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General

InfoSec briefings [16/07/2010] Phishing and pharming: A guide to understanding and managing the risks is now available.
Viewpoints [16/07/2010] A new CPNI Viewpoint paper has been published discussing phishing and pharming.
General protective security publications [10/05/2010] PAS 68: 2010 Impact test specifications for vehicle security barriers - reviewed and republished in January 2010 now available.
The threats [27/04/2010] The UK threat level from international terrorism has been changed from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE
Physical security measures [25/02/2010] Updated guide to producing Operational Requirements for security measures published
Personnel security in offshore locations [26/06/2009] How good practice personnel security measures, designed to mitigate the insider threat, can be applied effectively overseas
CPNI in context [25/06/2009] The Government has published its first national Cyber Security Strategy alongside the annual update of the National Security Strategy
Personnel security measures [01/05/2009] An updated version of CPNI's good practice guidance on pre-employment screening is now available
Overseas criminal records checks [01/05/2009] Associated with the pre-employment screening guidance is CPNI commissioned research on overseas criminal record checks
Mail and deliveries [22/04/2009] CPNI and BSI have developed guidance on mail screening and security
Disclosure of employee-related information [14/04/2009] Guidance on handling disclosures of information about your employees.
Telecommunications [03/12/2008] CPNI has created a web page on telecommunications resilience.
Screening [18/09/2008] Information about UK Border Agency's new points-based system for employing migrant workers.
SCADA [12/06/2008] Updated good practice guidance on securing process control and SCADA systems is now available.
Risk assessment [15/11/2007] CPNI publishes new personnel security risk assessment guidance
What we do [15/10/2007] CPNI assumes responsibility for providing protective security advice to the national infrastructure within Northern Ireland
Networks

Advisories

3919 - Microsoft Security Advisory Notificatiion - Vulnerability in Internet Explorer [18/01/2010]
Vulnerabilities potentially affecting implementations of TCP protocol [11/09/2009] Vulnerabilities have been discovered in some implementations of TCP. Targets include servers and server applications, workstations and end user applications, network devices, embedded systems and mobile devices.