“Power over Ethernet basically means the network powers the security cameras, similarly to a telephone.”

 Almost all of fixed and mini dome cameras have this technology embedded within it which means on an infrastructure you can easily just get the camera, plug it into the network and its powered and sending images.

IP SURVEILLANCE

IP-Surveillance technology is by no means highly complicated, but the “IP” portion of it does take security out its natural state and move into the IT realm.

Some of the IP Surveillance Markets

• ·       Retail Operation
• ·       Office
• ·       Parking
• ·       Hotel
• ·       Residence
• ·       Tourist Places
• ·       Shopping Malls
• ·       Airport
• ·       Railway Station
•  .       Port

What is NFC?

Near Field Communication (NFC) technology makes life easier and more convenient for consumers around the world by making it simpler to make transactions, exchange digital content, and connect electronic devices with a touch.

A standards-based connectivity technology, NFC harmonizes today’s diverse contactless technologies, enabling current and future solutions in areas such as:

• Access control
• Consumer electronics
• Healthcare
• Information collection and exchange
• Loyalty and coupons
• Payments
• Transport

Near Field Communication (NFC)

Key Benefits of NFC

NFC provides a range of benefits to consumers and businesses, such as:

• Intuitive: NFC interactions require no more than a simple touch
• Versatile: NFC is ideally suited to the broadest range of industries, environments, and uses
• Open and standards-based: The underlying layers of NFC technology follow universally implemented ISO, ECMA, and ETSI standards
• Technology-enabling: NFC facilitates fast and simple setup of wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.)
• Inherently secure: NFC transmissions are short range (from a touch to a few centimeters)
• Interoperable: NFC works with existing contactless card technologies
• Security-ready: NFC has built-in capabilities to support secure applications

IronKey Enterprise secures data with always-on hardware encryption to meet compliance and data protection requirements.  All user data on an IronKey Enterprise drive is encrypted with high-speed, AES CBC-mode encryption. IronKey Enterprise is deployed quickly using the cloud-based IronKey Enterprise Management Service. Administrators are in full control of deployed devices and if needed can remotely disable devices and wipe data. IronKey Enterprise logs device use for reporting and compliance.

IRONKEY – SECURE FLASH DRIVES

Features

• FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certified
• Remote Administration and Policy Enforcement over the Internet
• Active Anti-Malware Protection
• Remotely Disable or Terminate Lost and Stolen USB Drives
• Self-Service Password Recovery
• Administrator Device Unlock and Reset
• Portable Security Software
• Secure Platform for Virtualization
• Strong Authentication
• Endpoint and Enterprise Application Integration
• Policy Enforcement and Provisioning

Message Security

Hosted message security services one of the service organisations can choose. It covers all the areas of message security, plus out of the box add-ons. In that area after the review I found Google Positini doing its best. Touch wood with best cost.

Pen tests can be automated with software applications or they can be performed manually. Either way, the process includes gathering information about the target before the test (reconnaissance), identifying possible entry points, attempting to break in (either virtually or for real) and reporting back the findings.

The main objective of penetration testing is to determine security weaknesses. A pen test can also be used to test an organization’s security policy compliance, its employees’ security awareness and the organization’s ability to identify and respond to security incidents.

Penetration tests are sometimes called white hat attacks because in a pen test, the good guys are attempting to break in.

Penetration Testing

Pen test strategies include: -

Targeted testing
Targeted testing is performed by the organization’s IT team and the penetration testing team working together. It’s sometimes referred to as a “lights-turned-on” approach because everyone can see the test being carried out.

External testing
This type of pen test targets a company’s externally visible servers or devices including domain name servers (DNS), e-mail servers, Web servers or firewalls. The objective is to find out if an outside attacker can get in and how far they can get in once they’ve gained access.

Internal testing
This test mimics an inside attack behind the firewall by an authorized user with standard access privileges. This kind of test is useful for estimating how much damage a disgruntled employee could cause.

Blind testing
A blind test strategy simulates the actions and procedures of a real attacker by severely limiting the information given to the person or team that’s performing the test beforehand. Typically, they may only be given the name of the company. Because this type of test can require a considerable amount of time for reconnaissance, it can be expensive.

Double blind testing
Double blind testing takes the blind test and carries it a step further. In this type of pen test, only one or two people within the organization might be aware a test is being conducted. Double-blind tests can be useful for testing an organization’s security monitoring and incident identification as well as its response procedures.

Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing Tools

1)   Nmap - Worlds Best Port Scanner

2)   Nessus - Vulnerability Scanner

3)   Metasploit - Exploit framework

4)   Pass-The-Hash - Who needs passwords?

5)   Hydra - Brute force password guessing

6)   Cain & Abel - The ultimate MITM utility

7)   Wireshark – network protocol analyzer

8)   Snort – traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks

9)   Netcat – reads and writes data across TCP or UDP network connections

10)Nikto – web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers

Cloud Client Computing

Wyse Cloud Client Portfolio

1. Wyse Cloud Clients
   • Wyse Thin Clients – Sophisticated. Secure. Friendly. Performance with flexible functionality.
   • Wyse Zero Clients – Simple. Secure. Stingy. Performance with dedicated functionality.
   • Cloud PCs – Familiar. Performance. Improved. The PC, only better – with centralized OS, applications, and content.
2. Handhelds – Complete support for Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones and tablets viaWyse PocketCloud, the leading Mobile Cloud Software for enterprises and consumers.
3. Wyse Ultra-thin Firmware – Wyse ThinOS, Linux, Windows CE and Windows Embedded Standard– the most comprehensive, secure, scalable and reliable cloud client firmware suite in the industry.

Wyse Cloud Software Portfolio

1. Wyse Cloud Client Software
   • Wyse Zero™ – Cloud-based technology engine powering a new world of cloud-connected dedicated Zero Clients.
   • Wyse Mobile Cloud Software – Wyse PocketCloud, the leading cloud-based mobile app suite connecting you to your personal, private or public cloud from any handheld.
   • Wyse Cloud PC Software – Cloud-based software to cloudify your PCs, TCs, or VMs by centralizing their OS, apps and content in a private cloud.
2. Wyse Management Software – Secure. Scalable. Cloud-centric remote device management for the extended enterprise.
3. Wyse Virtualization Software – Delivering the best user experience and optimized performance for any cloud client deployment.

Key Whitewater Benefits:

• Reduce disaster recover costs with cloud data protection
• Meet accelerated recovery SLAs
• Simplify off-site data storage for DR
• Secure offsite data
• Deploy with no change to existing backup infrastructure

Cloud Steelhead™

Cloud Steelhead™ offers the same WAN optimization functionality you’ve come to know and trust, in a form factor that’s much better suited for public cloud environments. It completely interoperates with Steelhead^® appliances, Virtual Steelhead™, and Steelhead Mobile™ clients.

Cloud Steelhead includes tools that allow for instant deployment and easy cloning of instances. It also has a uniquely advanced model for intercepting traffic in the cloud. In addition, a new portal allows for easy management and licensing, and instant upgrades of cloud Steelhead instances.

Key benefits of Cloud Steelhead:

• Instant deployment
• Simple, portal-based management
• Elastic sizing and easy cloning
• Advanced cloud interception
• Cloud-like pricing model

“The idea is to deploy thousands of different types of digital ants, each looking for evidence of a threat,” Fulp said. “As they move about the network, they leave digital trails modeled after the scent trails ants in nature use to guide other ants. Each time a digital ant identifies some evidence, it is programmed to leave behind a stronger scent. Stronger scent trails attract more ants, producing the swarm that marks a potential computer infection.”

The concept has proven successful in testing on a small scale, but will it still work when it’s scaled up to protect something as large and complex as the nation’s power grid? Fulp and two of his students — computer science graduate students Michael Crouse and Jacob White — are working this summer with scientists at PNNL and from the University of California at Davis to answer that question. Even using PNNL’s vast computer platforms, they can only rely on computer simulations to predict the ants’ “behavior” up to a point.

“In nature, we know that ants defend against threats very successfully,” Fulp said. “They can ramp up their defense rapidly, and then resume routine behavior quickly after an intruder has been stopped. We’re trying to achieve that same framework in a computer system.”