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Senetas on Deciphering Information Security Blog

Cyberspace in the 21st Century demands that organisations know where their information is, how secure it is and what measures are necessary, or sufficient, for effective data protection? The Senetas Leadership team comes together to share news and views related to information security and data protection in the face of new and emerging cyber threats. They comment on the latest trends and business strategies that minimise the risk to personal and corporate information. Your comments are welcome.

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Dissecting the Underground Ecosystem

Thursday, October 22, 2009

By Julian Fay

LONDON  - Dissecting the underground economy has almost become a sport at the RSA Conference with numerous speakers attempting to explain the complex cybercrime ecosystem described as being “larger than Microsoft”.  Read More

Cracking EFTPOS

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

By Julian Fay

London - The RSA Conference was told today that russian gangs were now guaranteeing to extract the symmetric encryption keys that secure EFTPOS devices, also known as swipe card readers, within 3 months for $US250,000.    Read More

Global Data Breach Laws Needed

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

By Julian Fay

London - A former US Presiddential cyber security adviser today called for an international standard for data breach notification laws.  Read More

High Speed Heist

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

By John DuBois

If you don’t believe cybercrime can affect you, think again.  Released at RSA Europe is evidence that the criminals are not only extremely well organised, but willing and able to operate at high speed.  Read More

Conference Code

Monday, October 19, 2009



LONDON - What do Edgar Allan Poe and Dan Brown have in common? Not much it would appear at first glance: Poe was writer, poet, editor and literary critic, famous for 'The Gold Bug' and 'The Raven', among other works; Dan Brown, also an American author, wrote thriller fiction, mlost notably 'The Da Vinci Code'.  Read More

Early Warning Cyberattack System Unveiled

Friday, October 09, 2009

By John DuBois

GENEVA — The Malaysia-based global response centre, IMPACT (the International Multilateral Partnership against Cyber Threats), has revealed what it describes as “ the world’s most advanced system against global cyberattacks” at ITU World 2009.   Read More

Numbers Game

Friday, October 09, 2009

By John DuBois

GENEVA- Would anyone believe it if you told them there were more mobile phones than people on the planet?  Well by 2013 that’s what will happen according to information released by the ITU here this week.  Read More

Senetas On Show at Swiss Quantum Project

Friday, October 09, 2009

GENEVA - Senetas was showcased here last night as part of the Swiss Quantum project, which includes Senetas CypherNet encryptors as part of a quantum encryption solution.  Read More

Senetas at ITU World

Thursday, October 08, 2009



The world has come to ITU in its 40th year, including UN secretary-general Bang Ki-moon and thousands of visitors to the seven halls and over 60 major expo stands to swap information on the latest in communications technology.  Read More