Advance warning to IT managers’ of potential World Cup nightmare

Following the first ever online only live streaming of the England football team’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of  Ukraine, Nigel Hawthorn of Blue Coat, thinks live online video streaming could have an adverse effect on organisations’ network infrastructures during next summer’s World Cup.

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa promises worldwide coverage like never before, with the BBC Sport website offering live video streaming of all matches. Though a small number of matches were shown online in 2006, next year the number of matches available across the web includes all matches that the BBC has the rights to. Probably more importantly, the success of the iPlayer and YouTube has led to an assumption on the part of users that the quality will be as good as TV.

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Happy Online Christmas Shopping

You may think online Christmas shopping is the easy option, but beware, there are many potential pitfalls for the unwary.

Guillaume Lovet, international cybercrime expert, researcher and author has highlighted five fundamental pieces of advice on how to avoid the basic cybercrime tricks at Christmas and ensure you’re not the one facing identify theft and damaged bank balances in the New Year. ..

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A System For Health

VitAL Magazine looks further into the body of the Health Service to find what will make it tick in the future!

You hear it increasingly said these days that IT is no longer a function that works for the organisation but is more often a vital organ of the organisation. What organisation that didn’t have IT in the blood would attempt to make all of its information plus any information that is relevant to its work available to all of its own people and any other users who wish to know? You might as well burn a stick and write the information on a dry cave wall in the hope that passers by might see it.

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Take Note Of The Law

The Companies Act 2006 applies to all businesses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There will almost certainly be a separate piece of legislation enacted in Scotland which will largely mirror the principal reforms being introduced in the rest of the UK. The Act applies across the board to all companies (whether private or public and, if private, whether limited by share capital or guarantee or community interest companies) regardless of turnover. 

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STOP THIEF!

Ori Eisen suggests ten ways to enhance your anti Fraud tactics…

As fraudsters continually educate themselves to circumvent many traditional anti fraud systems there are still possible lines of action that companies can take to detect more fraudulent transactions. Using a combination of tactics is the most effective because it creates a complex net that fraudsters would have to negotiate. Here are ten key approaches to fighting fraud through your organisation:

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