:: November 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

COMPUTER SECURITY DAY (November 30th 2007)

MIEL would like to take this opportunity to remind its patrons the importance of this day. November 30th is celebrated worldwide as Computer Security Day. This event started in 1988 to help raise awareness of computer-related security issues.

 

The goal of Computer Security Day is to remind people to protect their computers and information. Today, each individual is responsible and plays an important part in protecting information assets and resources. Security professionals and their organisations need to acknowledge this day and work towards building stronger and secure work environment, and a secure world at large.

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INDUSTRY UPDATE

PCI DSS COUNCIL’S NEW STANDARD FOR PAYMENT APPLICATIONS

 

Bob Russo, GM of PCI Security Standards Council - "With the PA-DSS managed by the council, we will ensure that payment application providers and their products are subject to data security requirements consistent with the current PCI DSS."

This will further raise the security standards of the application development process and increase security compliance to a higher level.

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MIEL TIPS

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SECURITY TIPS, WHILE WORKING FROM HOME

§  Be sure anti-virus software and security patches on your system stays up to date.

§  Shut down your laptop completely before you return to office, as some viruses remain in memory as long as your computer is turned on. This could affect your office network.

§  Store company information only on company-issued CD, diskette or your company network. Do not use CD's or diskettes that have been used in a privately owned computer - they are potential virus hazards.

§  Save your work on your company network. Alternately make a copy of your work on a company-issued CD or diskette and transfer this to your network when you return to office.

§  Don't allow friends and family to use your company-issued computer, this could compromise the integrity and confidentiality of official information.

§  Do not install software on your company-issued computer, without proper company authorisation and always contact your technology support organisation to install any software rather than do the same yourself.

§  Guard company information at all times, guard your laptop, CDs, diskettes and papers that contain company information. Shred or destroy items that contain company information before discarding them.

§  Use only company email for company business. Do not use personal email accounts for company - related email.

MIEL NEWSBYTES

Our Consultancy and Product Services has recently carried out a major Web Application Audit for a leading financial Institution in USA. The entire activity of testing several major banking related websites for security compliance was completed within a week’s times.

 

Our Education Services has launched its state-of-art training center in Mumbai. The center is fully equipped to cater to the requirements of individual and corporate training activities, conducted by MIEL.

 

MIEL’s one-year PRISM Course running at K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR) and International School of Corporate Management (ISCOM) has now commenced enrollment for the next batch of prospective security professionals.  

 

CORPORATE TRAINING PROGRAMMES

 

In addition to its regular public training programmes, an Ethical Hacking programme was conducted, during the past month for Symantec (in Pune).

 

UPCOMING TRAINING PROGRAMMES

 

Location ->

Course

Mumbai

Bangalore

Ahmedabad

ITIL v3 Foundation Course (with ITSMS)

 

6th-8th Dec 2007

 

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

 

 

17th-21st Dec 2007

CISSP CBK Review Seminar

17th-21st Dec 2007

 

 

Application Security

24th Dec 2007

 

 

 

To register, contact us today at isti@mielesecurity.com

Know more about our other Training Programmes, visit our Training section at www.mielesecurity.com

Thank you once again for your continued support. Your ideas, suggestions, tips and recommendations are highly valued, please send us your feedback about our newsletter at marketing@mielesecurity.com.

MIEL e-Security Pvt. Ltd. is an ISO 27001:2005 certified company, headquartered in Mumbai, with offices across India and with a fully-owned European subsidiary in the UK. MIEL offers its clients in over 15 countries across 4 continents, the benefit of global reach with local presence and is among the largest pure-play Information Security Consulting Companies in India.

MIEL has an impressive track record of providing services and solutions to some of the leading names in Banking and Finance, Insurance, Manufacturing, IT and IT Enabled Services, Healthcare, Shipping, Logistics and Government.

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