Recent articles by Robert Jaques

Telecommuters condemned as weakest link in security chain

Telecommuters condemned as weakest link in security chain

A quarter of IT mangers fear that remote workers present the biggest challenge to security in their organisations, according to newly published research.
Robert Jaques Oct 26 2004 10:39AM Security
Prince William County Schools crown appliance-based anti spam solution

Prince William County Schools crown appliance-based anti spam solution

Prince William County Schools (PWCS), the third largest school system in Virginia, has deployed an appliance-based system to protect more than 7,500 teacher and administrative mailboxes across the county from spam and viruses.
Robert Jaques Oct 25 2004 2:34PM Security
Cisco boosts access control with Perfigo acquisition

Cisco boosts access control with Perfigo acquisition

Cisco Systems is preparing to acquire privately-held Perfigo, a developer of packaged network access control solutions that provide endpoint policy analysis, compliance, and access enforcement capabilities.
Robert Jaques Oct 25 2004 2:33PM Security
Identity management market remains badly fragmented

Identity management market remains badly fragmented

The market for identity management is crowded with point and multipoint solutions and is sorely lacking in end-to-end solutions for heterogeneous networks, newly published research from Yankee Group has revealed.
Robert Jaques Oct 22 2004 11:22AM Security
Telecom Italia secures VLAN provisioning

Telecom Italia secures VLAN provisioning

Telecom Italia has begun installation of a software platform designed to automate provision of virtual local area network (VLAN) connectivity to companies within the group
Robert Jaques Oct 22 2004 11:18AM Security
UK watchdog cuts off UK porn and rogue diallers

UK watchdog cuts off UK porn and rogue diallers

ICSTIS, the UK's premium rate services regulator, will cut off any such services found to be operating without its permission. After the clampdown unlicensed dialler service ICSTIS finds, either through public complaints or its own in-house monitoring, will be shut down immediately under the regulator's emergency powers.
Robert Jaques Oct 22 2004 11:05AM Security
Iron Mountain's take over of Connected raises concerns for customers

Iron Mountain's take over of Connected raises concerns for customers

In the wake of Iron Mountain's acquisition of backup vendor Connected both companies' customers should demand service-level guarantees, Gartner has advised.
Robert Jaques Oct 22 2004 10:56AM Security
Cisco and Microsoft seal security alliance

Cisco and Microsoft seal security alliance

Cisco and Microsoft have promised customers improved IT security after sealing an alliance that will see the two technology giants integrate key technologies into forthcoming offerings.
Robert Jaques Oct 19 2004 10:09AM Security
Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce secures mobile endpoints

Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce secures mobile endpoints

The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has rolled out an "inverted firewall" to shield its internal network against malware-infected endpoints.
Robert Jaques Oct 19 2004 10:08AM Security
Fraud-based phishing scams rocket

Fraud-based phishing scams rocket

A newly discovered category of fraud-based sites, which collect similar information to traditional phishing sites while promising victims a merchandise or a service, is "raising the stakes of internet scams", recent monitoring has found.
Robert Jaques Oct 18 2004 4:33PM Security
Telindus boosts security with peer-to-peer policy management

Telindus boosts security with peer-to-peer policy management

Telindus France has bolstered its network security with a policy management system designed to improve traffic management and reduce the impact of viruses and worms across its range of service offerings for broadband ISPs in France.
Robert Jaques Oct 18 2004 4:31PM Security
Microsoft NT Workstation 4 customers must take 'immediate action' to protect themselves

Microsoft NT Workstation 4 customers must take 'immediate action' to protect themselves

Companies running Microsoft NT Workstation 4 (NT4) must take "immediate action to protect" themselves in the wake of Microsoft's announcement of 10 Windows security vulnerabilities on 12 October 2004, according to research firm Gartner.
Robert Jaques Oct 15 2004 2:07PM Security
IBM and Cisco expand global security alliance

IBM and Cisco expand global security alliance

IBM and Cisco Systems have extended their established global security partnership with the launch of a jointly developed offering designed to reduce the damage and disruption that viruses and worms can cause to networks.
Robert Jaques Oct 15 2004 2:07PM Security
US and India collaborate over cyber security

US and India collaborate over cyber security

The Information Technology Association of America (ITA) and India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) this week signed a memorandum of understanding to lay a roadmap for their collaboration on the prevention of cyber crime.
Robert Jaques Oct 14 2004 2:49PM Security
India’s apace organisation selects Guardian

India’s apace organisation selects Guardian

Open source security firm Guardian Digital has announced a partnership with the government of India to implement a suite of security and productivity applications at India’s Space Research Organization headquarters.
Robert Jaques Oct 14 2004 2:27PM Security
Largest ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands rolls out Linux antivirus

Largest ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands rolls out Linux antivirus

In a bid to protect its commercial email systems from constant virus attack Zon Nederland, the leading ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands, has rolled out an antivirus platform across its back-end Linux-based infrastructure
Robert Jaques Oct 13 2004 12:58PM Security
Plague of viruses, worms, and spam fuel Gulf States security software boom

Plague of viruses, worms, and spam fuel Gulf States security software boom

Fuelled by a plague of viruses and spam, security software spending rose by over a quarter to $52.59 million in the Gulf States in 2003 and is expected to rise 27 per cent during 2004, recent analysis of the Middle Eastern security market has revealed.
Robert Jaques Oct 13 2004 12:58PM Security
Army National Guard fires up secure wireless network

Army National Guard fires up secure wireless network

The US Army National Guard has placed wireless security in its sights with the launch of its Tactical Logistics Data Digitization (TLDD) project which aims to create a military-class wireless network.
Robert Jaques Oct 11 2004 10:18AM Security
Netegrity customers should 'plan exit strategy' after CA buyout

Netegrity customers should 'plan exit strategy' after CA buyout

Computer Associates' (CA's) planned acquisition of Netegrity is likely to help existing CA customers, but Netegrity customers should be "especially concerned" and plan an "exit strategy", industry analysts have warned.
Robert Jaques Oct 11 2004 9:58AM Security
Rex Healthcare gets eight into one with single-sign-on system

Rex Healthcare gets eight into one with single-sign-on system

Rex Healthcare, a private not-for-profit health care system that is part of the University of North Carolina Healthcare System has rolled out a single-sign-on system to simplify access to its eight newly deployed core healthcare applications.
Robert Jaques Oct 8 2004 11:19AM Security

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