securing
Weighing the options for securing back-up data
With the looming threats of publicly exposed personal data breaches, mishandled confidential partner information and lost intellectual property assets, an increasing number of enterprises are investigating options for securing data stored on both tape- and disk-based media.
Sep 10 2007 3:03PM
Security
Securing data in motion vs. data at rest? It’s the wrong question!
Securing vital and sensitive corporate data is an ongoing and forefront concern for any organisation. However, recently there have been numerous vendor announcements for new products claiming to solve data security problems and compliance challenges by either protecting “data in motion” or “data at rest.”
Jun 6 2007 10:40AM
Security
Los Alamos securing communications
A team of Los Alamos scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., and Albion College, in Albion, Mich., have achieved quantum key distribution (QKD) at telecommunications industry wavelengths in a 50-kilometer (31 mile) optical fiber.
Feb 21 2006 11:04AM
Security
Securing IT is innovative thinking
Nothing new is really going down in information security right now. At least that’s the take of some of SC’s Editorial Advisory Board members. There is no innovation, some say. The industry is stuck in a rut, say others. And it seems they’re not alone.
Jan 11 2006 8:50PM
Security
Securing instant messaging
It was only recently that IM was the preserve of teens and net-savvy companies. But like so many applications that start small, IM has made the leap from cool tool to useful business application. US analyst Gartner suggests that IM "will rival email in terms of both volume and ubiquity." In 2005 alone, it believes half of all companies will be using enterprise-level IM clients.
Jul 6 2005 10:38AM
Security
Securing removable media
Removable media devices are here to stay. Their ease of use and low cost have made them ubiquitous in the work environment – but at what price? In this article we look at the pro’s and con’s of removable media, and the steps IT managers can take to mitigate the security risks associated with them.
Nov 2 2004 4:25PM
Security
Meeting the challenges of securing your business
Events in the news during the past few years have taught us all many lessons. However, the primary lesson that all businessmen should have learned, is the need to keep their businesses secure in an ever changing and increasingly malevolent world. From fears about Y2K to the tragic events of September 11, the need for heighten security is readily apparent. Heightened alert is a worldwide status.
Jun 15 2004 12:21PM
Security
Securing and Managing Electronic Messaging in the Enterprise
The threats and problems posed by email in large and complex organizations are of a different type and scale of magnitude from the email problems that such organizations first solved with an email ‘point product’ some years previously.
Jan 15 2004 10:53AM
Security
