Features
How to protect your business from VoIP threats
As the epidemic of spam and malware continues to barrage email systems, one might think the industry would have learned to build strong security into new communications protocols. Unfortunately, in the case of VoIP - the most important new communications protocol since SMTP - this is not true. Historically, the development of VoIP infrastructure has prioritised quality and reliability over security, with few security measures being built in.
Feb 19 2007 9:57AM
Security
Pretexting - white lies that can damage your company
In the wake of recent news at HP, pretexting has become the hot topic in the business world, and its sudden rise to fame broaches numerous questions including: What exactly is pretexting? How are companies liable for it? What are companies doing that is considered pretexting and how can they protect themselves from becoming the next HP?
Feb 19 2007 9:21AM
Security
Hot or not: Third-party patches
Last month's race between a group of security researchers who promised to disclose, every day, a newfound vulnerability in the Apple OS X platform, and an opposing group, led by a former Apple employee, to independently plug those security flaws, has sparked new debate around the validity of third-party security patches.
Feb 19 2007 8:00AM
Security
Why is my spam in colour?
Today one out of four emails on the internet is an image spam message. This is not because spammers have just realised the marketing benefits of captive colours. Instead, this is because the spammers have identified a weakness in many anti-spam systems and are moving diligently to maximise this opportunity by fully exploiting this weakness.
Feb 12 2007 7:31PM
Security
Review: BARRACUDA WEB FILTER
This product was one of the two best of those we reviewed. It is solid, easy to use and well documented. The Barracuda Web Filter blocks access to websites based on content, content category, domain or URL. Supplied as an appliance, this is an attractive proposition for the enterprise market, designed for simple administration and high throughput.
Feb 12 2007 5:00AM
Security
Review: WEBSENSE WEB SECURITY 6.3
Websense is a venerable player in the web content filtering arena and this year's entry was no exception to its record of solid products. The Web Security Suite 6.3 is a collection of capabilities in a single software package that addresses most challenges of internet access from the enterprise. The product requires its own server and runs in several operating environments, including Windows and Linux.
Feb 12 2007 12:00AM
Security
The security implications of Web 2.0
A car that has less options has fewer things that can break. Power steering, power locks, power seats, seat warmers, and the myriad of other car features provide a better experience, but they also have more items that require maintenance.
Feb 9 2007 7:15AM
Security
Review: ISS Proventia Network
The ISS Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner is part of a larger security management system and, as such, shows its best performance as part of that suite. We tested the product outside of the Proventia suite and we do not recommend this approach. The network scanner requires, at minimum, MS SQLServer and ISS Site Protector to support it. If all you need is a vulnerability scanner, this is not your best bet.
Feb 5 2007 12:00AM
Security
Review: WinMagic SecureDoc
WinMagic Data Security’s SecureDoc Hard Disk Encryption provides advanced encryption standard (AES) encryption of the entire hard drive. SecureDoc Hard Disk Encryption also supports two-factor authentication through the use of smart cards and USB tokens.
Feb 5 2007 12:00AM
Security
Review: Saint Scanner + Exploit
We have been watching Saint a long time. Saint, as many old-timers may recall, began life as an open source version of Satan, one of the first serious open source vulnerability scanners. Eventually the tool was commercialised and it has maintained many of its open source roots.
Feb 5 2007 12:00AM
Security
Review: BeCrypt Disk Protect
BeCrypt Disk Protect provides for two-factor authentication and also advanced encryption standard (AES) encryption of the entire hard drive. We configured BeCrypt Disk Protect to use password authentication, which was a little more difficult to install and configure than some of the other products.
Feb 5 2007 12:00AM
Security
Airports - a threat to identity security
We all love the convenience of Wi-Fi to stay connected anywhere our laptops take us. In fact, you may be reading this article on your wireless-enabled laptop now. But just as the availability of Wi-Fi services proliferate, so does the number of hackers ready to take advantage of unsuspecting road warriors.
Jan 29 2007 7:53AM
Security
