NTA in the news
NTA comments regularly in industry publications, such as Computing, The Register and Computer Weekly and some recent press coverage is listed below.
IT Week - Security flaw hits Symantec Enterprise Firewall, August 2007
BCS - More security flaws found in banking sites, June 2007
SC Magazine - Study: Third of UK companies have critical vulnerabilities, May 2007
IT Week - UK companies have improved IT security, May 2007
60% of UK website tests revealed Internet encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
60% of web application tests performed for UK organisations showed that their websites contain weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
10th April 2008
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Demilitarised Zone most secure option for BlackBerry device
Recent BlackBerry testing by IT security consultancy, NTA Monitor, has revealed that organisations are still not configuring these mobile devices correctly
28th February 2008
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Retailers should put security top of their Christmas list
With British consumers spending more than £6.6 billion online in the last two months of last year, the 2007 festive season is set to be one of great cheer for online retailers
13th November 2007
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Businesses warned not to have skeletons in cupboards
For many organisations, the festive season is an opportunity to heave a corporate sigh of relief and enjoy the brief respite in frenetic business activity as countless people all over the world, go home to celebrate Christmas
13th November 2007
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Blackjacking not biggest threat to BlackBerrys
Market leading IT security company NTA Monitor has identified key security issues facing companies whose staff use a BlackBerry and is urging them not to take their eye off the ball and concentrate solely on the so-called 'blackjacking' threat
17th October 2007
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IT security vital for M&As
When two companies come together, the integration of IT security is vital to success, yet network security implications are often overlooked during mergers and acquisitions (M&As), according to NTA Monitor, a leading provider of IT security consultancy services
25th September 2007
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NTA discovers Symantec username enumeration flaw
NTA Monitor has discovered a username enumeration vulnerability in Symantec's Enterprise Firewall. When Symantec's Enterprise Firewall is configured for remote access (client-to-gateway) VPN using pre-shared key (PSK) authentication, it responds differently to valid and invalid usernames
21st August 2007
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IT industry goes from worst to best for VPN security
NTA Monitor has discovered that IPsec VPN security in the IT industry has improved to such an extent that it's gone from being the least secure to the most secure industry sector in a year
7th August 2007
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UK organisations' IT security improving
NTA Monitor's 2007 Annual Security Report has revealed that 32% of UK organisations tested had critical vulnerabilities that are widely known and actively exploited by hackers, compared to 61% in the 2006 report, indicating that companies have improved their security posture in the last year
14th May 2007
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NTA becomes a PCI security standards council approved scanning vendor
NTA Monitor has become a PCI Security Standards Council Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). The PCI security standards use a set of industry measurements and tools to secure payment card transactions and systems
9th May 2007
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