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Forgetful mobile devices for careless users 
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Forgetful mobile devices for careless users
By Liz Tay | Oct 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
“Blessed are the forgetful: for they shall have done with their stupidities too,” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote.
 
Fighting fire with fire 
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Fighting fire with fire
By Liz Tay | Sep 4, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know.
 
Cyber security author discusses economics of protecting cyberspace 
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Cyber security author discusses economics of protecting cyberspace
By Liz Tay | May 23, 2008 | Comment Now 
U.S. economists have launched a book that claims to document the first systematic analysis of the economics of protecting cyberspace.
 
Security hack reveals Microsoft porn virus 
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Security hack reveals Microsoft porn virus
By Ian Yates | Apr 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
Well, nothing in the headline above is remotely connected to the truth, but with those keywords this webpage is going to go ballistic. Can you digg it baby? Yeah! Groovy! But ...
 
Guest column: What ISPs need to consider when it comes to Web filtering 
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Guest column: What ISPs need to consider when it comes to Web filtering
By Wayne Neich | Mar 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
As the evolving Web makes managing appropriate surfing and bandwidth use more difficult, it also introduces new security threats that filtering may be uniquely well suited to ...
 
Guest column: The impact of quantum computers on cryptography 
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Guest column: The impact of quantum computers on cryptography
By Robin Balean | Mar 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
To explain the impact of quantum computers, it is best to first take a step back to review how current encryption technologies work.
 
Guest column: Security Web 2.0 - Open Season for the Attackers? 
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Guest column: Security Web 2.0 - Open Season for the Attackers?
By Wayne Neich | Feb 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Web is now a participatory medium -- users contributing, communing, and building. The downside of this ubiquitous connectivity and user participation is a new slew of ...
 
Bruce Schneier on fighting security FUD 
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Bruce Schneier on fighting security FUD
Feb 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
Security expert Bruce Schneier has long been critical of so-called security ‘theatre' - policies and products tailored to provide the perception of security rather than ...
 
A new year’s security resolution  
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A new year’s security resolution
By Mark Sunner | Jan 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
As we put the festivities behind us and fix our sights firmly on the year ahead, those criminal gangs involved in the nefarious activities of spam creation, phishing and virus ...
 
Guest column: Planning for privacy 
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Guest column: Planning for privacy
Nov 2, 2007 | Comment Now 
Based on his recent tour of Australian capital cities Peter Cullen, Microsoft’s chief privacy strategist, discusses the importance of privacy protection in Australia
 
Linux's colonel of the kernel Andrew Morton: 'Fix more bugs' 
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Linux's colonel of the kernel Andrew Morton: 'Fix more bugs'
By Charles Babcock | Oct 24, 2007 | Comment Now 
Even though enterprise products have older versions of the kernel, Morton says there is a strong need to maintain the Bugzilla database and call attention to more security issues.
 
Taming the Web 2.0 beast 
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Taming the Web 2.0 beast
Oct 23, 2007 | Comment Now 
Web 2.0 is cool, it may even be useful, but it is also causing a headache for those paid to worry about IT security
 
Mobile security: Tips and tricks to protect business from threats 
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Mobile security: Tips and tricks to protect business from threats
By Simon Sharwood | Mar 12, 2007 | Comment Now 
Anyone that’s ever had the less-than-pleasant experience of being cooped up in a cab with a taxi driver intent on educating you about the state of the world will surely tell ...
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