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.

Issues in electronic voting machine security

Issues in electronic voting machine security

A number of recent studies have highlighted the security concerns over e-voting machines.
Angela Moscsaritolo Oct 31 2008 2:03PM Security
IT security policy enforcement struggles

IT security policy enforcement struggles

Companies are struggling to come to grips with the basics of vulnerability management, says Chris Schwartzbauer, vice president of development and customer operations at Shavlik Technologies.
Dan Raywood Oct 31 2008 10:47AM Security
Javascript to be next core malware language

Javascript to be next core malware language

The demand that the development of web 2.0 has placed on browsers to become more interactive and act as a portal rather than just a viewing platform is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at Radware, has warned.
Ian Williams Oct 31 2008 12:10AM Security
MXI Security announces portable anti-phishing tool

MXI Security announces portable anti-phishing tool

AT RSA Europe, MXI Security™ announced it is collaborating with financial institutions worldwide to give customers with a portable anti-phishing tool to combat the threat posed by spear-phishing and man-in-the middle online security attacks.
SC Australia Staff Oct 30 2008 9:49AM Security
Companies have security to consider with in-the-cloud Office

Companies have security to consider with in-the-cloud Office

Security professionals weigh in on concerns of the next version of Microsoft Office, which will include components available in the cloud.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 30 2008 9:36AM Security
Security group: Vulnerability disclosure is impractical

Security group: Vulnerability disclosure is impractical

An advisory group contends that the scramble over Dan Kaminsky's DNS flaw discovery proves that full disclosure is simply not feasible.
Mark Mayne Oct 30 2008 9:36AM Security
Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks

Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks

The gap between security risks and our ability to tackle them is set to rise.
Derek Parkinson Oct 29 2008 10:20AM Security
Mashup security requires dynamic approach

Mashup security requires dynamic approach

Software mashups will increasingly be used to develop commercial products, but securing the transactions will require new ways of identifying and managing the risks.
Derek Parkinson Oct 29 2008 10:11AM Security
First Android flaws surface

First Android flaws surface

A trio of researchers have disclosed the first security flaw for the Google Android platform and pointed out a fundamental security problem in the open source process.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 3:17PM Software
Legislators under fire over heavy-handed security rules

Legislators under fire over heavy-handed security rules

Firms being forced to spend unnecessarily on perceived IT security risks, say
experts at RSA show.
Phil Muncaster Oct 28 2008 2:31PM Security
Security firms report spam increase

Security firms report spam increase

Two security firms have revealed that spam attacks have increased in the last quarter.
Dan Raywood Oct 28 2008 10:00AM Security
Major security firms caught napping

Major security firms caught napping

F-Secure and Trend Micro forced to patch flaws in their own software.
Shaun Nichols Oct 27 2008 9:55AM Security
Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft is issuing a critical fix for Windows users. The company issued the alert following reports of targeted attacks against a vulnerability in the server component for all currently supported versions of Windows and Windows Server.
Shaun Nichols Oct 24 2008 3:03PM Security
Review: LockLizard Safeguard PDF Security

Review: LockLizard Safeguard PDF Security

LockLizard Safeguard PDF Security provides document rights management for PDF files.
Peter Stephenson, Oct 24 2008 11:57AM Security
Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft issues new security alert

Microsoft is issuing a critical fix for Windows users.
Shaun Nichols Oct 24 2008 11:38AM Security
SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

Embedded anti-malware scanner designed to curb data losses.
Staff Writers Oct 23 2008 9:58AM Security
Review: Secuware Security Framework 4.0

Review: Secuware Security Framework 4.0

Secuware Security Frame­work 4.0 is a directory ser­vice integrated product that contains a server and client soft­ware app used to manage whole disk or file/folder encryption poli­cies.
Nathan Ouellette Oct 22 2008 4:20PM Security
Corporates failing on email security

Corporates failing on email security

Barely a quarter of companies have an effective system in place to stop data leaks over email, according to a new IDC survey of American businesses.
Iain Thomson Oct 22 2008 2:59PM Security
Malware attacks soar to new levels

Malware attacks soar to new levels

The amount of malware blocked in the third quarter of this year increased by a staggering 338 per cent compared with the first quarter, according to new figures from web security firm ScanSafe.
Phil Muncaster Oct 22 2008 6:46AM Security
Early alarms over new Mac malware

Early alarms over new Mac malware

A new rogue security application for the Mac could be on the way, according to one industry executive.
Shaun Nichols Oct 17 2008 4:00PM Security

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