Newport, Wales -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/16/2015 -- Buffy's in the Wigwam, a team of Information security professionals from the I.T industry, will be participating in this week's White Hat Rally, to raise money for the children's charity Barnardo's.

The White Hat Rally 17th-20th September 2015 will be operating in Wales, UK, the events participants include other Information Security professionals from a range of industries and has been operating since 2009, so far raising over £200,000 for registered charities to support their work with vulnerable children and teenagers.

Team 9 –Buffy's in the Wigwam team members include:

- Trevor Lenoir, Sales Director of distinguished IT Asset Disposal & Reuse Company ICEX Ltd, a highly accredited organization, including a distinction from their recent ADISA audit.
- Daniel Dyer, VP Global Operations of Tabernus, a CESG CPA Certified Data Erasure software company.
- Grant Morgan, Managing Director of Glasgow Computers, an accredited Computer Recycling organization based in Scotland.
- Nicola Mair, from Global Talent Acquisition at HP in Erskine, one of the largest global OEM's of Enterprise and security products.

With the challenges for the team being many, some have been of a rather creative nature including "children's books, in the form of a song", whereby participants have composed songs based on their favorite children's books. The teams efforts include, Row, Row your boat, The very hungry Caterpillar, Superworm and The Tiger who came to tea!.

For more information on the White Hat Rally visit http://info.whitehatrally.org/p/home.html

About White Hat Rally
Formed in 2009 by individuals from the UK Information Security industry, White Hat Rally is a not for profit charitable organisation creating exciting non-competitive motor sports events to raise funds which go directly to our registered charities to support their work with vulnerable children and teenagers

About Buffy's in the Wigwam
Formed in 2014, a team of individuals from the Information Security sector whose past members have included Dr Andrew Blyth from University of Wales and Steve Mellings, Director of ADISA, the 2015 rota is Trevor Lenoir, Daniel Dyer, Grant Morgan and Nicola Mair. All monies raised go direct to Barnardo's, you can visit their just giving page by going to: http://goo.gl/2PuIti

Media Contact:
Contact person:Kathryn Dempster
Address: 8 Waterside Court, Albany Street, Newport, NP20 5NT , UK
Phone: +44 (0) 845 689 1350
Email: marketing@tabernus.com
Url: http://www.tabernus.com/

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London, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/19/2013 -- Tabernus, leader in Certified data erasure solutions, have announced today that the UK governments Defence Infosec Product Co-operation Group (DIPCOG) has formally approved the latest version of Tabernus data erasure software, Enterprise Erase 5.3.

The Defence InfoSec Product Co-Operation Group UK (DIPCOG) is a UK Ministry of Defence forum run by a committee composed of representatives primarily from the MoD and CESG. DIPCOG approves products and services as being suitable for use specifically by the MoD. DIPCOG is also used by end users in the non-HMG sector as being a committee approval scheme which can be used as testament to a product or service's security credentials.

"Our approval with DIPCOG is a welcome independent confirmation that further validates our commitment to delivering cutting edge data erasure software" Said Daniel Dyer, Vice President European Operations.

"Tabernus continues to adhere to major government and military erasure standards by providing market leading data erasure solutions." continues Dyer.

With more regulatory requirements evolving in practically every sector, Tabernus, a world leader in data erasure software and hardware, with offices in the US, Europe and Asia, will continue to educate organisations that todays end of life data erasure and security challenges for IT Equipment can only be met by using an approved and Certified data erasure product.

To learn more about Tabernus' electronic data erasure solutions please visit www.tabernus.com.

For UK and Europe please call the UK based Sales and Operations team direct
+44 (0) 845 689 1350, email uksales@tabernus.com

For North America please call the Sales and operations team 1-888-700-8560 email: sales@tabernus.com

About DIPCOG
The Defence InfoSec Product Co-Operation Group UK (DIPCOG) is a UK Ministry of Defence forum run by a committee composed of representatives primarily from the MoD and CESG.

About Tabernus
Tabernus is a leading provider of data erasure software and hardware products used by companies of all sizes to completely remove all data from hard drive storage devices. With headquarters in Austin, Texas, its European offices are in Frankfurt, Germany and Swansea, South Wales.

Established in 2002, the company now offers easy to install and operate electronic data erasure tools as both software and hardware solutions. Tabernus has been formally certified for government use to securely erase protectively marked data after independent testing carried out by QinetiQ, a British global defence technology company under contract to the Government's Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG).

Tabernus partners include the OEM, Defence, Public/Private Sector, Health Care and IT Recycling and Disposal sectors.

www.tabernus.com

For more press information, please contact:
Rebecca Derrick, PR for Tabernus, Swansea, UK: +44 (0) 845 689 1350 or email ukmarketing@tabernus.com
Kristen Bargas, PR for Tabernus, Texas, North America: 1-888-700-8560 or email marketing@tabernus.com

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