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Admiration for BBC IT department

Admiration for BBC IT department

Innovation ranks it higher than Vodafone and Tesco, according to research.
Dave Friedlos Jul 3 2006 9:20AM Strategy
70 percent of IT professionals still rely on passwords alone

70 percent of IT professionals still rely on passwords alone

More than seven in ten security professionals are still relying on passwords alone to secure their networks, according to a new survey.
René Millman Jun 27 2006 1:11PM Security
IT leaders team up to lobby Congress for privacy law

IT leaders team up to lobby Congress for privacy law

Twelve IT industry leaders, including Microsoft, Symantec and Oracle, have joined forces to form the Consumer Privacy Legislative (CPL) Forum, which will lobby for a detailed federal privacy law.
Dan Kaplan Jun 20 2006 9:36PM Security
SMB IT spending too slow

SMB IT spending too slow

The SMB sector will only account for 31 percent of all ICT spending this year, despite representing 99.8 percent of all Australian businesses, IDC predicted.
Lilia Guan Jun 2 2006 9:41AM Strategy
Study: Plenty of opportunity for IT pros

Study: Plenty of opportunity for IT pros

A thriving information security job market combined with an aging baby boomer population equals a lot of IT workers looking for new jobs, a new survey has found.
Dan Kaplan Jun 1 2006 10:23PM Security
IT salary growth slow: Hays

IT salary growth slow: Hays

IT salary growth was restrained this financial year with 58 percent of employers increasing pay packets by only three to four percent, according to the latest report from IT recruiter Hays.
Lilia Guan May 31 2006 3:56PM Training & Development
Citrix VP quits

Citrix VP quits

Citrix's Australia/New Zealand vice president Gary O’Brien has quit after six years with the vendor.
Lilia Guan May 24 2006 4:11PM Training & Development
Melbourne IT to acquire WebCentral

Melbourne IT to acquire WebCentral

Melbourne IT as reached an agreement with the board of WebCentral to acquire 100 percent of the shares of the web-hosting company.
Tim Lohman May 22 2006 2:43PM Networking
Directors ignorant about IT

Directors ignorant about IT

There is a distinct lack of IT competence and knowledge within Australian company boards according to research conducted by local recruitment firm, Talent2.
Staff Writers May 22 2006 11:24AM Training & Development
Viruses still the biggest IT fear for U.K. firms

Viruses still the biggest IT fear for U.K. firms

The vast majority of U.K.-based small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that viruses are the biggest security threat to their IT systems, according to new research.
William Eazel May 9 2006 10:11AM Security
IT blind spots in business

IT blind spots in business

Business software vendor Mercury and the Economist Intelligence Unit have released a report into the ramifications of IT Failure.
Lilia Guan May 4 2006 12:54PM Strategy
IT security more imporant to most U.K. businesses

IT security more imporant to most U.K. businesses

Three-quarters of U.K. businesses rate security as a high or very high priority for their senior management or board of directors, according to the latest government-sponsored survey of breaches in the U.K. released at Infosec London.
William Eazel Apr 26 2006 10:13AM Security
Talk is cheap: learn to use it carefully

Talk is cheap: learn to use it carefully

It can be hard to separate facts from hype in the infosec business. Talk to one source and ID theft is a major concern that should have every right-thinking citizen reaching for the shredder. Everything from the latest utility bill to an invitation to tea is turned to dust.
Paul Fisher Apr 6 2006 10:16AM Security
Half of IT pros would use unofficial patches

Half of IT pros would use unofficial patches

Nearly half of IT professionals would consider using third-party patches to protect computers against zero-day exploits, new research found.
René Millman Apr 5 2006 2:47PM Security
IT pros not setting security configurations

IT pros not setting security configurations

Most IT security professionals still manually update their security setting configurations, according to survey results released this week by St. Bernard Software.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 23 2006 10:13PM Security
Federal IT security well below self-set standard

Federal IT security well below self-set standard

The U.S. House Government Reform Committee released its Federal Computer Security Scorecards today, and the results were not good for most government agencies.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 16 2006 10:31PM Security
IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

Industry and government leaders will testify Thursday before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on the growing cybersecurity concerns facing small businesses.
Dan Kaplan Mar 15 2006 8:16PM Security
Skype branded danger to enterprise IT security

Skype branded danger to enterprise IT security

Although cost savings and improved communications are luring enterprises to Skype, the popular voice over IP service may violate security policies, industry experts have warned.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 10:56AM Security
March indeed mad for IT pros

March indeed mad for IT pros

When the NCAA basketball tournament kicks off this week, even non-hoops fans in the IT world should take note.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 13 2006 9:34PM Security
SC Awards toast the best in IT security

SC Awards toast the best in IT security

As part of the IT security industry's leading global awards program, the SC Magazine Awards U.S. gala was organized to honor the professionals, companies and products that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in today's corporate world.
Staff Writers Mar 10 2006 8:50PM Security

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