Announcing Global Security Week in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland, 2^nd August 2005: BH Consulting, an independent IT consulting firm specialising in information security, today announced that it is supporting the worldwide security awareness initiative Global Security Week in Ireland.

Global Security Week is a global security awareness initiative in the week leading up to September 11^th every year. The idea is simply to coordinate and encourage a wide variety of security-related awareness activities worldwide in that week, taking advantage of the obvious focus on security by the world's media. 

Global Security Week is a public awareness initiative, not a commercial or political venture. We are not trying to obtain funding, de-rail other security awareness activities, nor focus on any particular aspect of security (such as terrorism, information security or physical security).  Global Security Week is deliberately designed to be a broadly-scoped event but with a long-term aim to become the main focus for security awareness activities in years to come.

Against a backdrop of global terrorism and organised crime, security in general (and information security in particular) has become a vitally-important sociological and business issue.  Commercial and governmental organisations are investing heavily in technical security controls but the security problems caused by people remain largely unaddressed.

Whilst responsible businesses and individuals employ a wide range of security measures, the global Internet community suffers as a result of those irresponsible businesses and home users who remain largely unaware of security.  Hackers and spammers frequently take control of insecure Internet-connected systems, for example, to use as platforms for their attacks. Raising the general level of security awareness is the only feasible means of addressing this issue.

Global Security Week is a public awareness initiative, not a commercial or political venture. We are not trying to obtain funding, de-rail other security awareness activities, nor focus on any particular aspect of security (such as terrorism, information security or physical security). Global Security Week is deliberately designed to be a broadly-scoped event but with a long-term aim to become the main focus for security awareness activities in years to come.

In support of Global Security Week, BH Consulting is offering a free security review of company’s IT infrastructure. 

Further details of BH Consulting's involvement with Global Security Week can be found on our website at http://www.bhconsulting.ie/global_security_week.htm. More information is also available at https://globalsecurityweek.com. 

If you wish to If you wish to participate in Global Security Week, have any suggestions on events or ways to promote the campaign or require more information on this worthwhile initiative, please visit the Global Security Week website or contact BH Consulting at either 01-8243846 or .

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