Features
Facing the reality of internal risk: Thwarting insider threats
When we think about IT saboteurs, most of us picture a professional cyber-criminal or hacker bent on stealing confidential information or wreaking havoc. In both cases, the perpetrator is an outside party who breaches the data network of a company, institution, or government entity with malicious intent.
May 1 2008 7:30AM
Security
Opinion: CDMA closure causes chaos
Just one day after the closure of Telstra’s CDMA mobile phone network, complaints are flooding into hotlines across the country with rural and regional callers blaming the shutdown of the service for everything from cot deaths to crop failures.
Apr 29 2008 2:44PM
Telco/ISP
Review: Cenzic Hailstorm Enterprise ARC 5.5
Cenzic Hailstorm Enterprise ARC (Application Risk Controller) 5.5 is a centrally managed web-application assessment product. It consists of a web-based dashboard and a separate, stand-alone desktop application component for customising projects, scan settings and policies.
Apr 29 2008 9:55AM
Security
Review: Ounce Labs 5.0
Ounce Labs 5.0 is a static source code analysis solution based primarily on two separate components. The application approaches application vulnerability assessment by statically analysing source code and supports many different languages, including C/C++, Java/JSP,.NET (C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET) Classic ASP (VB and Javascript) and Visual Basic.
Apr 28 2008 12:16PM
Security
Protecting human values from Human-Computer Interaction
These days, it is nigh on impossible to stop the infiltration of technology into our lives. Business communications are conducted via phone or e-mail. Information is searched for and obtained online. Even our kitchens are getting smarter, with Internet-enabled fridges opening doors to food for both the body and mind.
Apr 24 2008 4:25PM
Software
Review: HP WebInspect 7.7
Developed by SPI Dynamics, which is now part of HP Software, WebInspect 7.7 is a stand-alone web-application testing product. Although it is not an enterprise solution in itself, it can easily be integrated into HP's AMP architecture for centralised administration and reporting capabilities.
Apr 24 2008 2:45PM
Security
Opinion: The National Broadband Network's untenable tender
A collective sigh could be heard from the telco industry when the Government finally released a request for proposal (RFP) for its $4.7 billion national broadband network (NBN) on April 11. But far from being a sigh of relief, this was instead the disappointed murmur from an industry once again let down by a Government kowtowing to the dominant telco players.
Apr 21 2008 11:59AM
Telco/ISP
