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.

SurfControl: Top email security threats Q1

SurfControl: Top email security threats Q1

Anti-virus vendor SurfControl has released its findings into the major email security threats of the last quarter.
Staff Writers May 4 2006 10:01AM Security
U.K. Cabinet Office backs security enhanced Linux

U.K. Cabinet Office backs security enhanced Linux

Steve Marsh, director of the U.K. government’s Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA), has announced that IBM, and its partners Tresys Technology and Belmin Group, are working with the U.K. Cabinet Office to demonstrate one of the first mainstream mandatory access control (MAC) environments. The design is based upon Security Enhanced Linux and IBM WebSphere.
William Eazel May 2 2006 10:58AM Security
American Express warns of 'security measures' phishing scam

American Express warns of 'security measures' phishing scam

American Express is warning customers to be on the look out for a new phishing scheme that poses as a company "security measures" pop-up screen.
Frank Washkuch May 1 2006 7:01PM Security
U.K. squeezes BlackBerry security

U.K. squeezes BlackBerry security

CESG - the information assurance arm of the U.K. government communication headquarters (GCHQ) yesterday granted approval for government employees to use BlackBerry devices from Canadian vendor Research In Motion (RIM) to handle restricted data.
William Eazel Apr 28 2006 10:59AM Security
NCSA launches small business security campaign

NCSA launches small business security campaign

The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today unveiled the latest initiative in its on-going campaign to educate small businesses about cyber-security issues.
William Eazel Apr 27 2006 1:03PM Security
IT security more imporant to most U.K. businesses

IT security more imporant to most U.K. businesses

Three-quarters of U.K. businesses rate security as a high or very high priority for their senior management or board of directors, according to the latest government-sponsored survey of breaches in the U.K. released at Infosec London.
William Eazel Apr 26 2006 10:13AM Security
Half of business travelers worried by hotspot security

Half of business travelers worried by hotspot security

More than half of all business travelers are still concerned about security levels offered by wireless, according to a global survey.
René Millman Apr 24 2006 10:45AM Security
Security firm warns of fake blog ‘virus’

Security firm warns of fake blog ‘virus’

Security firm PandaLabs has issued a warning about a false virus for blogs that is causing confusion among blog writers and readers.
William Eazel Apr 24 2006 10:21AM Security
Demand ramps up for all-in-one security solutions

Demand ramps up for all-in-one security solutions

The complexity of managing security technologies is the third-highest challenge organizations will face over the next year, according to IDC.
William Eazel Apr 21 2006 1:19PM Security
Review: Websense Security Suite - Lockdown Edition

Review: Websense Security Suite - Lockdown Edition

This is a very popular product and you can see why from the moment you insert the CD, all the way through to having it completely up and ready for use. Websense is easy to use and configure. The set-up wizard has very clear steps and leaves no doubt to the installer that the program is installing correctly.
Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Apr 14 2006 12:00AM Security
Researchers take VoIP security back to school

Researchers take VoIP security back to school

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued four awards totaling $600,000 to the University of North Texas (UNT) to lead a multi-university collaboration to develop a geographically distributed, secure test bed to analyze VoIP vulnerabilities.
William Eazel Apr 13 2006 2:30PM Security
Security firm warns of 'toll-free' Chase phishing scam

Security firm warns of 'toll-free' Chase phishing scam

Hoping to increase their victim pool, scammers have launched a new Chase Bank email phishing scheme asking recipients to provide their personal information on a toll-free telephone call.
Dan Kaplan Apr 12 2006 6:38PM Security
MySpace taps Microsoft security bigwig for CSO gig

MySpace taps Microsoft security bigwig for CSO gig

Hugely popular social networking site MySpace.com has hired a chief security officer, naming a Microsoft executive to help protect the online community’s more than 68 million members.
Dan Kaplan Apr 11 2006 8:54PM Security
Better web banking security demanded

Better web banking security demanded

Almost 90 percent of U.S. bank account holders would like their financial service providers to monitor online banking sessions for signs of irregular activity in the way they currently scrutinize credit card transactions, recently released research has found.
William Eazel Apr 7 2006 12:49PM Security
Fed Gov signs with Microsoft for info swap

Fed Gov signs with Microsoft for info swap

Microsoft has signed a cooperative agreement with the Federal Government aimed at bolstering the security of the Government’s IT.
Staff Writers Apr 6 2006 11:59AM Security
Emerging threats fuel security support spending boom

Emerging threats fuel security support spending boom

Ill-prepared global IT organizations are trying to cover up after being "sucker-punched" with a vicious combination of emerging security threats, IDC warned yesterday.
William Eazel Apr 6 2006 10:20AM Security
Security on the shop floor

Security on the shop floor

Network security has always been an important consideration in office environments but it has been largely overlooked in manufacturing. But as the shop floor has become increasingly linked to the back office and with the expansion of industrial Ethernet, production managers are now taking network security more seriously.
Olaf Siemens Apr 5 2006 12:18PM Security
Microsoft revamps hosted security offerings

Microsoft revamps hosted security offerings

Microsoft has revamped its hosted security offerings with the launch of Exchange Hosted Services (EHS), formerly known as FrontBridge Technologies.
William Eazel Apr 4 2006 10:00AM Security
Review: Bluesocket BSC 2100

Review: Bluesocket BSC 2100

The BSC 2100 is one of the most advanced products around. One of its key strengths is that Bluesocket realises that wireless networks should integrate with existing networks with as little hassle as possible.
Christopher Moody Apr 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Review: InCharge RF Manager Server

Review: InCharge RF Manager Server

This device is similar in operation to RFprotect, but it comes with a 1U rack-mountable server, which configures the remote sensors.
Christopher Moody Apr 1 2006 12:00AM Security

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