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.

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
Webroot launches $1 million security data centre

Webroot launches $1 million security data centre

Security provider Webroot this week launched its first data centre in the southern hemisphere to support its expansion into the Asia Pacific market.
Liz Tay May 9 2008 7:41AM Security
CEOs underestimating security risks

CEOs underestimating security risks

Icann president launches new best practice guide for business leaders
Phil Muncaster May 8 2008 10:11AM Security
Salesforce claims security standards boost

Salesforce claims security standards boost

Salesforce.com claims to be the first publicly traded software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor to receive the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 security certification..
Staff Writers May 8 2008 7:18AM Security
Human error and complacency biggest IT security threats

Human error and complacency biggest IT security threats

Human error and complacency remain the biggest threats to an organisation's IT security.
Lilia Guan May 7 2008 11:04AM Security
Out-of-the-box architecture needs no code cutting

Out-of-the-box architecture needs no code cutting

Information Gateways and Information Builders have partnered to bring out-of-the-box managed file transfer architecture to Australian enterprises.
Liz Tay May 5 2008 12:40PM Storage
RSA president shares risk management secrets

RSA president shares risk management secrets

When addressing new business initiatives Art Coviello president of RSA begins by asking ‘what’s the probability of an information security risk coming to fruition?'
Negar Salek May 5 2008 12:24PM Security
Security firms 'celebrate' 30 years of spam

Security firms 'celebrate' 30 years of spam

Security researchers around the world are giving a tongue-in-cheek salute to the 30th anniversary of the first spam message..
Shaun Nichols May 5 2008 7:41AM Security
The legal implications of the PCI data security standard

The legal implications of the PCI data security standard

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard presents serious legal challenges and risk for retailers.
David Navetta, InfoSecCompliance, LLC Apr 30 2008 3:23PM Security
Converged security threats fly under IT managers' radar

Converged security threats fly under IT managers' radar

With the threat to online security growing all the time, a surprisingly low number of IT managers throughout Australia and New Zealand believe only one major security breach is really a threat to their companies.
Ashley Clark Apr 29 2008 3:35PM Security
Another college exposure, now in Colorado

Another college exposure, now in Colorado

Personal data at another college has been exposed, allowing potential hackers to gain access to student information.
Chuck Miller Apr 29 2008 9:43AM Security

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