Recent articles by Robert Jaques

Sloppy Plug & Play USB device security rife on UK corporate networks

Sloppy Plug & Play USB device security rife on UK corporate networks

The majority of UK companies are leaving their networks wide open to serious security risks arising from failure to control fast growing staff use of insecure 'plug & play' portable devices.
Robert Jaques Oct 8 2004 11:16AM Security
Spammers exploit 'click here to remove' Trojan

Spammers exploit 'click here to remove' Trojan

Spammers are taking advantage of a newly discovered drag-and-drop JavaScript exploit that uses an Internet Explorer bug to download malicious .exe files when a mouse is scrolled across a specially coded domain page.
Robert Jaques Oct 7 2004 9:44AM Security
Hurricane blows spam away from the UK

Hurricane blows spam away from the UK

A sharp reduction in spam bombarding UK inboxes during September could have been caused by hurricanes hitting the Eastern seaboard of the US through which a great deal of spam is usually routed, newly published analysis has suggested.
Robert Jaques Oct 6 2004 9:59AM Security
Texas schools cut spam by half with appliance-based system

Texas schools cut spam by half with appliance-based system

After receiving "numerous complaints" about spam, the Spring Independent School District has cut spam volumes by half after rolling out an appliance-based solution.
Robert Jaques Oct 6 2004 9:55AM Security
Outsourcing firms warned of 'significant cost of security'

Outsourcing firms warned of 'significant cost of security'

International enterprises cannot afford to ignore the potentially serious IT security implications that arise when they decide to outsource core business functions to third party providers, industry analysts have warned.
Robert Jaques Oct 5 2004 10:53AM Security
EuroTrust sells Virus112 for $2.5m

EuroTrust sells Virus112 for $2.5m

Scandinavian communications firm EuroTrust A/S has sold its internet security division, Virus112, to Comendo A/S, one of the largest providers of managed anti-virus and antispam services in Denmark.
Robert Jaques Oct 4 2004 1:50PM Security
Corporates demand better LAN switch security

Corporates demand better LAN switch security

Increasing demand of sophisticated security features to support wireless and converged voice/data networks is leading to a "shake up" in the global LAN switching market.
Robert Jaques Oct 4 2004 1:49PM Security
WLAN Smart Card authentication receives standards boost

WLAN Smart Card authentication receives standards boost

An Extensible Authentication Protocol Smart Card (EAP-SC) authentication standard designed to serve as a unified secure point of entry for all IP wireless networks including Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Wi-Mobile has been unveiled.
Robert Jaques Oct 1 2004 10:27AM Security
University of Texas Health Science Center completes data security project

University of Texas Health Science Center completes data security project

The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston completed a network upgrade to protect and encrypt personally identifiable patient and employee financial information, electronic protected health information (EPHI) and intellectual property.
Robert Jaques Oct 1 2004 10:24AM Security
Money Mart banks on real-time security monitoring

Money Mart banks on real-time security monitoring

Money Mart, a money services firm with 250 locations in the US, has rolled out a browser-based real-time monitoring and centralized event management application in a bid to maximize network security and help meet regulatory compliance laws.
Robert Jaques Sep 30 2004 10:18AM Security
Irish firms ignore disaster recovery

Irish firms ignore disaster recovery

A third of all Irish businesses have admitted that they have no disaster recovery measures in place to protect themselves from serious network outages, a recent survey carried out by IDC has revealed.
Robert Jaques Sep 30 2004 10:14AM Security
Florida plugs in private Instant Messaging network

Florida plugs in private Instant Messaging network

The State of Florida has launched an ambitious Instant Messaging (IM) roll out that links all of its state agencies together via a single private IM network designed to secure internal and external communications.
Robert Jaques Sep 29 2004 11:31AM Security
Vendors struggle to cope with WLAN security threats

Vendors struggle to cope with WLAN security threats

The market for wireless local area network (WLAN) security technologies is growing "phenomenally", but vendors are struggling to keep up with the fast-moving nature of WLAN security threats, industry experts have warned.
Robert Jaques Sep 29 2004 11:28AM Security
Ireland clamps down on premium rate phone fraud

Ireland clamps down on premium rate phone fraud

In a bid to combat the growing problem of premium rate telephone fraud, Ireland's telecoms regulator ComReg has taken the radical step of blocking calls to 13 different countries, including the Cook Islands and Mauritania.
Robert Jaques Sep 28 2004 9:31AM Security
Austrian bank boosts security to meet Basel II Accord

Austrian bank boosts security to meet Basel II Accord

BAWAG-PSK, the fourth-largest bank in Austria, has conducted a major network upgrade in a bid to boost IT security in the face of "unprecedented threats" and to meet the regulatory requirements of the forthcoming Basel II Accord.
Robert Jaques Sep 28 2004 9:28AM Security
Firewalls and antivirus rated most highly valued security solutions

Firewalls and antivirus rated most highly valued security solutions

According to the latest Yankee Group 2004 Enterprise Security Services survey of US enterprises, firewalls and antivirus are the two most highly valued security technologies. The poll also found that Symantec, Cisco and Network Associates (which has since changed its trading name to McAfee) rank as the three most trusted security product vendors.
Robert Jaques Sep 27 2004 12:35PM Security
Image of Death exploit alive and spreading

Image of Death exploit alive and spreading

Security experts have discovered a toolkit designed to exploit the recently disclosed Microsoft Exploit-MS04-028, popularly dubbed the "Image of Death".
Robert Jaques Sep 27 2004 12:29PM Security
Danish telco clamps down on spam, viruses and malware

Danish telco clamps down on spam, viruses and malware

Danish telecommunications company TDC has successfully completed deployment of a security system at its network edge designed to protect subscribers from spam, viruses and other malicious attacks.
Robert Jaques Sep 24 2004 9:45AM Security
Security fears holding back WLAN deployments

Security fears holding back WLAN deployments

Security fears are creating the biggest barrier preventing corporate rollouts of wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructures.
Robert Jaques Sep 24 2004 9:42AM Security
AOL secures premium consumer service with two-factor authentication

AOL secures premium consumer service with two-factor authentication

America Online has launched an online service offering consumers secure two-factor authentication.
Robert Jaques Sep 23 2004 11:26AM Security

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