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.

Telecommuters condemned as weakest link in security chain

Telecommuters condemned as weakest link in security chain

A quarter of IT mangers fear that remote workers present the biggest challenge to security in their organisations, according to newly published research.
Robert Jaques Oct 26 2004 10:39AM Security
Cisco and Microsoft seal security alliance

Cisco and Microsoft seal security alliance

Cisco and Microsoft have promised customers improved IT security after sealing an alliance that will see the two technology giants integrate key technologies into forthcoming offerings.
Robert Jaques Oct 19 2004 10:09AM Security
Telindus boosts security with peer-to-peer policy management

Telindus boosts security with peer-to-peer policy management

Telindus France has bolstered its network security with a policy management system designed to improve traffic management and reduce the impact of viruses and worms across its range of service offerings for broadband ISPs in France.
Robert Jaques Oct 18 2004 4:31PM Security
A life-threatening security problem?

A life-threatening security problem?

Having a medical scan may no longer be the life-saving process we once thought it was.
John Sterlicchi Oct 15 2004 4:19PM Security
IBM and Cisco expand global security alliance

IBM and Cisco expand global security alliance

IBM and Cisco Systems have extended their established global security partnership with the launch of a jointly developed offering designed to reduce the damage and disruption that viruses and worms can cause to networks.
Robert Jaques Oct 15 2004 2:07PM Security
US and India collaborate over cyber security

US and India collaborate over cyber security

The Information Technology Association of America (ITA) and India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) this week signed a memorandum of understanding to lay a roadmap for their collaboration on the prevention of cyber crime.
Robert Jaques Oct 14 2004 2:49PM Security
Plague of viruses, worms, and spam fuel Gulf States security software boom

Plague of viruses, worms, and spam fuel Gulf States security software boom

Fuelled by a plague of viruses and spam, security software spending rose by over a quarter to $52.59 million in the Gulf States in 2003 and is expected to rise 27 per cent during 2004, recent analysis of the Middle Eastern security market has revealed.
Robert Jaques Oct 13 2004 12:58PM Security
IP telephony take up dogged by security woes

IP telephony take up dogged by security woes

Security concerns are holding back the takeup in IP telephony as it is considered another gateway into the corporate network for hackers.
René Millman Oct 9 2004 11:05AM Security
Sloppy Plug & Play USB device security rife on UK corporate networks

Sloppy Plug & Play USB device security rife on UK corporate networks

The majority of UK companies are leaving their networks wide open to serious security risks arising from failure to control fast growing staff use of insecure 'plug & play' portable devices.
Robert Jaques Oct 8 2004 11:16AM Security
Balancing security products with management time: are you stretching yourself too thin?

Balancing security products with management time: are you stretching yourself too thin?

With new threats emerging by the second, enterprise security has become paramount. IT managers, however, are faced with the daunting task of coordinating numerous elements from VPNs and e-mail scanning systems to content filters and anti-virus software.
John Edwards Oct 6 2004 3:36PM Security
DOE infosec weaknesses led to 199 intrusions

DOE infosec weaknesses led to 199 intrusions

Problems with the Department of Energy's cybersecurity program led to 199 intrusions, affecting 3,531 systems across the agency in fiscal year 2004, according to the DOE's inspector general.
Marcia Savage Oct 5 2004 10:10PM Security
Outsourcing firms warned of 'significant cost of security'

Outsourcing firms warned of 'significant cost of security'

International enterprises cannot afford to ignore the potentially serious IT security implications that arise when they decide to outsource core business functions to third party providers, industry analysts have warned.
Robert Jaques Oct 5 2004 10:53AM Security
Corporates demand better LAN switch security

Corporates demand better LAN switch security

Increasing demand of sophisticated security features to support wireless and converged voice/data networks is leading to a "shake up" in the global LAN switching market.
Robert Jaques Oct 4 2004 1:49PM Security
U.S. cyber security czar’s resignation was expected

U.S. cyber security czar’s resignation was expected

Amid rumors that his quick resignation from the Department of Homeland Security stemmed from frustrations with the agency’s lack of attention to cyber security issues, the country’s now former cyber security chief Amit Yoran said that it was understood from the beginning he would only serve for one year.
Illena Armstrong Oct 1 2004 10:51PM Security
University of Texas Health Science Center completes data security project

University of Texas Health Science Center completes data security project

The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston completed a network upgrade to protect and encrypt personally identifiable patient and employee financial information, electronic protected health information (EPHI) and intellectual property.
Robert Jaques Oct 1 2004 10:24AM Security
Money Mart banks on real-time security monitoring

Money Mart banks on real-time security monitoring

Money Mart, a money services firm with 250 locations in the US, has rolled out a browser-based real-time monitoring and centralized event management application in a bid to maximize network security and help meet regulatory compliance laws.
Robert Jaques Sep 30 2004 10:18AM Security
Vendors struggle to cope with WLAN security threats

Vendors struggle to cope with WLAN security threats

The market for wireless local area network (WLAN) security technologies is growing "phenomenally", but vendors are struggling to keep up with the fast-moving nature of WLAN security threats, industry experts have warned.
Robert Jaques Sep 29 2004 11:28AM Security
European security agency up and running

European security agency up and running

The European network and information Security Agency ( ENISA ) should be up and running in the autumn according to one of the new organization's staff.
René Millman Sep 28 2004 5:22PM Security
Austrian bank boosts security to meet Basel II Accord

Austrian bank boosts security to meet Basel II Accord

BAWAG-PSK, the fourth-largest bank in Austria, has conducted a major network upgrade in a bid to boost IT security in the face of "unprecedented threats" and to meet the regulatory requirements of the forthcoming Basel II Accord.
Robert Jaques Sep 28 2004 9:28AM Security
Firewalls and antivirus rated most highly valued security solutions

Firewalls and antivirus rated most highly valued security solutions

According to the latest Yankee Group 2004 Enterprise Security Services survey of US enterprises, firewalls and antivirus are the two most highly valued security technologies. The poll also found that Symantec, Cisco and Network Associates (which has since changed its trading name to McAfee) rank as the three most trusted security product vendors.
Robert Jaques Sep 27 2004 12:35PM Security

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