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Can security expenditure end with profits?

Can security expenditure end with profits?

Ever since the arrival of the first anti-virus software in the mid-1980s, accountants have been battling with IT managers to control and quantify the efficiency of IT security software.
Steve Gold Jan 24 2007 7:07AM Security
Good enough for your business?

Good enough for your business?

If you're part of a financial institution, chances are you've memorised the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) guidance chapter and verse, and, with risk assessment in hand, are in the midst of rolling out some form of consumer authentication.
Joe DeSantis, Jan 24 2007 12:37AM Security
Patching process

Patching process

There are many different names for the second Tuesday of every month: Patch Tuesday, Super Tuesday, Black Tuesday — and maybe even some other unsavory nicknames not suitable for print. This day, when Microsoft rolls out security updates, is the fulcrum around which most organisations' whole patch management cycles revolve. But just as there are different nicknames for the day, there are also differing opinions about how it should be handled and how quickly organisations should respond with changes.
Ericka Chickowski Jan 22 2007 12:14AM Security
Review: DriveCrypt Plus Pack

Review: DriveCrypt Plus Pack

If James Bond had encryption software he would have the DriveCrypt Plus Pack. This software includes many more features than the other products in this category. Are they all useful to the typical corporate road warrior? Probably not, but they are all cool and definitely have some merit.
Justin Peltier Jan 22 2007 12:00AM Security
Train to prevent social media attacks

Train to prevent social media attacks

If there is one certainty in the security business, it is that security professionals and hackers are in a constant battle to protect and exploit vulnerabilities.
Mark Zielinski, Jan 17 2007 11:42PM Security
Implementing compliance through privacy policy

Implementing compliance through privacy policy

The internet age has revolutionised how organisations communicate, publish and find information. While this technology has created new opportunities for global communication and commerce, it has also created new challenges in risk management.
Kurt Mueffelmann, Jan 17 2007 11:22PM Security
Legal matters: How to make AUPs stick

Legal matters: How to make AUPs stick

Can organisations enforce Acceptable Use Policies? Tamzin Matthew investigates.
Jan 17 2007 12:15PM Security
Review: PGP Whole Disk Encryption 9.5

Review: PGP Whole Disk Encryption 9.5

PGP Whole Disk Encryption provides the easiest to install hard drive encryption package we tested. Both the standalone and enterprise products were easy to configure and were easy enough that most end-users could perform the installation with only the quick start guide.
Justin Peltier Jan 15 2007 12:00AM Security
Hot or not: Early Vista flaws

Hot or not: Early Vista flaws

There's been plenty of talk about the security capabilities of Windows Vista, but what's at the heart of the security defenses within Microsoft's latest operating system? This article aims to take a close look at the technology that will make a difference.
Amol Sarwate, Jan 10 2007 10:29PM Security
From Carriage to Content - The future of telcos

From Carriage to Content - The future of telcos

Carriers have long acknowledged that they need to bolt innovative and appealing content services onto their fixed and mobile communications services if they are going to weather the inevitable decline in access charges.
David Binning Jan 10 2007 12:04PM Telco/ISP
Product Section: Two staples of information protection

Product Section: Two staples of information protection

This month, we have juxtaposed two of the foundations of information security: data protection and vulnerability assessment. On the protection side, we look at some of the key products in the area of whole disk encryption.
Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Jan 8 2007 10:02PM Security
Review: SealedMedia E-DRM

Review: SealedMedia E-DRM

SealedMedia is a client/server implementation with four components. A license server manages what the company calls a classification-based rights model; a management website offers provisioning for users, rights model management and documentation; and a management console is used for administration. The final part is the desktop, the user's tool for sealing documents.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Jan 8 2007 12:00AM Security
Beyond v1@gr@ - spam's new image

Beyond v1@gr@ - spam's new image

We've all heard about the recent rise in spam, and while I dislike spam as much as the next person, I recently received a spam message that got me quite excited.
Andrew Graydon, Jan 2 2007 11:05PM Security
Is someone listening to your keyboard?

Is someone listening to your keyboard?

Floppies are obsolete, CRT monitors are a dying breed and CPU cores are multiplying every year. Since the early days of modern computers, research companies have redesigned, reinvented and revolutionised every aspect of computers except one: the ever faithful keyboard.
Gil Sever, Jan 2 2007 10:57PM Security
Match your company policies with your solutions

Match your company policies with your solutions

The headlines are scary for both CIOs and the companies they work for. "Stolen Computer Holds Information of 16,000 Driver's License Holders," "Vulnerability Auctions Killing Responsible Disclosure," "Hacking for Dollars: Is The Botnet Battle Already Lost?" "Online Brokerage Account 'Incursions' Worry SEC."
Dan Farmer, Jan 2 2007 9:30PM Security
Virtualisation - the next step in enterprise security

Virtualisation - the next step in enterprise security

The complexity, frequency, and malicious intent of security attacks from many sources are increasing in today's enterprise.
Leo Cohen, Jan 2 2007 8:16PM Security
Encryption a perfect response to the Year of the Breach

Encryption a perfect response to the Year of the Breach

2006 will be recorded as the year that security breaches reached the consciousness and awareness of the mainstream consumer. Breaches are certainly not a new phenomena, especially to security professionals.
Phillip M. Dec 27 2006 9:57PM Security
Tailor your mobile security plan for the iPod generation

Tailor your mobile security plan for the iPod generation

Ever since the emergence of iPod back in 2004, GFI and other experts including Gartner analysts, Ruggero Contu and John Girard have been warning that iPods are a potential danger to the corporate network.
Andre' Muscat, Dec 27 2006 9:39PM Security
Review: Multi Network Firewall 2

Review: Multi Network Firewall 2

Mandriva's Multi Network Firewall 2 uses the open source OpenVPN and takes some of the difficulty out of using this approach. We found that the web interface helps make simple steps of creating users and user certificates, which streamlines the process immensely. We liked the organized web interface and found it easy to use.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Dec 18 2006 12:00AM Security
Review: Tenable Security Center

Review: Tenable Security Center

The Tenable Security Center has massive capability wrapped in a single, easy-to-navigate interface. While the overall use of the application is fairly intuitive, once users explore more deeply, they may find that it becomes complex and intricate. This allows for great flexibility, but also requires some time of using the product and learning how to maximize its capability for the specific environment.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Dec 18 2006 12:00AM Security

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