Spotlight on Cyber Security Spotlight on Cyber Security

Most infosec leaders agree that traditional security methods, on their own, are no longer enough to combat advanced new threats. But what new techniques and strategies are they using? What lessons have they learnt from breaches?

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 10-12 October.

Trend Micro ups web gateway protection

Trend Micro ups web gateway protection

Combines InterScan appliance and reporting module.
Phil Muncaster Sep 1 2009 6:29AM Security
Security vendors dismiss Snow Leopard anti-virus

Security vendors dismiss Snow Leopard anti-virus

Feature described as 'rudimentary'.
Phil Muncaster Aug 29 2009 6:38AM Security
Bridge Point eyes NSW and Victoria expansion

Bridge Point eyes NSW and Victoria expansion

Service growing payment card industry compliance business.
Ry Crozier Aug 28 2009 2:40PM Security
We don't need no education?

We don't need no education?

Advances in information technology have not been matched by advances in user education, as Lisa Myers explains.
Lisa Myers Aug 27 2009 4:24PM Security
Google fixes severe Chrome flaws

Google fixes severe Chrome flaws

Advisory warns of multiple vulnerabilities.
Phil Muncaster Aug 27 2009 6:27AM Security
RSA highlights insider threat confusion

RSA highlights insider threat confusion

Accident or deliberate act?
Phil Muncaster Aug 26 2009 6:05AM Security
Trend Micro slims down anti-virus systems

Trend Micro slims down anti-virus systems

Fights resource hogging.
Shaun Nichols Aug 25 2009 6:29AM Security
Opinion: Protect your cyber self

Opinion: Protect your cyber self

Former MySpace executive David Batch shows how to stay safe with social media.
Staff Writers Aug 22 2009 11:11AM Security
Windows Mobile gets corporate security tick

Windows Mobile gets corporate security tick

But RIM and Apple continue to steal big chunks of market share.
Munir Kotadia Aug 20 2009 4:56PM Software
Woven Systems technology lives on with Fortinet

Woven Systems technology lives on with Fortinet

Fortinet breathes life back into datacentre switching vendor.
Munir Kotadia Aug 20 2009 3:32PM Security
NetIQ hires industry veteran

NetIQ hires industry veteran

NetIQ, an Attachmate business appoints Jay Gardner.
Staff Writers Aug 19 2009 3:28PM Security
New group promises to unite security industry

New group promises to unite security industry

Industry Connections Security Group will promote greater information sharing.
Phil Muncaster Aug 19 2009 9:58AM Security
Outspoken cop questions whether to "turn the Internet off"

Outspoken cop questions whether to "turn the Internet off"

Panic erupts as IT security issues hit mainstream television.
Munir Kotadia Aug 18 2009 2:53PM Security
Rogue Facebook app harvests user credentials

Rogue Facebook app harvests user credentials

Facebook users who allow third-party applications onto their desktop have been warned that a rogue Facebook app is luring users to a site set up to harvest their credentials.
Phil Muncaster Aug 18 2009 10:22AM Security
Microsoft sat on critical flaw for two years

Microsoft sat on critical flaw for two years

Patch Tuesday ActiveX flaw reported in 2007.
Iain Thomson Aug 17 2009 10:24AM Security
China ditches compulsory Green Dam plans

China ditches compulsory Green Dam plans

Internet filtering technology now voluntary.
Rosalie Marshall Aug 14 2009 12:19AM Software
Don't sell your corporate secrets on eBay

Don't sell your corporate secrets on eBay

While firewalls and anti-intrusion measures are part of the standard corporate IT security kit, important areas in the lifecycle of data are often overlooked, as Kroll Ontrack’s Adrian Briscoe explains.
Adrian Briscoe Aug 13 2009 5:07PM Security
LimeWire cited as identity theft attack vector

LimeWire cited as identity theft attack vector

The use of LimeWire as a tool for identity theft has been highlighted by a court case in Seattle.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2009 2:49PM Security
Malware apps found to have short life span

Malware apps found to have short life span

Roughly half of all new malware dies off within the first day of its deployment, according to security experts.
Shaun Nichols Aug 13 2009 2:39PM Security
Apple patches Safari for fourth month in a row

Apple patches Safari for fourth month in a row

The release of Safari 4.0.3 -- the fifth browser update of the year from Apple -- fixes six vulnerabilities.
Dan Kaplan Aug 13 2009 11:17AM Security

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