November, 2012- Commenting on the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik), the German government's office for information security, publishing guidelines on how computer users can keep their machines secure, Avecto says that the agency has indeed recognized that the effective management of user rights is a very important part of building a secure desktop.

According to Paul Kenyon, chief operating officer with the Windows privilege management specialist, in order to get the message across, the BSI allowed two different Windows 7-based computer systems to be attacked, and documented the results. The test system that followed the BSI guidelines did not suffer an infection, but the second, less secure system, suffered security flaws and infections to the machine.

 November 2012: Varonis - the leader in comprehensive data governance software, today confirmed that it is helping The MENTOR Network to manage its data access without draining IT resources. The human services institution increasingly found identifying data owners and maintaining ownership integrity difficult, especially with a fluid user base as people moved roles and joined the organisation. To address this it is using Varonisâ DatAdvantageâ for Windows, Varonisâ DataPrivilegeâ and Varonisâ IDU Classification Frameworkâ to effectively and efficiently manage access control and data management, as part of its data governance program. Even having doubled its user base in five years, the Varonis suite has enabled The Network to keep the same staffing level within its IT Team, who are providing a much better service to twice as many users.

 SANTA CLARA and REDWOOD SHORES, CALIFORNIA, USA & LONDON, UK – November, 2012 – Acunetix, a market leader in web application security technology, and Imperva, Inc. (NYSE:  IMPV) a pioneer and leader a new category of business security solutions for critical applications for critical applications and high-value data in the data center, today announced that Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scan (WVS) results can now be imported into the SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) to automatically configure settings that will mitigate the discovered vulnerabilities.

 Email crushing workforce, leading to costly mistakes 

London, UK, 13th November 2012 – Research conducted by Varonis, the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software, has found that workers in the digital office place are learning to cope with increasing email traffic. While they continue to evolve and experiment with more effective email management practices, organisations will be grappling with email errors and accidents. According to the Varonis survey, 62% of respondents reported a mishap — often with serious consequences — as a result of sending an email to the wrong person or with improper or unauthorised content. The study[i], questioning employees about their digital habits and vices, also reveals that one in 20 companies faced compliance issues as a result of a wrongly sent email.