Spotlight on Federal Government

Governments everywhere have come to realise that digital service delivery can be both more effective and less costly.

Which is why Australia’s Federal government established the Digital Transformation Agency to pave the way for an aggressive push into digital services.

iTnews has chronicled the resulting stream of new initiatives that change the way citizens and businesses work with government.

For this year’s benchmark we received entries from federal agencies detailing such efforts and showcasing how Canberra is not just talking technology, but using it to deliver outcomes that matter for Australians.

Review: Disk Protect

Disk Protect from Becrypt is a competent hard disk encryption that looks very good on paper.

Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Oct 3 2005 12:00AM Security

Review: DiskCrypt

DiskCrypt from Digisafe is unique among these products. Rather than being a software product that you use to encrypt your hard disk, DiskCrypt is a hard disk that comes pre-encrypted.

Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Oct 3 2005 12:00AM Security

Review: Encryption Plus Hard Disk

This had the most promise of all the products tested. It is easy to install, has lots of nice administrative options and is robust and well-certified.

Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Oct 3 2005 12:00AM Security

Review: OfficeLock

This is not a disk encryptor like most of the products on test, because it encrypts individual document files transparently. Indeed, it was designed and intended completely for enterprise use, and requires an external copy of Microsoft SQLServer in order to install.

Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Oct 3 2005 12:00AM Security

Australians risking online threats

A security vendor survey has suggested that most Australians use the internet for bill-paying and personal banking but don't take adequate precautions against online threats.

Staff Writers May 9 2005 11:23AM Security

Data breaches reveal lack of encryption

A California medical group could have avoided a huge headache if it had encrypted the patient data stored on two computers that were stolen, a security executive noted.

Marcia Savage Apr 11 2005 5:45PM Security

ACA investigates suspected spammer

The Australian Communications Authority is investigating a Perth-based company suspected of sending tens of millions of unsolicited commercial emails.

Staff Writers Apr 8 2005 3:07PM Security

Review: DESlock+

We have looked at DESlock+ before, with its DESkey USB tokens and file encryption software. And while the previous version impressed us enough to win Best Buy in our Data Encryption test last year, it is safe to say that the product has been improved by leaps and bounds since then.

Jon Tullett Apr 8 2005 12:00AM Security

Review: NMS for PC

NMS for PC v2.8 is a file encryption system with some interesting bells and whistles. The software integrates into the Windows logon process, using logon to ensure that access to encrypted data is limited to authorized users.

Jon Tullett Apr 8 2005 12:00AM Security

Review: PKWARE SecureZIP for Windows

Using zip archives to compress and transfer files has become such a standard part of everyday computing that the notion of using the same tools for security should come easily to most users.

Jon Tullett Apr 8 2005 12:00AM Security

Review: SafeBoot

Control Break's SafeBoot offers a lot of features, but we were a bit put off by several being cited as available at an extra cost, including some basic-looking items such as a scripted administration tool, or a database backup utility.

Jon Tullett Apr 8 2005 12:00AM Security