London – 22 February 2011 - CREDANT Technologies, the trusted experts in data protection has announced today that after rigorous testing, they have been awarded the Government quality CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM), which is awarded by the National Technical Authority for Information Assurance.  CREDANT have been awarded the CCTM for their CREDANT Mobile Guardian Enterprise Edition 6.8.  The scheme provides a government quality mark for the public and private sectors based on accredited independent testing, to prove that the security functions of the product does what it says “on the box”.  For more information, visit the CESG.

Paul Huntington – UK Public Sector Director for CREDANT Technologies said “CREDANT has gone through a stringent testing mechanism to achieve this award as it is tremendously important to gain the seal of approval from CESG in order to sell to many government departments and indeed organisations looking for a trusted security provider who can achieve exceptional levels of security. 

LONDON, UK- 22 February 2011 - Hitachi Consulting UK today announced the promotion of Sarah Edwards to Vice President of the Oracle Practice for the company’s UK-based operations. With more than 15 years Oracle experience, having previously managed Edenbrook’s Oracle practice, Sarah will be responsible for spearheading Hitachi Consulting UK’s dedicated Oracle business unit and further build on the increased market momentum gained over the last few months.

Sarah will be instrumental in leveraging the Sierra Atlantic acquisition agreement announced in January 2011, which will bring expanded capabilities to Hitachi Consulting’s Oracle business, including stronger alignment with US capabilities and a greater global offshore footprint in India and China.

 London, UK 21st February 2011 - As US IT security experts and liberty organisations discuss the ramifications of the recent effective shutdown of the Internet in Egypt - and whether President Obama should have access to an Internet `kill switch' - the organisers of Infosecurity Europe show are saying that the saga highlights the need for IT contingency planning.

 According to Claire Sellick, Event Director for Infosecurity Europe, the lessons coming out of the Egypt net shutdown - and the fact that the US government is now talking about having access to a similar `shutdown button' for the US side of the Internet - should act as a red flag to IT managers in organisations of all sizes.

 News that the Government has pledged to spend £63 million on the fight against cybercrime has been welcomed by the organisers of the Infosecurity Europe show, but with a proviso that the government uses the money in the right areas, to act as `seed corn' funding.   "This is excellent news, as the Home Office has obviously been watching what has been happening - as we all have - in the online world, with some consternation," said Claire Sellick, Event Director for Infosecurity Europe which will be held at Earls Court, London 19-21 April 2011 www.infosec.co.uk   "Since the next Infosecurity Europe event is now only a few months away, our team has been working with the security vendors and a number of other third parties to include a number of educational and informative events as a central feature of April's show.