Features
To catch a thief?
When we turn our minds to matters of e-security, our first thoughts tend to be about defenses such as firewalls and intrusion detection. And rightly so. After all, there is much wisdom in the pursuit of prevention before cure. But, what happens when our defenses are breached? How should we respond to such an incident?
Apr 6 2005 3:06PM
Security
Cleaning up the network
Many industry professionals sensibly opt to converse in analogies, simplifying the clear-as-mud world of four letter acronyms to instead – for example - paint the world of broadband as a motorway with dirt track off-ramps, and draw parallels between airlines and telcos to describe the highly differentiated services-led approaches needed to combat the commoditization of bandwidth.
Apr 4 2005 2:02PM
Security
Take control of your security
Let's face it, managing security policies can give you a headache. Coping with the rules and properties and policies affecting hundreds of devices - firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and anti-virus servers - is hard enough, and that's before trying to manage them, or change their state.
Mar 21 2005 3:18PM
Security
Changing facts of web crime must be faced
The internet's no longer dominated by script kiddies looking for bragging rights. So said experts at both the recent RSA Conference in California and the Cyber Security Summit in Florida. Today's attackers want money, not an underground following.
Mar 17 2005 3:12PM
Security
The industry’s identity crisis must be solved
There was definitely a penitent feel to the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Speakers such as Bill Gates, John Thompson of Symantec and Art Coviello of Computer Associates all tacitly admitted that the industry has failed to deliver what users need.
Mar 17 2005 3:08PM
Security
Don’t do it Bill. All this will achieve is more hacking
In an interview last month for the BBC, Bill Gates once again stressed how seriously Microsoft is now taking security. He spoke proudly, for example, of the 100 million downloads of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. "Users don't achieve full potential," he said, "if they're having to worry about something like security."
Mar 17 2005 3:03PM
Security
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.
Mar 17 2005 2:04PM
Security
