily in updating and refreshing their security processes recently, ensuring that extra steps are taken to validate the identity of people with whom they are dealing,” said Kate Beddington-Brown, CIFAS head of communications. “In spite of this, however, identity crimes have continued to rise – demonstrating that far more must be done. Equally, for individuals, It is obvious that fraud relating to personal data is an immense criminal trade so, fundamentally, we all have to do all we can to ensure that we also protect ourselves from becoming a victim, as well as demanding that the organisations we deal with take their security responsibilities seriously.”
CIFAS research shows a rise in most forms of fraud, particularly those crimes related to identity.
