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     2009 Brings Security Trends And Threats
     Research Shows More Consumers Trust Biometrics
     Missouri Teachers Responsible For Bomb Detection
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2009 Brings Security Trends And Threats
Cybercrime and outsourcing were named top security concerns according to a new study commissioned by Lumension Security and conducted independently by The Ponemon Institute.

The survey found that 50 percent of IT operations professionals viewed outsourcing as an imminent and near-time critical risk, while more than 75 percent of IT security professionals noted cybercrime a major issue -despite concerted efforts to thwart hackers in recent years. In tandem, survey results highlighted an increase in shared thinking between traditionally disparate IT functions within the organization - IT operations and IT security.

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Research Shows More Consumers Trust Biometrics
A majority of Americans are comfortable using common biometric technologies for authentication according to a recent survey conducted by Unisys. More than 70 percent of respondents will trust banks and government agencies to ask them for biometric data for identity verification. Additionally, fingerprints nearly tied personal passwords as the primary preferred authentication method, 73 percent to 72 percent, respectively.

The biometrics survey was conducted alongside the latest installment of the Unisys Security Index, which found that a majority of Americans continue to have strong concerns about identity theft and fraud with their credit and debit cards.

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Missouri Teachers Responsible For Bomb Detection
Columbia Public Schools teachers become an unofficial bomb squad if someone threatens to blow up a school. If a bomb threat is made, the district's emergency response plan calls for teachers to sweep their classrooms for potential explosives and listen for "ticking" noises, according to internal instructions given anonymously to the Columbia Daily Tribune. If a suspicious item is located, teachers are instructed not to touch it and to report it immediately to building administration.

Assistant Superintendent Lynn Barnett said those guidelines are supposed to be confidential, but she confirmed that during a bomb threat, teachers are expected to look for unfamiliar items. Nobody but a teacher could assess a classroom for items that don't belong, she said.

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Business Beat

  • Day & Zimmermann Security Services, a provider of managed security services, has acquired South Shore Security Systems, a Massachusetts-based security firm.

  • AlliedBarton Security Services, a provider of highly trained security personnel, has earned national recognition for its training programs for the fourth consecutive year on Training magazine's Top 125 list.


People in the News

  • Application Security Inc., a provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions for the enterprise, has appointed George Kadifa, Peter McKay and Paul Winn to its board of directors.

  • Intransa, a provider of external IP storage solutions for video, has appointed Bob Gitre to lead strategic sales channel development for the company.


Events

Dec. 10
Government Customer Service Conference & Expo
Ronald Reagan Building; Washington, D.C.

Organizer: Digital Government Institute

Information: E-mail info@digitalgovernment.com or call 703-752-6243

www.digitalgovernment.com

Dec. 10-12
Security Force Management
Le Pavillon Hotel; New Orleans, LA
Sponsor: ASIS International
Information: Call (703) 519-6200
www.asisonline.org
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