The report, entitled Online Software Scams: A Threat to Your Personal Security, describes the growing scope of the Internet piracy problem, the links to identity theft and other forms of cyber crime, and the steps that are needed to reduce Internet-based piracy. The report comes at the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
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]]>One of the bills awaiting President Bush's signature would create a position of a top intellectual property official in the White House. Another bill would add protection to works whose rights owners are unknown, and a further bill would extend negotiations on internet radio royalties.
This article really does a nice job of shedding more light on what's at stake in the bid to tighten controls and oversight related to Intellectual Property Law. To read it in it's entirety, visit Intellectual Property Watch.
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]]>Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced the launch of KODAK Security Solutions, a suite of products and services designed to help protect against the growing global problem of counterfeiting and piracy. Kodak’s proprietary technologies include new invisible markers embedded during the manufacturing or printing process that can be instantly and reliably authenticated in the field in a way that no counterfeiter can bypass.
]]> Targeting everything from currency to product safety labels, Kodak’s technology can help diminish counterfeiting, which is estimated to cost the global economy as much as $700 billion annually because it touches virtually every industry and market. Counterfeiters have access to technologies that can be as good as those used by authentic producers and, according to law enforcement and business trade groups, they are using them to defraud consumers, businesses and governments worldwide on an unprecedented scale.“Counterfeiting undermines the confidence people have in the products they buy, the medicines they take, and the financial and government systems that help society operate,” said James Langley, President, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. “Kodak is in a unique position to combat this activity because nobody knows more about imaging and materials science than we do. We are harnessing our experience with specialty materials and the power of our digital technology, delivered through the printing process, to build a virtual fortress that will help the world fend off counterfeiters.”
KODAK Security Solutions bring together the resources of Kodak’s vast intellectual property portfolio, along with businesses in digital imaging, document imaging, and graphic communications to create a broad portfolio of products and technologies that protect against counterfeiting.
At the highest level of protection, Kodak launches the KODAK TRACELESS System, a forensically invisible authentication technology that deploys a combination of proprietary markers and handheld readers. The TRACELESS System creates items with unique material properties that can only be detected using Kodak’s reading technologies.
The TRACELESS System marker materials can be mixed with inks, toners, varnishes and other items for analog and digital printing, as well as paper pulp, plastics, powders, pigments, liquids and textiles. The KODAK System’s markers have no affect on the characteristics of the end products or packaging. Users license the KODAK technology under multiyear agreements, and have secure control of the markers, the readers and associated software. This system prevents counterfeiters from duplicating the products or their packaging.
KODAK Security Solutions technologies can be deployed into offset and KODAK digital printing applications. Kodak is already working with customers in a wide range of industries that are affected by counterfeiting, including pharmaceuticals, apparel, cosmetics, identification documents and premium wineries.
Ann Colgin, owner of Colgin Cellars, recognized the value that Kodak’s solution could deliver in protecting her super premium vintages, which sell at auction for hundreds of dollars a bottle.
“While Colgin Cellars has not experienced any problems with counterfeit wine, the issue has concerned me for some time. As a vintner and an auctioneer, I felt it was necessary to take a stand and ensure my customers a guarantee of authenticity,” said Colgin. “Kodak worked closely with me to quickly develop and implement a solution that met my demanding production schedule. Within 45 days, Kodak evaluated solution options, conducted a pilot test, delivered a proposal, and implemented a solution that protects Colgin Cellars products.”
The KODAK Security Solutions portfolio has applications for an even wider range of markets and industries that are being harmed by counterfeiting, such as financial documents and tax stamps, ticketing for lotteries and special events, pharmaceutical packaging, food and beverages, luxury goods, prescription pads and vital records.
In addition to the highly covert TRACELESS System, KODAK security technologies are utilized to implement other hidden features, such as digital watermarks, magnetic ink character recognition (MICR), and a variety of forensic markers. Measures such as these are useful to prevent document fraud via counterfeiting or alteration.
KODAK technologies are also used to create readily visible protections, such as watermarks, variable data printing, micro printing, and raised printing. These solutions allow examiners to perform quick visual inspections without specialized equipment.
“Kodak has a long history of producing sophisticated technologies that are easy for people to use,” said Bill Lloyd, Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. “Our wide range of innovative security offerings allows us to deliver tailored solutions for each customer at competitive prices. Users can start with simple solutions today and know that there is a Kodak pathway to higher levels of security in the future.”
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $10.7 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using KODAK solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; and Creative Professionals rely on KODAK technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images.
More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com
For more information about Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, visit www.graphics.kodak.com. For downloading photos from Kodak’s image library, visit: www.kodak.com/go/gcg_images.
Editor’s Note: Kodak corporate news releases are now offered via RSS feeds. Many RSS aggregators or readers, including my.Yahoo.com, NewsGator, and Google Reader, can be used to view these feeds. To subscribe, visit www.kodak.com/go/RSS and look for the RSS symbol. In addition, Kodak podcasts are viewable at www.kodak.com/go/podcasts. Podcasts may be downloaded for viewing on iTunes, Quicktime, or other PC-based media players. Users may also subscribe to Kodak podcasts via the iTunes store by typing “Kodak Close Up” in the search field at the top of the iTunes Store window.
(Kodak and Traceless are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.)
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Contacts
Eastman Kodak Company
David Lanzillo, 585-781-5481
david.lanzillo@kodak.com
Increasing Market Access
Trade fosters an environment of competition, innovation, research and investment, which leads to higher incomes and a wider range of goods and services at lower prices. Increased access to markets in China creates opportunities for American companies. During this second meeting of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, the United States reached new agreements to further open China's markets to U.S. products and services.
Air Services Liberalization: The United States and China committed to expand the existing bilateral aviation agreement through liberalization of air services rights. This new accord provides for a doubling of daily passenger flights from the United States to China by 2012, starting with the addition of a new daily flight this year. The agreement also will provide U.S. cargo carriers with virtually unfettered access to Chinese markets by lifting all government-set limits on the number of cargo flights and cargo carriers serving the two countries by 2011. U.S. and Chinese officials have committed to resume negotiations in 2010 to establish a timetable to achieve the mutual objective of full liberalization.
Promoting Growth in the Tourism Industry: The United States and China signed a declaration of intent to launch negotiations to facilitate Chinese group leisure travel to the United States. The Chinese travel market is expected to grow to 100 million travelers within the next 15 years according to the United Nations World Travel Organization. Allowing tourism companies to arrange trips for Chinese travelers to the United States is a significant step, given that one in seven jobs in the United States is related to the tourism industry.
Expanding U.S. Exports: The Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Export-Import Bank of China signed a memorandum of understanding that will provide loan guarantees for the export of large scale capital goods from the United States to China, supporting U.S. export jobs and promoting China's sustainable development.
Opening the Financial Sector
Financial markets connect money with ideas and ambition, the lifeblood of innovation and dynamism. U.S. financial institutions are helping to expand a vast new market in China for American financial services products. During the second meeting of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, the United States and China committed to further financial sector reform, including:
Expansion of U.S. Financial Services Industry: China agreed to remove a block on the entry of new foreign securities firms and resume licensing securities companies, including joint-ventures, in the second half of 2007. In addition, China will announce before SED-III that it will allow foreign securities firms to expand their operations in China to include brokerage, proprietary trading and fund management. This will create opportunities for U.S. firms and provide new competition and expertise in the Chinese securities industry.
Increased Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFIIs) Quotas: To develop broader and deeper integration into the global financial market, China will raise the quota for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors from $10 billion to $30 billion.
The United States also welcomes China's May 10, 2007 announcement to expand Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (QDII) investment to include equity investment. This change can help diversify financial sector assets in China, which in turn can help enhance financial sector stability.
Pending Foreign Property Insurance Company Conversion Applications: The China Insurance Regulatory Commission will now make decisions by August 1, 2007 on applications for conversion from branch to subsidiary that have been pending for more than a year. China also commits to abide by regulations that require 60 day processing for future applications. This will allow for more efficient and cost effective operations.
RMB Transactions by Foreign Banks: China agreed to immediately allow foreign-invested banks to offer their own brand of RMB-denominated credit and debit cards. This will allow U.S. banks to offer a full range of RMB services to compete with Chinese banks that currently offer these services.
Market Access for Insurance Firms: Enterprise Annuities: The Chinese Government agreed to streamline by SED-III the application and licensing process for the provision of enterprise annuities by financial institutions, which will allow U.S. insurance firms already operating in China to widen the range of services they provide and increase the amount of capital under their management for investment.
Promoting Energy Security and Protecting the Environment
Energy security and environmental protection are shared priorities for both the United States and China. This creates demand and incentives for the rapid development and deployment of clean and efficient energy technology. At the second meeting of the Strategic Economic Dialogue, both countries agreed to:
Coal-Mine Methane (CMM) Capture: Over the next five years, the United States and China will develop up to 15 large-scale CMM capture and utilization projects in China.
Develop Clean Coal Technologies: The United States and China will provide policy incentives to promote the full commercialization of advanced coal technologies and will advance commercial use of carbon capture and storage technologies. China uses twice as much coal as the United States to power its growth and economy, and that number is expected to double by 2020.
Reduce and Eliminate Trade Barriers: The United States and China agreed to work together as part of the WTO Doha negotiations to discuss reducing or eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods and services. Working together, the United States and China can increase access and reduce the costs of these important environmental technologies and services.
Strengthening the Rule of Law
Fighting Counterfeit Goods and Protecting Our Borders: Protecting intellectual property rights, welcoming competition, promoting transparency and observing the rule of law are all critical to creating the framework within which creative ideas can flourish. During the second meeting of the SED, the United States and China signed an agreement to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights laws. The agreement provides for an exchange of information on counterfeit good seizures, experiences with counterfeit goods and dialogue among respective Customs staff to improve intellectual property rights enforcement in our nations.
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Dubai, UAE - April 25, 2007: Business Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world, has today (Thursday, April 26, 2007) united with international organisations to celebrate the 2007 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Day, an initiative designed to educate the public about how the protection of IPR nurtures creativity, prosperity and a knowledge-based economy.
]]> The Alliance has praised the UAE’s Ministry of Economy (MoE) for its support in upholding IPR and anti-piracy legislation and its efforts are predicted to increase private sector investment, technology transfer and economic growth for the region.“We are proud to be recognised for our commitment to strengthening our IPR initiatives by offering our full support in curbing illegal software distribution and implementing tough new anti-piracy laws. Illegal software distribution is one of the most common forms of IPR abuse and this black market menace destroys a valuable source of economic revenue and destroys thousands of jobs that are employed by the ICT industry to make safe and legal software products,” said Juma Al Leem Director of Censorship Department, UAE.
The IPR Day is being celebrated worldwide today, in recognition of the continuing efforts by organisations and governments to facilitate and encourage the pursuit of innovation and the disclosure of knowledge into the public domain for the common good. Broadly defined, IPR refers to the various entitlements legally owed to certain names, media and inventions that are entitled to exercise exclusive rights in relation to their product.
“Today we are recognising the creative and innovative talents on which our future is built and we hope to garner as much support as possible to encourage the public to respect and encourage IPR. We are also encouraging the public to recognise the importance of IPR by consciously avoiding purchasing or downloading illegal software, to help ensure that the creators and designers of these products get the full benefits they deserve,” commented Jawad Al Redha, Co Chairman Middle East, BSA.
Statistics from Madar research indicates that the UAE’s ICT industry is booming, with an increase in both computer and internet users driving the industry to be worth more than $915 million by the end of 2008. A recent BSA piracy report also highlighted that the MENA region was one of only two worldwide regions that were witnessing a decrease in the software piracy rate, based on government and industry action and the popularity of branded laptops.
BSA, operating in association with Microsoft as a BSA member and relevant government authorities, regularly launches awareness campaigns and anti-piracy raids throughout the region to endorse IPR and anti piracy initiatives. Advantages of using original software are promoted in the campaigns, in terms of technical support, regular updates, computer performance, greater data security and economic benefits.
]]>Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 24, 2007 -- This spring, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) challenges small businesses to make cyber security a top priority. While the public is fixated on high-profile corporate and government database breaches, hackers and identity thieves are increasingly targeting millions of small businesses. According to a 2005 FBI Cyber Crime Study, 90 percent of small businesses had at least one cyber security incident within the past year. Not taking the correct cyber security precautions and approach makes small businesses’ computer networks easy targets. Hackers can easily steal from and use these networks as launching pads to attack others, send phishing emails, and even steal from home users.
]]> “Consumers are starting to hold businesses accountable for how they protect sensitive information and will punish or reward a company based on how it approaches cyber security,” said Ron Teixeira, executive director of the NCSA. “According to a recent survey, only 20 percent of consumers said they would continue shopping at a store that had a data breach, whereas 85 percent surveyed said they would increase their shopping at a store known for its good cyber security practices.”In fact, according to a 2006 AT&T report, only 28 percent of businesses surveyed considered cyber security a top priority. “Cyber security apathy” continues to put small businesses’ customers’ financial information at risk and also provide hackers with a means to attack others on the Internet. Unfortunately, “cyber security apathy” is a reason why many small businesses and their customers become cyber crime victims. According to Symantec’s recent Internet Threat Report, 82 percent of data breaches, data theft and data loss could have been avoided if only the businesses had a cyber security plan in place.
Implementing a security plan not only makes good business sense but is necessary for maintaining a loyal customer base. This is why the NCSA is working to insure small businesses have access to information on security practices that will help protect them from cyber threats in a cost effective manner. Small business can begin to develop a cyber security plan by using the NCSA’s tips. These steps include:
Ensure that all employees use effective passwords, and when possible, stronger authentication technology. Encourage passwords that are comprised of different upper and lower case letters characters, and change them every 60 to 70 days (not to exceed 90 days). For a more secure and reliable way to authenticate users and prevent hackers from stealing passwords, you may consider implementing some sort of multi-factor or strong authentication.
Protect your systems. Install and use anti-virus programs, anti-spyware programs and firewalls on all computers in your business.
Keep all software up-to-date. Ensure that all computer software is up -to -date and contains the most recent patches (i.e., operating system, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-adware, firewall and office automation software). Most security and operating systems contain automatic updates—make sure that function is turned on and sign up for security notifications from the software company.
Create backups. Make regular (weekly) back-up copies of all of your important data/information. Store a secured copy away from your office location and use encryption to protect any sensitive information about your company and customers. Regularly creating back-ups better ensures that your critical data is not lost in the event of a cyber attack or physical incident, like a fire or flood.
Be prepared for emergencies. Create a contingency plan for your business so you can recover if you experience an emergency. Include plans to continue business operations at an alternate location when necessary. Test your plan annually. For more information on how to develop a business plan to prepare for an emergency, go to http://www.ready.gov/business/plan/planning.html
Encrypt your customers’ data. Protect your customers’ data from hackers and thieves by using encryption programs that encode data or make it unreadable, until you enter a password or encryption key. Some encryption programs are built into popular financial and database software and some broadband providers now include encryption for wireless networks as a part of their service.
Report Internet Crime. Locate and join an organization of your peers for information sharing purposes. If you suspect fraud or criminal intent, report it to the local law enforcement agencies, the local Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, or State Attorney General’s offices. Moreover, some states require you to notify your customers if hackers or thieves steal or could have stolen your customers’ unencrypted personal information, including data residing on a computer stolen in the offline world. Check your state laws to see if this rule applies to your incident. To find out more information on how to report a cyber security incident, go to https://forms.us-cert.gov/report/ or http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/
The above tips are intended to provide a starting point for a more comprehensive information security plan. Please visit www.staysafeonline.org for more information on how small businesses can create a robust security plan.
About The National Cyber Security Alliance
A not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is a central clearinghouse for cyber security awareness and education for home users, small businesses, and the education community. A public-private partnership, NCSA sponsors include the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Trade Commission, and many private-sector corporations and organizations. For more information, and to review the top eight cyber security practices, visit www.staysafeonline.org.
Contact:
Melissa Smolensky for National Cyber Security Alliance
melissa.smolensky @ porternovelli.com
512-241-2232 (office)
512-423-3382 (cell)
The manufacture, use, sale, offer to sell, or import and existing or patented device, product, material, or other conceivable invention constitutes patent infringement. Patent infringement lawyers basically have three jobs.
]]> The first job of a patent infringement lawyer is to protect people's right to carry, and exclusively market their patent for the time frame of the patent. A patent infringement lawyer also helps throughout the development process in determining whether or not a patent already exists or has been applied for. Finally, a patent infringement lawyer will defend those accused of patent infringement.California patent laws state that, just like all other states, the only person who is permitted to apply for the patent is the actual inventor. Thus, even if the inventor is currently employed by a company who creates and develops new products, the inventor is the only one who can sign the patent.
However, with the help of a patent infringement attorney, the inventor can be "bought out". This means that a patent infringement attorney can facilitate a negotiation between the inventor and the company to purchase from the inventor the rights to produce, market, and sell the invention or product without the threat of a patent infringement lawsuit.
This also means that the company has to be willing and able to purchase the idea from the inventor. For example, Kodak did not, as a company, invent the disposable camera. An employee of the company invented the disposable camera. Two patent infringement attorneys, one for the employee and one for the company, negotiated the reasonable amount of money the inventor was willing to accept in exchange for his invention. California patent laws state that this is perfectly reasonable and acceptable provided that the inventor is not coerced, threatened, or forced into this agreement, which can include the threat of a job loss.
California patent laws also state that while an inventor is the only individual who is permitted to apply for a patent, an the event that for whatever reason the individual determines that he or she does not wish to apply for the patent or can not be located, an interested party may file for a patent on that individual's behalf.
Thus, if Mary Alice has created in her basement in her spare time the ultimate software but doesn't wish to apply for a patent, her friend Janet can take the information to a patent infringement attorney and provided that there is not another patent on file, Janet and the patent infringement attorney can file for the patent on behalf of Mary Alice.
Mary Alice will still hold the rights to the patent, and Janet doesn't financially benefit from this at all. In fact, she is now responsible for the patent infringement attorney's fees. Hopefully Mary Alice is just as good of a friend and will buy Mary Alice a house or something when the software patent rights are purchased by a major software company.
California patent laws have clarified rights for people who don't wish to file patents, rights of filing for patents for the legally insane, and exclude employees of the patent office from having any interest whatsoever in a patent, with the exception of inheritance.
California patent laws still of course require the constantly patent educated patent infringement attorneys to interpret the fine details. California patent laws can be segregated into three basic categories. One for plants, one for utilities, and one for design.
Patent infringement attorneys are typically well versed in all three categories, however most patents fall under utility patents. Utility patents encompass pretty much everything that was ever invented outside of plants (which aren't really invented anyway) and designs. Patent infringement attorneys are able to represent any of these three categories for a client if the need arises.
California patent laws prevent the application process for a patent based solely on an idea, however, patent infringement attorneys are still often asked to do clearance or patent searches when the only thing the inventor has is an idea.
California patent paws require that the patent applied for has a functioning version of the item being applied for and may very well request to see it. California patent laws are fairly stringent and are a constant fluid entity. Patent infringement attorneys are often confused with the final approval of a patent. Not so.
The U.S. Patent Office has the last say as to whether or not a patent will be issued. Patent infringement attorneys are valuable in interpreting and keeping up with California patent law changes, but have no final direction in whether or not a patent will be granted for any particular invention.
About the Author
Nick Johnson, lead counsel and founding partner of Johnson Law Group, represents individuals or companies with cases involving patent infringement. Find more information at: www.toppatentinfringementlawyers.com or call 1-888-311-5522
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]]>This Frost & Sullivan research service titled North American IP Video Surveillance Storage Market provides an overview of the IP video surveillance storage market, the unit shipment and revenue forecasts for network video recorder (NVR) and digital video recorder (DVR) in the North American region, and profiles of leading participants in the market. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine both NVR and DVR in the gaming, government, enterprise, retail, financial, healthcare, and education sectors.
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With an increase in public and private security concerns, the IP video surveillance market is expected to witness massive growth in the next few years. Directives such as Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) have urged federal government agencies to invest in the IP video surveillance to upgrade security infrastructure. This is particularly so because IP surveillance enables real time video analytics. Besides, the fall in the price of hard disk drives (HDDs) and the higher video footage storage capabilities of IP video surveillance systems make a strong case to justify the cost of replacing older analogue networks with IP surveillance.
The increase in demand for IP video surveillance and growing competition due to new market entrants are in turn pressurizing key manufacturers to provide high-end components at relatively low price. "To allay such challenges, original equipment manufacturers are outsourcing components and OEM modules from Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Taiwan," says the analyst. "This is proving to be cost effective for manufacturers, notching up profits."
Ramping Up of Security in Airport and Gaming Sectors Boosts Adoption of IP Video Surveillance
As IP network enables remote monitoring, there has been a considerable increase in the installation of IP video surveillance storage systems in casinos, airports, banks, hospitals and schools. "For instance, the 6 million square-feet, Wynn casino in Las Vegas is the single largest installation in terms of the number of IP cameras, in the last few years," says the analyst. "When it takes shape, the new World Trade Centre in New York too is expected to heavily utilize IP video surveillance." Overall, the market is all set to thrive with continuing demand for government and gaming applications.
Further, key participants are working to overcome the low awareness levels with respect to high-end technology such as Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), which uses the TCP/IP network for data transfer. Through multiple training programs on IP surveillance for public and private sector organizations, vendors hope to allay concerns regarding IP surveillance –particularly among traditional security integrators.
The following technologies are covered in this research:
* Network video recorders (NVR): An embedded NVR / N-DVR is defined as a storage device that has a network or a hybrid (network and analogue) input
* Digital video recorders (DVR): An embedded DVR is defined as a storage device that has an analogue video input.
* Video analytics: Video analytics can drastically reduce the storage requirements for a surveillance system.
* Storage area network (SAN): The SAN topology can be considered as a separate network that runs parallel to the corporate network. This SAN would be connected to a server or a host of servers that would be the link between the data network and the storage network.
* Optical storage: The optical storage devices use a stack of optical storage medium usually DVDs to store video data. The advantages with an optical storage is that it can retain data longer than magnetic disks and it occupies less space for the same amount of storage. The optical storage solution is augmented by a flash based storage in order to facilitate storage of temporary data.
* Serial advanced technology attachment (SATA): SATA is a bus technology that is used for transferring data between the hard disk and the computer.
Topics Covered:
1. Executive Summary
-1. Introduction
2. Analysis of the Total North American IP Video Surveillance Storage
Market
-1. Market Overview
2. End-user Vertical Market Analysis
-1. Overview
-2. Gaming
-3. Government
-4. Enterprise
-5. Retail and Commercial
-6. Financial
-7. Health Care
-8. Educational
3. Competitive Analysis
-1. Analysis of the Competitive Landscape
-2. Competitive Profiles
3. Appendix
-1. Decision Support Database
List of Figures
Chapter 2
Total IP Video Surveillance Storage Market: NVR Unit Shipment and
Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2003-2013
Total IP Video Surveillance Storage Market: DVR Unit Shipment and
Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2003-2013
Total IP Video Surveillance Storage Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue
Forecasts for Video Recorders (North America), 2003-2013
Total IP Video Surveillance Storage Market: Market Share by
Application (North America), 2006
Chapter 3
Decision Support Database: Total Number of Airports (World), 1999-2006
Decision Support Database: Number of Retail Stores in '000 (World),
1999-2006
Decision Support Database: Number of Schools (North America),
1999-2009
Decision Support Database: Number of Universities & Colleges
(North America), 1999-2009
Decision Support Database: Number of Manufacturing Enterprises in '000
(World), 1999-2006
Decision Support Database: Number of Commercial Banks (World),
1999-2006
Decision Support Database: Number of Hotels and Restaurants in '000
(World), 1999-2006
For more information visit www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c54082
Contacts
Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager
press@researchandmarkets.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980
Traverse City, MI (PRWEB) April 16, 2007 -- Privacy and information management research firm the Ponemon Institute announced the results of the 2007 Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking, measuring consumer perceptions of trustworthiness for retail banking institutes. In its sixth year, the study examines how issues related to consumer privacy and data security, and the ways in which retail banking institutions address those issues, translate to consumer opinion.
]]> Identified for the first time in the 2007 Privacy Trust Study for Retail Banking were factors that appear to either build or erode trust. These factors are important for maintaining a high quality of service in an age when consumers seem to be sensitive to privacy related issues, as well as for re-building customer trust after a negative incident.Factors that appear to build trust in a bank's privacy commitment:
-- Overall service quality, especially the customer service experience.
-- Privacy and data security practice disclosures, especially when banking online. Trust seals appear to be increasingly looked upon positively.
-- Rigorous online identity and authentication procedures.
-- Stated or implied commitment to stand behind the customer in the event of data theft.
-- Respectful advertising, promotion and customer outreach, including the opportunity to opt-out.
Factors that appear to erode trust in a bank's privacy commitment:
-- Data breaches -- it appears that the notification of a data breach has the most negative impact on a bank's overall trust perception.
-- Irrelevant or annoying advertising -- overly aggressive promotions for credit cards, mortgages and other products caused trust perceptions to decline.
-- Aggressive use and sharing of personal information, especially when the sharing involves off-shore outsourcing.
-- Poorly staffed or automated customer services.
-- Rumors of a bank's negligence or inability to protect customer information.
Overall, privacy trust scores for all top twenty banks increased slightly from 2006. However, banks that experienced a significant data breach event saw a decline in their privacy trust scores. According to the Ponemon Institute, the five most trusted banks for privacy in 2007 are:
1. U.S. Bank (Minneapolis)
2. Bank of America (Charlotte)
t3. National City (Cleveland)
t3. Wachovia (Charlotte)
4. PNC Bank (Pittsburgh)
5. Chase (New York)
"Safeguarding customer information is an important priority at U.S. Bank. That is why we strive to protect information about our customers, just like we watch over their money. The 2007 Most Trusted Companies for Retail Banking Study reflects the ongoing privacy commitment made every day by all U.S. Bank employees. We are extremely pleased to receive this number-one ranking," said Dan Burks, chief privacy officer at U.S. Bank.
This is the second-straight year that U.S. Bank was rated the most trusted retail bank.
"Considering the increased attention paid to consumer privacy and the number of breaches reported during the previous year, U.S. Bank's consecutive years at the top of this study is a significant achievement and stands as a testament to their commitment to the customer," said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder, Ponemon Institute. "And the fact that the overall average score among the top twenty banks increased from 2006 suggests that, industry-wide, there has been a meaningful investment made in securing consumer data and building programs designed to earn customer trust."
Survey findings are derived from a final sample of 6,232 surveys returned a sample frame of 45,995 U.S. adult consumers.
About the Ponemon Institute
The Ponemon Institute© is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in business and government. To achieve this objective, the Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a variety of industries.
Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd., together with a local crematory, have been sued for allegedly stealing body parts without consent of next-of-kin. Criminal investigations are underway and a Civil lawsuit has been filed by Anapol Schwartz on behalf of the bereaved family.
]]> Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 13, 2007 -- Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C. recently filed a case against a local crematory (Jan Schaming, et al. v. Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd., et al., CCP Philadelphia County MARCH Term 2007 #001840) which alleges that the crematory was under investigation for a scheme of stealing body parts from corpses without consent from next-of-kin.According to the allegations set forth in the complaint: (1) Jan Schaming was notified by a detective from Philadelphia that her mother's remains were stolen and sold for implantation to various tissue banks; (2) Neither Jan nor any member of her family gave permission to anyone to harvest her mother's body parts for donation; (3) Jan was shown several falsified documents that indicated her mother was in her sixties when she died, when in fact, she was eighty-four; (4) Jan also saw a diagram of all the body parts that were illegally harvested from her mother without consent. (See: CCP Philadelphia 03-2007-001840)
Larry Cohan, Esq., who represents the Schaming family advised, "This is the first of what is anticipated to be numerous lawsuits filed against local funeral homes and crematories where allegations include illegal harvesting of body parts without consent from next-of-kin."
Source: Anapol Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, P.C.
Contact: Anapol Schwartz, Lawrence R. Cohan, Esq., (215)790-4567
Contact: Anapol Schwartz, Melissa Fry Hague, Esq., (215) 790-4563
About Anapol Schwartz P.C.
Since 1977 Anapol Schwartz has been of the nation's preeminent law firms known for landmark verdicts and settlements and for providing clients with the highest level of personalized legal services. Eleven of Anapol Schwartz's lawyers have received jury verdicts in excess of $1 million. The firm specializes in maintaining its tradition of excellence in personal injury, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical, toxic tort, class actions, construction site accidents, products liability, automobile litigation, security/investment fraud, and employment litigation.
]]>VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloakware Inc., the security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from software, today announced that Mark Hearn, senior product manager for Cloakware Security Solutions, has been selected to present at the 4th Software Security Summit. Hearn, a security industry veteran, will present an overview of the current state of practice and practical research in data and key hiding, software tamper-resistance and software self-protection.
]]> Systems today typically depend on a combination of trusted people, processes, platforms and products to provide an environment in which programs can function safely. Organizations need to protect the logic of programs and the data they are processing on systems that are “out in the wild.” Often times, security policies reside on systems where the attackers have complete physical access and may have the ability to rewrite or replace portions of the underlying operating system. In his presentation, Hearn will answer questions about how to protect intellectual property, both in source code and in data, and will offer participants the know-how for protecting their own data.Who: Mark Hearn, senior product manager for Cloakware Security Solutions
What: “Software Protection—Making Software Self-Protecting”
When: Monday, April 16, 2007; 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT
Where: San Mateo Marriott, San Mateo, Calif.
For more information on the Software Security Summit, log onto www.s-3con.com/.
“As hackers and their attacks grow more sophisticated, organizations increasingly need to focus more attention on securing their intellectual property, both from the outside but also from within,” said Hearn. “The issue of protecting one’s data becomes even more difficult when the hacker has complete physical access to the system. It is crucial to enact security measures that start at the source code level in order to protect and maintain the integrity of the data.”
Hearn has over twelve years of technical and business experience, including four years as a software developer. He is proficient in all aspects of software delivery to market, particularly within the realms of software security products and network management applications. In his career, Hearn has spoken at several security industry events.
About Cloakware
Cloakware is the security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from the software it protects. From applications and databases deep inside corporations, to consumer devices like music players, to military weapon systems, more and more software applications need to protect themselves from unauthorized user access and tampering. Only Cloakware’s patented, layered, and compliance-driven approach to software self-protection delivers the trusted environment that the government, enterprise, and consumer markets require. As a result, Cloakware solutions are on more than 500 million devices, protecting the assets of some of the world’s largest, most recognizable and technologically advanced companies. The company is headquartered in Vienna, Va., has offices in Ottawa, Canada and the UK, and regional sales offices throughout the US.
Contacts
Cloakware Inc.
Heather MacIntosh, +1 866-465-4517 x227
heather.macintosh@cloakware.com
or
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
Avi Dines/Katherine Hunter, 781-684-0770
cloakware@schwartz-pr.com
Invasion of the Image Spammers! Free White Paper discusses new perils in Spam emails, and how to avoid them. Think your current Spam filter is doing a good enough job? Maybe you should think again. Spam message volumes have doubled over the past 12 months and are expected to triple in the near future, and end users are seeing twice as much uncaught spam in their inboxes (Source: Borderware Security Network).
]]> While most email filters are still catching the old style spam messages, they are working twice as hard due to this change in volume. In addition, there is a new and dangerous development in spam, with spammers using different techniques to fool existing filters.Take for instance the problem of image spam. While it may look to you just like a regular text email, it is in fact an image of a text email, and as such evades the filters based on word recognition. This kind of spam now accounts for 35% of spam invasion, and this figure is on the increase. Even if an image is recognized as spam and ‘fingerprinted’ as such, the spammer still has a further weapon to use. The image can be split or reconfigured, so that even though it has already been caught and fingerprinted, it will appear different each time, and could therefore evade the filter. To further confuse, small ‘speckles’ can be added to an image, just small enough to fool the image filter without changing the body of the email.
More recent developments have seen a rise in the use of rare or uncommon fonts rendered in images with the intent of avoiding detection by OCR techniques. (OCR is Optical Character Recognition – changing an image to a text letter based on its shape, and is designed to recognize the common font shapes and to decode the images into text.) Clive Horton is CEO of Re-Soft International, a trusted advisor in the challenging world of email security and archiving.
“The cost of these evolving spam threats to a business is colossal’ says Horton - “It threatens email systems on two levels. Firstly, it occupies valuable space in mailboxes and wastes user time in sifting for legitimate email. Secondly, (and potentially most damaging), it carries real dangers of invasive spyware, theft of sensitive data and intellectual property from hidden key stroke capture programs, as well as the ever present threat of viruses. Organizations dare not be complacent, and must proactively address these dangers first and foremost through effective technology, but also through ongoing user education about the ubiquitous problem of spam”.
The downloadable white paper discusses why image spam is so difficult to control and explains how the MXtreme suite of perimeter appliances, developed by Borderware and deployed by Re-Soft International, apply leading edge technologies to make significant reductions in image spam threats. To download the free white paper, and to find out more about Re-Soft International, go to www.re-soft.com/bz.
About ReSoft International
ReSoft International is an independent integrator and reseller of best-of-breed software technologies that address E-mail & Instant-Messaging Security, Regulatory Compliance and Storage Relief. ReSoft has, for over 11 years, acted as a trusted advisor to hundreds of organizations, applying these E-mail & IM Security tools to reduce liability risks. For more information see www.re-soft.com
ReSoft International LLC Contact: Elaine Brawn 203 972 8462 info(at)re-soft.com 58 Pine Street, New Canaan CT 06840 USA ... DOMINO, EXCHANGE EMAIL & INSTANT MESSAGING .... ... SECURITY, COMPLIANCE & STORAGE RELIEF... ... HOW CAN WE HELP YOU MAKE BETTER, FASTER DECISIONS?... Remove: stop-sending(at)re-soft.com
About ReSoft International
For any e-business to be successful, Email, IM and internet access need to work effectively and safely. ReSoft International is an independent integrator and reseller of best-of-breed software technologies that address Email & Instant-Messaging Security, Regulatory Compliance and Storage Relief.
Our strength is our experience. ReSoft has, for over 11 years, acted as a trusted advisor to hundreds of organizations, applying the relevant technologies and techniques from its broad set of Email & IM Security solutions to reduce liability risks and save time.
Submitted by ReSoft International
Contacts Clive Horton, ReSoft International Tel: 203 972 8462 clive.horton(at)re-soft.com
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