PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 01, 2011 – The first 24 hours of operation of new website, InfoSec Reviews, dedicated to providing professional reviews of the Information Security marketplace, saw the website almost crash as security professionals flocked to the site to sign up. John Hughes, InfoSec Reviews CEO said, “I think the point that has struck home with most of our subscribers is that this is not just about the reviews, it’s about the power of the community’s voice, and what that can say back to a vendor. If a book gets a bad review on Amazon, it doesn’t mean much to the publisher or the author, as we don’t tend to know the reviewer from Adam. However, a bad review on our site, where the credentials of the reviewer are solid, and they have happily put their real name to it, sends a real message. Similarly, if an author receives 5 stars, then they have done a truly exceptional job and deserve credit and sales to match. If this kind of professional reviewing can convince publishers to go that extra mile and authors to add that extra detail that makes their book really sing, then we’ve done our job and the industry will benefit as a whole.”

The last 24 hours has seen the website receive over 4000 unique visitors from 32 different countries around the world, something that was quite unexpected at such an early stage of a new start-up. “We’re not exactly Twitter or Facebook yet,” said Hughes, “but if this momentum can be sustained, who knows where we’ll be in a couple of years.”

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 30, 2011 – Today, 30th June 2011, information security website, InfoSec Reviews (http://www.infosecreviews.com) officially launches in the UK. Site founder, Dave Raimbach says, “InfoSec Reviews was conceived from an obvious need in the general marketplace for fully independent, professional critique of books, products and services, especially as it is less easy to fully trust what you read on sites that provide anonymity for their reviewers, such as Amazon.” Mr Raimbach went on to discuss various ways in which vendors are increasing the number of positive reviews on various market outlets, raising their average and masking the negative reviews that true independent buyers might have posted. Similarly, as there is little to no governance over the reviews posted on these sites, it’s easy for a disgruntled buyer to give a bad review, unfairly dragging down the overall score, yet complaining more about shipping or the colour of the cover than reviewing the content or the functionality. “All of our reviewers are hand picked by our editorial staff,” continued Raimbach, “and their real names and credentials are posted at the top of every review. This should give the reader confidence that the critique is as accurate and objective as it can be.”

InfoSec Reviews launches today with twelve of the latest information security books already thoroughly reviewed on the site, as well as two professional training courses, but dozens more are in production and will be published over the coming weeks and months. InfoSec Reviews has direct relationships with practically the entire book-publishing world (related to information security) and will be expanding into products and services very soon.