Consulting Firm Deems Online Gambling Software Security Flawed

Gambling News - January 27th, 2010 - Written By Glen

Online gambling sites, as well as their software proactively work to keep their users safe. Be it through encryption methods, secured data transfers, or offline mainframes for data storage, these online gambling ventures remain steadfast in player protection. Recently, Chocolate Consulting has stated that software designers need to enact new measures to bolster the defenses already in place.

Chocolate Consulting, a seasoned organization in the field of online gambling, has enacted this study and subsequently teamed up with VeriSign, another weathered participant in online gambling, in order to offer their services in improving security and preventative measures.

Hacking, data mining, and phishing have become more common over the years, as identity theft is one of the leading ways in which cyber criminals can steal money or credit. VeriSign has a proprietary system, VeriSign Identity Protection, that would prevent the player and casino operator's from suffering at the hands of hackers. On the other hand, Chocolate Consulting believes that Distributed Denial of Service, or DDoS attacks, need to be prevented if casino operators are going to remain connect to their users.

For those who do not know, a DDoS attack is the systematic flooding of sent data to a particular server, meant to knock out the server's connection to the world wide web.

Chocolate Consulting claims that the DDoS attacks could open the online gambling sites to further attacks.

Despite this, USA Online Gambling sites remain incredible safe. After all, who would trust a firm named after a confectionery?