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.

HP offers security as a service

HP offers security as a service

HP’s Assessment Management Platform, which brings together all of HP’s security products, will now be offered as a software-as-a-service package to enable firms to accelerate the deployment of web applications.
Rosalie Marshall May 29 2008 2:42PM Security
Flash attacks set off security alarms

Flash attacks set off security alarms

Several major security companies are warning of a new attack using infected Flash SWF files..
Shaun Nichols May 29 2008 12:07PM Security
Flash attacks set off security alarms

Flash attacks set off security alarms

Infected Flash SWF files causing havoc.
Shaun Nichols May 29 2008 10:35AM Security
CIOs plagued by mobile security threats

CIOs plagued by mobile security threats

Training is crucial, according to CompTIA survey.
Guy Dixon May 24 2008 9:31AM Security
Enterprise mobility still dogged by security concerns

Enterprise mobility still dogged by security concerns

Independent market analyst Datamonitor has released a new report headlining security concerns as the largest barrier to enterprise mobility deployments.
Dave Bailey May 23 2008 3:02PM Security
Cyber security author discusses economics of protecting cyberspace

Cyber security author discusses economics of protecting cyberspace

U.S. economists have launched a book that claims to document the first systematic analysis of the economics of protecting cyberspace.
Liz Tay May 23 2008 2:35PM Security
Open source security improving rapidly

Open source security improving rapidly

The quality and security of open source software is improving rapidly, according to an in-depth analysis of over 250 popular applications including Linux and Apache.
Robert Jaques May 20 2008 11:27PM Software
Qantas defends online security amidst child pornography case

Qantas defends online security amidst child pornography case

Qantas claims it provides "more than adequate" online security even though a man was found guilty of having accessed child pornography in its Melbourne Airport lounge last year.
Ashley Clark May 19 2008 12:32PM Security
Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Heisenberg fan boys are shaking their heads this week to the tune of a pair of Swedish mathematicians who claim to have broken quantum cryptography.
Liz Tay May 17 2008 7:00AM Security
How IT security could go green?

How IT security could go green?

THE CHAIRMAN OF Wick Hill Group in the UK, which sells security infrastructure for ebusiness, has written a whitepaper outlining his views on how IT security could become more environmentally friendly.
Sylvie Barak May 16 2008 10:15AM Security
Analysis: SP3 strengthens XP security

Analysis: SP3 strengthens XP security

Service Pack 3 adds support for the Network Access Protection (NAP) mechanismin Windows Server 2008
Dave Bailey May 16 2008 10:11AM Security
Microsoft delivers four security fixes

Microsoft delivers four security fixes

Microsoft has issued four security patches in its latest monthly update..
Shaun Nichols May 15 2008 7:35AM Security
Mobile phone: productivity super hero, IT security Achilles heel

Mobile phone: productivity super hero, IT security Achilles heel

Smaller than my hand. More intelligent than a mini-computer. Able to detonate bombs from remote locations. Look! It’s a camera. It’s an electronic organiser. It’s the “cell phone”!
Nicholas Miller, CEO, AirPatrol May 14 2008 3:42PM Security
Counterfeit networking gear: A security threat?

Counterfeit networking gear: A security threat?

Counterfeit networking equipment could jeopardize the security of U.S. military and other government systems, according to an FBI PowerPoint presentation posted on a website covering "alternative” topics.
Jim Carr May 14 2008 10:29AM Security
Quantum cryptography not yet perfectly secure, researchers say

Quantum cryptography not yet perfectly secure, researchers say

Quantum cryptography – commonly lauded as an absolutely secure avenue of data transfer – has been broken.
Liz Tay May 13 2008 4:47PM Security
Research suggests Microsoft overestimated Vista security

Research suggests Microsoft overestimated Vista security

Security software vendor PC Tools released research today that suggests Windows Vista is not as immune from online threats as Microsoft had once suggested.
Ashley Clark May 12 2008 4:15PM Software
Microsoft preps four security patches

Microsoft preps four security patches

Microsoft has given advanced notification of four security patches in this month's Patch Tuesday on 13 May..
Shaun Nichols May 12 2008 7:30AM Security
Google security tool goes beyond the network

Google security tool goes beyond the network

Google has expanded its web-based security application which allows administrators to set policies that limit user access to sites and monitor browsing habits..
Shaun Nichols May 12 2008 7:30AM Security
Review: Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite

Review: Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite

Bringing together some of Trend Micro's features from its larger appliance-based systems, the InterScan Web Security Suite focuses on protecting against malicious web-based threats, along with traditional URL filtering.
Peter Stephenson, May 9 2008 3:18PM Security
ICANN chief says CEOs underestimating security risks

ICANN chief says CEOs underestimating security risks

Business leaders are grossly underestimating their firms' reliance on the internet and the risks of web-based threats, according to Paul Twomey, president of internet oversight body ICANN.
Phil Muncaster May 9 2008 2:05PM Security

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