David Beesley

Recent articles by David Beesley

Securing instant messaging

Securing instant messaging

It was only recently that IM was the preserve of teens and net-savvy companies. But like so many applications that start small, IM has made the leap from cool tool to useful business application. US analyst Gartner suggests that IM "will rival email in terms of both volume and ubiquity." In 2005 alone, it believes half of all companies will be using enterprise-level IM clients.
David Beesley Jul 6 2005 10:38AM Security
Freedom for remote workers

Freedom for remote workers

Clientless virtual private networks (VPNs) have made go-anywhere remote working viable for a far greater number of companies, because they rein in the costs without compromising security.
David Beesley Mar 14 2005 11:34AM Security
Zen and the art of intrusion detection

Zen and the art of intrusion detection

If a tree falls in a forest with no-one to hear it, does it make a sound? So goes a typical zen-like philosophical question. While it’s thought-provoking, what does it have to do with Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)?
David Beesley Feb 17 2005 10:02AM Security
Days in the life of a pen-tester

Days in the life of a pen-tester

Foreign hackers, weak passwords, backdoors and buffer overflows – just another day at the office for Network Defence’s penetration testers. Here’s a look at sample pages from the head tester’s diary– and what companies can learn from the results.
David Beesley Dec 21 2004 11:34AM Security

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