1 June 2015 - Security Buyer Magazine

Independent study reveals incident response perception gap among EU companies

A new study by Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) uncovers a notable gap in Incident Response (IR) preparedness among EU companies. The majority of respondents – 86 percent – feel they’re prepared to face a cyber attack, yet nearly 40 percent have no IR plan in place. Additionally, only 30 percent of those with IR plans test and update them regularly (more than once a month). The study was co-sponsored by Resilient Systems, the leading Incident Response Platform (IRP) provider for security professionals, along with FireEye, HP and Telefonica. The study questioned 200 respondents at CISOs/CIO/VP IT level from companies with more than 1000 employees in the UK, France and Germany. “As the cyber threat landscape becomes more challenging, businesses need enhanced response plans to ensure they’re able to survive and thrive in the face of these threats,” said Bruce Schneier, Chief Technology Officer at Resilient Systems. “For decades, companies have focused on preventing and detecting attacks, but they haven’t focused enough on Incident Response. This is critical to good security.” The survey also identified an increase of cybersecurity spending for Incident Response. According to the survey, businesses spend 77 percent of their security budgets on prevention and detection technology. However, spend is moving towards Incident Response capabilities – growing from 23 percent today to 39 percent in two years. “Organisations are realising that cyber breaches are inevitable – but focusing on improving response can ensure breaches are survivable,” said Duncan Brown, Research Director at PAC and lead author of the study. “We’re encouraged to see that organisations are investing more in the tools, processes, and people needed for effective and fast Incident Response.” Additional key findings include: 67 percent experienced a breach in the last year. 100 percent have experienced a breach at some point in the past 22 percent of organisations have no technology in place to assist with incident response Organisations require between one and six months to recover from a breach The average direct costs of a data breach (not including internal staffing and loss of business and reputation) is €75,000 77 percent are either ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ concerned at the prospect of mandatory breach notification Links www.pac-online.com

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Find anyone anywhere: Live demonstrations of NICE Suspect Search at IFSEC 2015

Event News / Ghyslaine Cordrey

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) has announced that it will be hosting interactive demonstrations of its awarding-winning NICE Suspect Search solution at IFSEC International 2015 , which takes place in London on June 16-18. Visitors to booth F950 will see how the use of NICE’s next-generation video analytics makes it possible to locate and track a specific person of interest across multiple cameras and within large volumes of video, reducing search time from hours to minutes. NICE will also be showcasing NiceVision Net 3.0 , the newest version of its flagship video management system. This intelligent software platform now includes enhanced edge recording for distributed environments, tools to promote simplified installation and maintenance for integrators, as well as protection against data loss during camera replacement. Security professionals looking for a market leading situation management solution will also learn how airports, seaports, railways, banks and safe city projects around the world are relying on NICE Situator to enhance operational intelligence and efficiency. They will also learn how to address the later stages of the situation management life cycle with NICE Inform– an incident debriefing and investigation solution which integrates multimedia from various capture platforms to provide a complete view of incidents and improve investigations. On Thursday, June 18th at 1 pm, NICE will host an educational session on ‘Advanced PSIM and Video Management Solutions’, where it will share how a large European city has successfully deployed NiceVision and NICE Situator to enhance the community’s safety and security infrastructure. Moti Shabtai, General Manager, Physical Security, NICE “At IFSEC 2015 we will be showing security professionals how they take advantage of the full portfolio of NICE solutions to unlock and unleash the power of their data, in order to protect the people and assets under their care, as well as optimize their operations.” NICE’s security solutions help organizations capture, analyze and leverage big data to anticipate, manage and mitigate security and safety risks, improve operations, and make the world a safer place. The NICE security, intelligence and cyber offerings provide valuable insights that enable enterprises and government agencies to take the best action at the right time by correlating structured and unstructured data from multiple sensors and channels, detecting irregular patterns, and recognizing trends. The solutions have been deployed to help secure a broad range of organizations and events, such as banks, utility companies, airports, seaports, city centers, transportation systems, major tourist attractions, as well as sporting events and diplomatic meetings. IFSEC International 2015 will take place June 16-18 at ExCel in London. To register visit: www.ifsec.co.uk Links www.nice.com

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Pelco launches VideoXpert™ VMS and more at IFSEC 2015

Event News / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Pelco will use IFSEC 2015, stand D800, to launch VideoXpert™, the company’s new video management software (VMS) platform. VideoXpert™ manages single and multi-site video security systems from a single workspace interface. The ‘Unified User Interface’ within VideoXpert™ allows up to six monitors to operate as a single workstation, fully configurable to suit the operator. However, despite VideoXpert’s extensive capability and although the system has been designed to support limitless cameras and hundreds of operators, Pelco has ensured its operation is simple and intuitive, to minimize user training requirements. Plug-in architecture enables efficient system expansion by integrating further third-party security and video analytics solutions. Deployment is on distributed IT architecture, with built-in redundancy and modular, scalable, failover management to maximise system reliability. IFSEC will also see the launch of Pelco’s ground-breaking Optera™ multi-sensor, panoramic cameras, which provide seamless video images over 180°, 270° or 360°, by using four, 3MP cameras. “The Optera™ series cameras should not be confused with Fisheye cameras,” explained Mark Pritchard, EMEA Marketing Director for Pelco. “The Optera™ enables the viewing and recording of extremely high-quality panoramic views. Electronic pan, tilt and zoom functionality allows operators to zoom in on areas of interest and see levels of detail more comparable to a PTZ dome. Client-side de-warping ensures Pelco’s VideoXpert™ and other third-party VMS solutions see the Optera™ series as a single camera for licensing and video management purposes. SureVision™ 2.0, 130dB Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), ensures high-contrast and demanding lighting conditions present little problem.” Also a new arrival at IFSEC 2015 is the Spectra Enhanced Full HD, high speed PTZ dome, with 20X or 30X optical zoom options. Already the industry’s market leader for performance, Spectra Enhanced now comes with a 60 images per second frame rate; electronic image stabilisation to eliminate vibration noise; and SureVision 2.0 with 130dB WDR to ensure high quality video images in all lighting environments. Smooth and fast PTZ control, built-in analytics, single cable HPOE installation, ONVIF G edge recording and HD optimized dome bubble technology are featured on all models. For more information on Pelco by Schneider Electric contact Susan Shackleton on 01189 789 276 or email Susan.Shackleton@schneider-electric.com. Links www.pelco.com

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Pulse Secure successfully progresses EMEA expansion strategy

UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Pulse Secure, a leading provider of access and mobile security solutions to enterprise and service providers, today announced details of its ongoing EMEA expansion strategy to meet increasing demand from organisations keen to benefit from its Secure Access solutions. Ahead of its debut at InfoSec Europe this June, for the last year Pulse Secure has been successfully executing a strategy to extend robust technical and pre-sales support to its partners and customers across the region. From new offices in the UK, Pulse Secure has appointed country managers in four key European countries as well as Dubai and created a local language technical team to deliver true 24/7 multi-lingual mission critical support. “The growth of trends such as BYOD, mobility and e-government has created strong demand for our Secure Access solutions from across the region,” explains Paul Donovan, EMEA Sales Director for Pulse Secure, “In the last few years, organisations have hastily deployed disparate point solutions and many are now finding these systems are unable to cope with the complex nature of security and access control as the number of users and devices keep growing.” “As the only vendor to offer a unified approach to access control, application security and BYOD management, this current transition offers Pulse Secure and our partners a great opportunity to help our customers solve their current challenges and build a strong foundation for innovative new projects and use cases,” Donovan added. The EMEA expansion includes the imminent launch of a new channel program to support its 500 partners across the region with training courses in multiple locations and technical workshops for customers delivered by partners and the Pulse Secure regional team. Pulse Secure technology is used by over 6000 customers within EMEA including progressive organisations such as Data Center Finland and Santa Monica Networks. “We are still hiring more staff and working closely with our distribution partners to ensure that we have full coverage across the region and will also be participating at other leading European events during the year.” Donovan concluded. This July, Pulse Secure will also release Pulse One, a central policy manager that enables secure access of all endpoint or mobile devices to corporate applications that may be located on-premise or in the cloud. Pulse One simplifies management of enterprise access, policy, and mobility while offering these additional benefits: Enables rapid problem solving with a dashboard of system health, security alerts and endpoint compliance that can drill down on individual appliance capacity, performance and status. Streamlines operations with the ability to replicate configuration and policies from a single appliance to multiple appliances and perform bulk operations such as firmware updates and policy changes. Unifies compliance reporting for users, devices and apps connecting to the network on premise or remotely. Links www.pulsesecure.net

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Saxo Bank selects A10 Networks Thunder ADC solution

UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

A10 Networks, a technology leader in application networking, today announced that Saxo Bank is using A10 Thunder Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) to meet the critical transaction processing requirements for its state-of-the-art online trading platform. Established in 1992, Saxo Bank was one of the first financial institutions to develop an online trading platform that provided ordinary investors with the same tools and market access as the professionals. Over more than two decades, Saxo Bank has grown to become a fully licensed bank in Europe – specialising in trading and investment, supporting an international client base from its headquarters in Copenhagen and a growing network. At the heart of this process is a dedicated IT infrastructure and development team that delivers a platform offering over 30,000 financial instruments available in over 20 languages that is also white-labelled by more than 100 major financial institutions worldwide. The platform needs to be highly performant, resilient and able to scale to meet volatile trading patterns. In 2014 alone, the platform executed 22.5 million trades worth hundreds of billions of Euros. “Our platform has thousands of feeds, some of which are updated several times a second and in volatile markets the number of trades can drastically increase,” explains Robert Smith, IT Procurement Manager for Saxo Bank. “It is for this reason that we build our infrastructure with low latency in mind to deal with these vast, changing data flows, and with plenty of headroom to handle spikes without compromising the expected levels of resiliency our business demands.” Saxo runs a fully redundant infrastructure with full active-active networks, datacenters, switches, servers and applications that are physically separated across geographies and even at the individual sites level. “As we have our own highly skilled in-house technical infrastructure and development team, we can be very exacting when it comes to IT,” says Smith. “For any upgrade or change, we tend to run deep proof of concept and technical evaluation on our beta test environments, then carefully migrate onto live systems using a practiced methodology.” For Saxo, application traffic management is a vital component and as a predominately Cisco-focused networking environment, the end of support for the vendor’s ACE product prompted a major revaluation. “We had the opportunity to look at the market and choose an application delivery solution based purely on how it compared against our requirements,” says Smith. Saxo gathered requirements from both its networking and application development teams to generate a vendor shortlist before running an extensive, multi-stage proof of concept (PoC) and evaluation test. “In our beta environment, we ran a number of real-world latency, performance and storm tests and it was clear that A10 easily met our requirements, but with enough headroom to meet the exceptional spikes in traffic,” says Smith. “We were also very impressed by the responsiveness of the support process with every query answered professionally and timely.” Another major benefit that was proven during the PoC was the SSL offloading capability, which allows the bank to place its critical encryption processes in the dedicated A10 hardware and remove the workload from its application servers. The test comfortably ran tens of thousands of new SSL sessions – even with the 2K encryption keys used to provide deep security for transactions. “We’re honored that Saxo Bank chose our Thunder ADC solution to manage its state-of-the-art trading platform,” said Sanjay Kapoor, VP of Global Marketing for A10 Networks. “A10 Thunder ADCs provide increased agility, scalability and security to organisations of all sizes, enabling them to meet fast-paced, high-performance demands quickly and efficiently. Additionally, our solutions can be easily integrated using DevOps, while also allowing third-party applications to remotely control server load balancers via our REST-based API.” Saxo selected multiple active-active pairs of A10 Networks Thunder ADCs, each offering 30 Gbps of Layer 4-7 Intelligence using aFleX scripting throughput with GSLB functionality at each datacentre to ensure the highest levels of reliability and performance. “The entire process has been careful and measured and the test results from running the A10 in our simulated environment have given us the confidence that the Thunder platform will comfortably meet our requirements and help deliver excellent service to our client community,” Smith adds. Links www.a10networks.com

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Exacq Technologies integrates with Tyco’s anti-theft system

UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Exacq Technologies, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, announces an integration with the Sensormatic anti-theft system from Tyco Retail Solutions. The combination of exacqVision video management system (VMS) and the Sensormatic system gives retail customers a unified Tyco solution, capturing loss event data and providing video recognition to improve loss prevention efforts. The Sensormatic pedestals capture valuable loss prevention data to create a surveillance zone at the end of a checkout lane or at the store exit. When an alarm event occurs, the system notifies store employees when someone exits the store or if merchandise still has the electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag attached. With the exacqVision integration, retail customers have the benefit of an added layer of video surveillance and real-time loss event insights. Retailers can view live video images of the alarm event as it occurs or search previous EAS system events and see the corresponding exacqVision video at the time the event happened. This integration enables retail store managers to quickly identify suspects for potential theft instances and improve their real-time response to shrinkage control. This integration requires exacqVision server version 6.6 and Local Device Manager Configurator version 8.3 to connect the Sensormatic pedestals and manage data output. Links www.exacq.com

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KuppingerCole recommends Prot-On for the protection of shared documents

UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Prot-On, the online security start-up, takes another step forward in its international expansion. KuppingerCole, renowned European analyst, has produced a report about the Spanish Company stating that Prot-On provides a solution worth evaluating when considering solutions for enabling the process of sharing of unstructured data files securely (Secure Information Sharing). KuppingerCole said, “When evaluating Secure Information Sharing solutions, Prot-On is definitely worth a look, given that they offer good support for major requirements in that area in a ready-to-use deployment model.” Prot-On is a Spanish Company that was founded in 2011 and has created a unique solution that allows users and companies to keep control of their files wherever they are. They can protect and track the use of any copy of their documents and change, whenever they want, who can do what with them. It makes possible to change permissions remotely, even after it has been distributed by Internet. The need to share confidential information with third parties by companies is growing and Prot-On allows them to do so easily, comfortably and affordably. Following KuppingerCole´s report, José Rocillo Prot-On CEO said, “Prot-On is a new and yet widely unknown player in the market segment for Secure Information Sharing. That might change, given that Prot-On combines ease-of-use, security, and broad platform support with an interesting and affordable licensing model. “We are delighted to have been recognized as a company for the future by the prestigious European analyst KuppingerCole, at Prot-On we will continue to work in order to guarantee the privacy of confidential documents when shared on the Internet in the easiest and most affordable way.” KuppingerCole Report, is available from the kuppingercole’s website http://www.kuppingercole.com

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TDSi launches EXgarde 4.4 version of Integrated Security Software Solution

UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Integrated security manufacturer TDSi is proud to announce the launch of EXgarde 4.4, the latest version of its fully integrated access control solution. Amongst the additions to the new version, 4.4 offers a Tenant Event Split option, Elevator Dispatch facility, integration with SimonsVoss wireless locking solutions, an updated EXtour Module, a security tours function and the new EXgarde Web Interface. EXgarde 4.4 adds considerable additional functionality, as Mike Sussman, Technical Director at TDSi explains, “Whilst EXgarde 4.4 shares many functions of previous versions, this latest version has been designed to incorporate a wide array of new features which add useful additional value to what is already a heavily feature-rich and comprehensive security solution.” Mike continues, “The new features are designed for a myriad of uses, from giving landlords greater control over access rights, to ensuring lift systems work in conjunction with access control through IP connectivity. Equally, we have included full integration with SimonsVoss wireless locking systems for improved flexibility and scope of installation, updated the EXtour module to assist security teams with their scheduled tours and designed a web interface which will give greater flexibility as to where security operators use and manage EXgarde.” Tenant Event Split EXgarde 4.4 allows landlords to partition visibility of system and operator events according to the tenant using them. For example, if EXgarde is overseeing a number of different facilities it will be preferable that tenants are not privy to the details of other sites or properties – so landlords can specify the access and information rights allotted to the user. Elevator Dispatch This function is designed to speed up travel and ease congestion in high traffic buildings. When a keyholder enters the access controlled area through the entrance/turnstile EXgarde informs the elevator system which then calculates the quickest elevator route to their destination floor and notifies and guides them automatically. SimonsVoss Integration The new version of EXgarde features full integration with the SimonsVoss SmartIntego Online locking solutions. When used in conjunction with TDSi’s core systems, this allows greater flexibility in remote areas where access control may be more difficult to implement. Extour Module update EXgarde PRO’s Extour Module update provides the facility to pre-define specific security tours using existing access control readers. Each specified tour defines the order in which the readers should be visited, along with the set time they should be checked. Alarms in EXtour indicate in real time if specific tour points have not been reached, alerting operators to a potential emergency. EXgarde Web Interface TDSi’s new web interface allows security operators/users to log into the server via their chosen web browser. This allows access to key functionality, such as adding and removing keyholders and keys, remote door control, basic reporting and live event monitoring. EXgarde 4.4 is available in three options to match the applications of the operator/user: EXgarde Express – The entry level version designed for a single site and up to 32 doors with limited features EXgarde PRO – The advanced level feature-rich version which is multi-site compatible and can control up to 32 doors. An upgrade to unlimited is also available EXgarde Enterprise – The unlimited door version designed for enterprise-level operations. For further details on EXgarde 4.4 or any of the TDSi security solutions, please visit www.tdsi.co.uk or call 01202 723 535. Links www.tdsi.co.uk

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Accumuli Security gains licence agreement for Juniper Networks DDoS Secure solution

Industry Sectors, Technology, UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Accumuli Security, an NCC Group Company, has announced an agreement to licence Juniper Networks DDoS Secure technology. Gavin Lyons, CEO of Accumuli, comments: “DDoS Secure is a fantastic technology and we want to ensure it continues to thrive in the industry. We believe in this technology and the value it can add to our customers and partners. As the previous owner of the technology, we are uniquely suited to continue its development to meet our customers’ business needs.” We now have a much larger owned IP portfolio than we had when we sold the Webscreen business two years ago. With a team of more than 15 developers we are now in a much better position to invest in and grow that IP. In addition, now that we are part of NCC Group, customers will have access to a much wider development community.” Following an initial transition period, Accumuli will assume responsibility for all current support agreement obligations as well as offer product renewals, new licence purchases, updates and upgrades to the DDoS Secure technology. Jon Shallow, the Chief Architect behind the DDoS Secure product since 2000, will join Accumuli Security to continue to head up work on the solution. DDoS Secure customers and partners will receive uninterrupted support and a product line that will continue to be enhanced and extended in line with a robust product roadmap, as well as accepted customer enhancement requests. Links www.accumuli.com www.nccgroup.trust

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See 360 Vision’s ‘Predator’ PTZ camera in action – at IFSEC 2015

Event News / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Supporting an array of industry manufacturers and solutions providers, CCTV design and manufacturing company, 360 Vision Technology, will be fielding a range of high-performance surveillance cameras at IFSEC 2015. To be found on display at six separate stands, 360 Vision’s Predator PTZ cameras can be seen at the exhibition in a variety of camera/control combinations, including analogue, Infrared, HD, thermal – illustrating the Predator range’s breadth of flexibility and performance. The cameras can be seen in action on WCCTV (stand no E375), TDSi (stand no F1100), Ogier (stand no F800), IDIS (stand no G700) and Secure Logiq (stand no G310). “We’re supporting our integrator and control manufacturer partners with a wide range of camera technology at IFSEC 2015,” says Mark Rees, Business Development Director at 360 Vision. “Showcasing 360 Vision camera technology, various specifications of our high-performance Predator camera range and its integration within some of the industry’s leading technologies will reinforce how easy it is to maximise the video imaging performance, reliability and benefits for any system application.” Links www.360visiontechnology.com

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