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FoIA exposes a public sector rife with misuse

FoIA exposes a public sector rife with misuse

Computer misuse within major public sector bodies is rife.
David Quainton Mar 17 2005 2:27PM Security
Florida ITCEs and SEI bid to improve software quality

Florida ITCEs and SEI bid to improve software quality

National and international organizations are joining forces to help strengthen the security of software and systems on which businesses rely.
Staff Writers Mar 17 2005 2:19PM Security
Top groups join together to get state’s attention

Top groups join together to get state’s attention

Top security experts contend that many IT security jobs will require CISOs/CSOs to handle operational aspects as well as IT and physical security.
Illena Armstrong Mar 17 2005 2:16PM Security
Web services will need managed IDs to stay safe

Web services will need managed IDs to stay safe

As web services evolve from app-to-app to more complex transactions, they introduce new challenges for CSOs to consider.
Merritt Maxim Mar 17 2005 2:12PM Security
Failing to protect systems will turn you into roadkill

Failing to protect systems will turn you into roadkill

It must be conference season. I've never asked my colleagues on the speaking circuit if they've made this observation, but it seems I get a lot of questions that indicate that, although security folks protect their enterprises, they don't protect their security assets.
Peter Stephenson Mar 17 2005 2:04PM Security
Collaboration is key to infosecurity future says Symantec’s Thompson

Collaboration is key to infosecurity future says Symantec’s Thompson

Symantec CEO John Thompson used his keynote speech at the San Francisco RSA conference to demand radical reform in the security market, and dismissed Microsoft's efforts as insufficient.
Staff Writers Mar 17 2005 2:00PM Security
Gates maps out future for Microsoft anti-virus

Gates maps out future for Microsoft anti-virus

Microsoft boss Bill Gates pledged further action to help users and firms improve security when he opened the RSA conference in San Francisco late February.
Marcia Savage Mar 17 2005 12:56PM Security
Mergers might mean chaos for anti-spam firms

Mergers might mean chaos for anti-spam firms

Two multi-billion dollar ISP mergers have sparked concern in the anti-spam community. SBC inked a $16 billion takeover of AT&T last month and Verizon has finalized a deal to buy out MCI for $6.7bn.
David Quainton Mar 17 2005 12:39PM Security
Password human error “could prove disastrous”

Password human error “could prove disastrous”

The latest research shows that the overwhelming majority of IT security breaches are down to human error.
René Millman Mar 17 2005 12:37PM Security
RSA strides out of safe zone to secure future

RSA strides out of safe zone to secure future

RSA launched a consumer service offering and an appliance at its San Francisco annual conference late February, strategic steps analysts said were bold but necessary.
Jon Tullett Mar 17 2005 12:34PM Security
Industry needs to agree on spyware

Industry needs to agree on spyware

Knocking out spyware is easier said than done, especially when what you say isn’t what you mean. Marcia Savage reports
Marcia Savage Mar 17 2005 12:27PM Security
Would you show this card to Mom?

Would you show this card to Mom?

Poor performance has prompted a move to learn from the private sector.
Illena Armstrong Mar 16 2005 5:24PM Security
Reluctant hero: How the NISCC came in from the cold

Reluctant hero: How the NISCC came in from the cold

Only the NISCC would launch a public website without telling anyone. Ron Condon meets the man who runs Britain’s IT defence unit
Ron Condon Mar 16 2005 4:21PM Security
Washington has a new champion

Washington has a new champion

Dave Cullinane, SC’s CSO of the Year, tells Illena Armstrong why infosec professionals need to be at the center of decision-making – and the best way to kill phishing sites
Illena Armstrong Mar 16 2005 3:52PM Security
Seven steps to heaven

Seven steps to heaven

Stressed? Worried? Can’t sleep at night? Lorne Boden explains his seven golden rules of risk management
Lorne Boden Mar 16 2005 2:18PM Security
Small flaws… big claws

Small flaws… big claws

It’s all too easy to let minor security problems get sidelined, warns Gunter Ollmann, but they need attention
Gunter Ollmann Mar 16 2005 1:51PM Security
Welcome to the new world order

Welcome to the new world order

Virus writers are as active as they ever were, warns Marcia Savage. But villains and spammers now want to use them and their tricks
Marcia Savage Mar 16 2005 12:32PM Security
Who let him in?

Who let him in?

Your company could be unwittingly letting a thief through the door. René Millman exposes the security holes in the world of deprovisioning, and reveals that ex-employees could easily know much more than you’d like
René Millman Mar 16 2005 12:03PM Security
Intelligent surveillance - the death of random review?

Intelligent surveillance - the death of random review?

Every financial institution today is at the mercy of constantly changing regulations. Each new mis-selling or market abuse scandal brings with it a tightening of the rules: whether it is a major shift like the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Basel II Accord, or the cumulative effect of successive administrations and regulatory regimes adding new sections and clauses to existing regulations.
Bo Manning Mar 16 2005 10:21AM Security
The virus killer: A morning with the woodpecker king

The virus killer: A morning with the woodpecker king

Eugene Kaspersky is Moscow’s malware maestro. But, as David Quainton discovers, his management style is a little unorthodox
David Quainton Mar 15 2005 5:11PM Security

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