19% missed a critical deadline because they couldn’t access the right applications, 14% lost a job and 6% missed a promotion

Manchester (UK) and Boston (USA) – Avecto, the leader in Windows privilege management, revealed the results of its recent research that found a fear in the workforce of not being able to hit deadlines, missing promotions or losing their jobs due to ‘loaphobia’ (Lack-Of-Application-Phobia). This fear is well founded as the research found that 19% have missed a critical deadline as a result of being denied full access to an application, 14% lost a job and 6% missed a promotion.

Read more: Is Loaphobia causing workers to fear losing their jobs?

Leading Endpoint Cybercrime Prevention Service Protects Retail and Business Banking Customers against Financial Malware

BOSTON, May 14, 2012 – Trusteer, the leading provider of endpoint cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that Trusteer Rapport has been recognized as the Best Fraud Prevention Solution in the 2012 SC Awards Canada competition. Trusteer was selected as superior to Entrust TransactionGuard and IronKey Trusted Access by the expert panel of judges. Trusteer Rapport provides transparent endpoint protection that is offered by hundreds of banks around the world to protect customer’s personal and financial information when they access their online banking application.

Read more: Trusteer Rapport Named Best Fraud Prevention Solution in SC Awards Canada Competition

In-depth discussion to be held at INSIGHTS 2012

London, UK —Recruiting in the technology sector is strong, despite weaknesses and structural changes the economy has experienced over the past several years. However, enterprises seem to be capitalizing on the competitiveness of the candidate pool, increasing expectations and requirements of skills and credentials. This topic will be discussed by Todd Weinman, president and chief recruiting officer of The Weinman Group, at ISACA’s World Congress:  INSIGHTS 2012, to be held 25–27 June 2012, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California, USA.

Read more: ISACA Speaker Urges IT Candidates to Shift Career Perspectives

Commenting on research claiming to show that 53pc of senior IT professionals in the public and private sector believe that cloud computing is too insecure for their business usage, SecurEnvoy says that this perception problem is almost certainly down to cumbersome security and authentication technologies.

According to Steve Watts, co-founder of the tokenless two factor authentication specialist, the problem with cloud computing is that the security mechanisms required to secure data as it flows into the cloud – and, perhaps more importantly, when it flows out from the cloud – are both cumbersome and difficult to change.

Read more: IT experts say cloud security can be easily resolved

Association Recommends Five-step ROUTE to Stay Informed

 

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA —Fifty-eight percent of consumers who have a smart device use location-based applications, despite concerns about safety and third-party use of their personal information for marketing purposes, according to a recent survey from nonprofit global information security association ISACA.

A telephone poll of 1,000 people shows that many have concerns or incomplete information about geolocation, which uses data acquired from a computer or mobile device to identify a physical location:

Read more: ISACA: 58% Use Location-based Apps Despite Privacy Concerns