In a BBC report, The UK has created a competition to find the best security & IT experts in the UK for job positions and prizes. The competition has been created to discover the best cyber security professionals. However, the competition has really been created to get more people working in the online security industry. As original IT programmers are beginning to retire, more than ever are security experts needed to keep the internet secure. Contestants are given lines of code which they must crack. In January, the UK will crown it’s very first UK cyber Champion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10758371

Two new whitepapers have recently been released by Elliptic Technologies which discuss both the ADI Blackfin Lockbox Devices and Manufacturing Trust with the Ellipsys Trust Framework (ETF). Creating trust and trustworthiness in devices begins early in the design process and figures in aspects of manufacturing, service and maintenance processes through their lifetime.  ETF can help OEMs to prevent unauthorized production runs, reverse engineering, cloning and protect products from running unauthorized software programs.

These whitepapers are a first of series of articles which will be used to discuss the uses of the (ETF). To read the whitepapers please click the link provided below.

www.elliptictech.com/en/knowledge-center/whitepapers

To learn about these emerging trends please follow the link below.

http://www.embeddedinternetdesign.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225900142

On July 14^th Siemens discovered a new virus which they believe has been created to attack the computers used to manage large-scale industrial control systems. Once the virus was discovered, Siemens organized a team to evaluate the situation and alert all customers of the potential virus threat. Security experts explain that this virus is a major threat because it is designed to attack the systems which operate factories and vital infrastructure. If the virus is successful, disruptions in the factory could set off numerous accidents. However, a closer look at the virus code reveals that stealing industrial secrets may be the primary objective. To learn more details about the virus please click on the link provided below.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/071710-new-virus-targets-industrial.html?hpg1=bn

Data security is becoming a critical component in the digital age, and recently five hospitals in California have paid the price, $675,000 to be exact. The hospitals were fined for failing to secure their patient data. These large fines are a testament to the government’s intervention on data security. Every year hospitals lose patient data due to the loss of laptops or removable storage drives. These recent fines are a warning sign to hospitals and other companies to improve their security practices. Last year identity theft has been estimated to have impacted more than 11 million adults and cost American consumers more than $54 billion.

 http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3887586/article.htm