Spotlight on cyber security Spotlight on cyber security

Has cyber security in its current form failed? Most information security leaders agree that traditional methods, on their own, aren’t working in the face of the increasing number and severity of threats.

So what are the new and likely future threats? How can cyber security be fixed? Is your infosec team suffering from breach fatigue and, if so, what tools can you put in place to help them?

iTnews will provide some answers to these questions in our Spotlight on cyber security, coinciding with the Australian Information Security Association’s national conference on 18-20 October.

This Spotlight is supported by RSA.

Copyright is a national security issue, says US

Copyright is a national security issue, says US

President Obama's team has blocked access to the forthcoming global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) copyright treaty by declaring it a national security issue.
Iain Thomson Mar 18 2009 6:12AM Security
Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion

Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion

Westpac has quietly expanded its use of SMS to authenticate its personal banking customers.
Ry Crozier Mar 13 2009 2:15PM Security
BOQ re-examines call centre authentication

BOQ re-examines call centre authentication

The Bank of Queensland has revealed it programmed a challenge-response application into existing internet banking security tokens that could be used in the future for call centre authentication.
Ry Crozier Mar 13 2009 11:30AM Security
Microsoft exec hired to secure America’s computers

Microsoft exec hired to secure America’s computers

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired a Microsoft executive to ensure that the government’s computing infrastructure is secure.
Iain Thomson Mar 13 2009 11:29AM Security
Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion

Westpac joins CBA with SMS security expansion

Westpac has quietly expanded its use of SMS to authenticate its personal banking customers.
Ry Crozier Mar 13 2009 10:34AM Security
Maintaining security during retrenchments

Maintaining security during retrenchments

With the economy in tatters and layoffs happening so regularly that internet applications are being created solely to chronicle the firings, the insider threat is rising, as Dan Kaplan explains.
Dan Kaplan Mar 12 2009 2:46PM Security
Security experts warn of 'staggering' rise in malware

Security experts warn of 'staggering' rise in malware

Malware volumes grew by a huge 300 per cent during 2008, fuelled in part by continuing job uncertainty, according to new research from security-as-a-service provider ScanSafe.
Phil Muncaster Mar 12 2009 10:52AM Security
Adobe issues long-awaited Reader security fix

Adobe issues long-awaited Reader security fix

Adobe has released a security update to address a flaw the company first warned users of in February.
Shaun Nichols Mar 12 2009 10:47AM Security
CIOs say 'maybe later' on cloud computing

CIOs say 'maybe later' on cloud computing

Only 10 percent of 700 Asia-Pacific IT executives and CIOs surveyed by IDC are excited by cloud computing.
Brett Winterford Mar 11 2009 12:13PM Software
Australians need more protection online: ACMA

Australians need more protection online: ACMA

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has said that Australian Internet users “need to be more pro-active in protecting themselves online” in a report released today.
Staff Writers Mar 11 2009 6:27AM Security
US cybersecurity chief steps down

US cybersecurity chief steps down

The United States' top cybersecurity officer has resigned his position within the government.
Staff Writers Mar 10 2009 2:44PM Security
Australians need more protection online: ACMA

Australians need more protection online: ACMA

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has said that Australian internet users “need to be more pro-active in protecting themselves online” in a report released today.
Staff Writers Mar 10 2009 1:41PM Security
Costs skyrocket in the battle against spam

Costs skyrocket in the battle against spam

The average company could be wasting over US$180,000 a year in lost productivity because of unsolicited email, according to security giant McAfee.
Phil Muncaster Mar 10 2009 10:50AM Security
Don't cut IT security during financial troubles, says Senetas CEO

Don't cut IT security during financial troubles, says Senetas CEO

Businesses and end users are being urged not to scrimp on IT security as they tighten their belts for the global financial crisis.
Lilia Guan Mar 9 2009 3:13PM Security
Five principles underpinning robust security strategies

Five principles underpinning robust security strategies

Forrester Research provides five best practice tips for building IT security strategies.
Khalid Kark Mar 7 2009 10:34AM Security
Mozilla issues new round of updates for Firefox browser

Mozilla issues new round of updates for Firefox browser

Mozilla has posted a new version of its Firefox 3 browser.
Shaun Nichols Mar 6 2009 3:08PM Security
Spotify user details compromised in major hack

Spotify user details compromised in major hack

Online music service Spotify has become the latest web firm to suffer a major hack, after revealing yesterday that criminals may have accessed user registration details.
Phil Muncaster Mar 6 2009 12:15AM Security
German office for information security claims internet safety is "catastrophically poor"

German office for information security claims internet safety is "catastrophically poor"

Security levels on the internet have been described as ‘catastrophically poor' by the German government's IT security department.
Dan Raywood Mar 5 2009 11:33AM Security
Fortinet bolsters unified threat management tools

Fortinet bolsters unified threat management tools

Fortinet today announced a major overhaul of its FortiOS operating system, designed to provide application control, data leakage protection, wide area network optimisation and Secure Sockets Layer traffic inspection to all Fortinet appliances.
Phil Muncaster Mar 5 2009 5:50AM Security
Salmat deploys Websense gateway to control Web2.0 content

Salmat deploys Websense gateway to control Web2.0 content

Direct marketing company Salmat is installing technology to give it control over Web 2.0 content and assess in real-time the security of web pages accessed by staff.
Ry Crozier Mar 4 2009 3:17PM Security

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