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These laws are not the answer

These laws are not the answer

Jennifer Granick is not one to beat around the bush. She believes that as technology progresses, the laws that protect us should progress with it – and, so far, they have not. She tells Marcia Savage what needs to be done
Marcia Savage Nov 12 2004 5:15PM Security
Will your company make the grade?

Will your company make the grade?

As the deadline to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act looms, companies are getting themselves ready, Marcia Savage reports
Marcia Savage Nov 12 2004 5:13PM Security
Time to pop the certification bubble

Time to pop the certification bubble

Are professional standards really slipping? Ron Condon reports on a fierce debate
Ron Condon Nov 12 2004 5:11PM Security
SANS Top 20 haunted by problems of the past

SANS Top 20 haunted by problems of the past
David Quainton Nov 12 2004 5:02PM Security
Oxford students abuse the rules

Oxford students abuse the rules
Staff Writers Nov 12 2004 5:02PM Security
Wireless networks put to the test

Wireless networks put to the test
Staff Writers Nov 12 2004 5:01PM Security
Sender ID adoption on the rise

Sender ID adoption on the rise

Companies are rapidly adopting Microsoft’s email authentication standard, a new study shows. A Ciphertrust survey of 10 million emails detailed a 75 percent increase in Sender ID uptake in the last three months.
David Quainton Nov 11 2004 6:15PM Security
The trouble with your double

The trouble with your double

It is estimated that identity theft accounts for nearly 40 per cent of all white collar crime in the UK. How can you protect yourself and your business from falling victim to this growing problem?
Geoff Webster Nov 10 2004 10:59AM Security
The new face of spamming

The new face of spamming

Spam - unsolicited email - is driving IT departments crazy. It wastes network and storage resources, steals time from staff and diverts IT resources to managing defences and poring over quarantine lists.
Pete Simpson Nov 9 2004 7:26PM Security
Fight off the zero-day exploiters

Fight off the zero-day exploiters

Abhay Joshi explains how having the right safeguards in place will minimize the damage to your enterprise
Abhay Joshi Nov 4 2004 3:07PM Security
Museum of London aims to make spam a thing of the past

Museum of London aims to make spam a thing of the past

The Museum of London Group has integrated an email filtering system with its Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory infrastructures in a bid to cut down on rising volumes of unsolicited email plaguing staff across its three UK sites.
Robert Jaques Nov 4 2004 12:23PM Security
VoIP moving to the desktop: survey

VoIP moving to the desktop: survey

Two thirds of global businesses will deploy VoIP to the desktop by 2006, according to a survey.
Staff Writers Nov 3 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Spyware and the law

Spyware and the law

I spy with my little eye, a legal problem beginning with "S".
Staff Writers Nov 2 2004 6:12PM Security
The reputation gamble

The reputation gamble

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it," said Warren Buffett in 1930.The good reputation of a company or a brand is now seen as an essential element on the corporate balance sheet. It is a fragile asset that can be lost forever, unless all levels of the business safeguard it.
Dave Martin Nov 2 2004 4:25PM Security
Beating the social engineering scams: what employees must do to protect company data

Beating the social engineering scams: what employees must do to protect company data

While technology can dramatically reduce the risk associated with threats and vulnerabilities in enterprise IT, the human factor is always critical in a comprehensive security strategy.
John Roese Oct 27 2004 3:27PM Security
Keeping email legal – the issues of email monitoring

Keeping email legal – the issues of email monitoring

Thanks to its speed, accessibility and ease of use, email is an essential part of both our business and personal lives. But as the IT departments charged with managing a company’s email deal with increasing volumes of traffic, spam levels and virus-infected mail, they also encounter a minefield of legal traps and regulatory pitfalls when they monitor employees’ emails.
Ken Watt Oct 19 2004 5:46PM Security
ID mapping: the compliance key

ID mapping: the compliance key

Brian Milas argues that identity mapping offers cost and security benefits, while meeting strict regulations
Brian Milas Oct 15 2004 4:59PM Security
We are all doomed – if you believe the hype

We are all doomed – if you believe the hype

Jon Tullett Oct 15 2004 4:24PM Security
Don’t hesitate to call in the professionals

Don’t hesitate to call in the professionals

After online banking customers suffer an attack, financial institutions often look for answers in the wrong places. Kevin Mandia explains why it’s worth investigating the victim’s PC to discover the origins of an attack
Kevin Mandia Oct 15 2004 4:23PM Security
Time to call out the detectives

Time to call out the detectives

Once, the primary goal was to protect network perimeters. But today’s methodologies can do a great deal more than that.
Yiannis Vassiliades Oct 15 2004 4:23PM Security

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