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Unstructured data creating security hole

Unstructured data creating security hole

The growing volume of unstructured data stored by companies is creating a security hole, according to new research from the Ponemon Institute.
Staff Writers Jul 3 2008 9:55AM Security
Digital thieves steal millions from Citibank customers

Digital thieves steal millions from Citibank customers

Three people have been charged with stealing millions of dollars from Citibank customers after they found a way to steal user’s PIN numbers.
Iain Thomson Jul 3 2008 9:55AM Security
Aussie companies fail to encrypt data

Aussie companies fail to encrypt data

Aussie companies underestimate the advancements in encryption technology and fail to secure data.
Negar Salek Jul 2 2008 3:14PM Security
NHS falls victim to another data breach

NHS falls victim to another data breach

The NHS has had to admit to losing a laptop containing thousands of patient details.
Jul 2 2008 11:37AM Security
FBI access to private data in Europe pending

FBI access to private data in Europe pending

The European Commission is said to be close to finalizing an agreement with the United States that would allow the FBI to see the credit card histories and internet browsing habits of European citizens.
Richard Thurston Jul 1 2008 9:56AM Security
Salesforce unveils toolkit for Google Data APIs

Salesforce unveils toolkit for Google Data APIs

Salesforce.com has developed a new toolkit for Google Data APIs that allows developers to build web applications from a combination Salesforce and Google App services.
Rosalie Marshall Jun 25 2008 2:03PM Software
If you can't trust the compliance officer, whom can you trust?

If you can't trust the compliance officer, whom can you trust?

The insider threat is the main security risk enterprises face -- insider incidents from using system administrator or privileged account access are responsible for nine out of 10 breaches in data security.
Calum Macleod, european director, Cyber-Ark Jun 23 2008 3:14PM Security
Stolen data found on international crimeservers

Stolen data found on international crimeservers

Two crimeservers containing 500 megabytes of stolen data have been discovered in Argentina and Malaysia.
Chuck Miller Jun 19 2008 10:05AM Security
Fortinet acquires technologies from database security firm IPLocks

Fortinet acquires technologies from database security firm IPLocks

Fortinet today announced it has acquired database security products and technologies from privately held US company IPLocks.
Staff Writers Jun 18 2008 4:18PM Security
Minister faces grilling after second secret document leak

Minister faces grilling after second secret document leak

Has the UK's fight against terrorism been compromised after a second set of confidential Government documents was left on a train?
Richard Thurston Jun 17 2008 9:59AM Security
Data breaches 'easily' avoided

Data breaches 'easily' avoided

Nearly nine out of 10 corporate data breaches could have been prevented had reasonable security measures been in place, according to a report issued today by Verizon Business..
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 16 2008 9:14AM Security
UK Government suspends official over al-Qaeda document leak

UK Government suspends official over al-Qaeda document leak

The Government has suspended a civil servant who left top secret documents regarding al-Qaeda on a train on Tuesday.
Richard Thurston Jun 13 2008 10:05AM Security
Data breaches 'easily' avoided

Data breaches 'easily' avoided

Nearly nine out of 10 corporate data breaches could have been prevented had reasonable security measures been in place, according to a report issued today by Verizon Business.
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 13 2008 8:00AM Security
Microsoft researcher tackles forest data to fight climate change

Microsoft researcher tackles forest data to fight climate change

Software behemoths like Microsoft could play a vital role in solving computational challenges to do with climate change.
Liz Tay Jun 13 2008 4:01AM Storage
SGI reinvents itself through data warehousing

SGI reinvents itself through data warehousing

High-performance computing vendor SCI has unveiled a new platform, the Adaptive Data Warehouse, which provides an version of Oracle's database software optimised to run on its hardware.
Dave Bailey Jun 11 2008 10:55AM Storage
Organisations ignoring data centre waste

Organisations ignoring data centre waste

Organisations are unable or unwilling to implement green initiatives in their data centres, according to a recent survey by the Aperture Research Institute..
Guy Dixon May 30 2008 7:47AM Networking
RIM stands firm over Indian demands to decrypt data

RIM stands firm over Indian demands to decrypt data

The BlackBerry maker has refused to budge over demands that it allows India's Government to snoop on user's data in order to track terrorists
Richard Thurston May 28 2008 10:06AM Security
Isolating contractors from sensitive data

Isolating contractors from sensitive data

For information security directors at large corporations, the growing reliance on contractors is a major concern. Local and offshore programmers provide businesses a competitive edge, but they also increase security risks.
Ryan Malone, vice president of marketing, Apani May 28 2008 8:12AM Security
WA Vodafone customers cop 56-hour data blackout

WA Vodafone customers cop 56-hour data blackout

Vodafone mobile customers in Western Australia were without GPRS data services over the weekend when a hardware fault caused a 56-hour GPRS blackout.
Mitchell Bingemann May 20 2008 3:19PM Telco/ISP
Sending SMS costs four times more than receiving data from Hubble

Sending SMS costs four times more than receiving data from Hubble

A UK space scientist has claimed that sending a text message is at least four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space..
Robert Jaques May 14 2008 2:55PM Telco/ISP

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