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.
The Register - UK.biz flunks app security tests, April 2008
Silicon - Don't forget to secure your BlackBerry, March 2008
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
New version of network scanning tool arp-scan released
A new version of a respected and popular network scanning tool has been released.
15th March 2011
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Tests show rise in number of vulnerabilities affecting web applications with SQL Injection and XSS most common flaws
SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) were the most common flaws found in web applications in 2010 according to results from tests carried out by NTA Monitor.
1st March 2011
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Assess risk to manage effects of budget cuts
Signs of economic recovery may be appearing in some industries, but for most organisations - particularly in the public sector - budget cuts and cost savings are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
9th February 2011
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"Basic security threats not changed in 15 years"
There may have been significant technological advances to the hardware and software organisations use, but according to Roy Hills, who co-founded NTA Monitor in 1996, the basic security threats have not changed in the last 15 years.
1st February 2011
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Insider threat grows as new wave of job cuts loom
When NTA Monitor first started security testing, organisations perceived the main focus to be protecting themselves from the insider threat. During the last fifteen years this has changed and businesses have become more and more concerned about defending themselves from external attacks via the Internet.
25th January 2011
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NTA Monitor founder offers expertise to University of Greenwich
Computer security students at the University of Greenwich were recently given an insightful lecture from NTA Monitor founder, Roy Hills.
4th January 2011
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Changes to PCI DSS not expected to hit merchants hard
Changes announced at the end of October by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) clarify and expand on existing criteria rather than introduce a raft of complicated new measures.
11th November 2010
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Boom in smartphone use leaves security open
Over the last year, UK smartphone use has boomed with adoption growing by 70 per cent to more than 11 million subscribers, according to ComScore. And the upward trend is predicted to continue with worldwide smartphone market share expected to reach 50 per cent within the next three years, and sales estimated to exceed those of PCs by 2012.
11th November 2010
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Cross-site scripting threat continues to dominate
Cross-site scripting continues to threaten the security of websites and web applications despite many recent high-profile attacks highlighting the vulnerability.
11th November 2010
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Counting the cost of data loss - could your company afford it?
The recent high profile data breach at ACS:Law, where customers' personal details were published online allegedly after a hacker gained access, via its website, to the internal network, once again emphasises the need for businesses to be proactive when it comes to information security.
10th November 2010
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