Security
RSS SecuritySecurity flaw found in RealPlayer
News But now the US security expert who discovered the original problem, Richard Smith, says the popular streaming media software RealPlayer contains the same unique ID number - leaving the data of around 70 million... [08 Nov 1999]
Viewers lose their Marbles over credit card ad
News Viewers told the Independent Television Commission (ITC) they found the advertisement's security claims misleading. Television advertisements for a credit card that claims to make Internet shopping safe is under... [03 Nov 1999]
TrustWorks offers security applications as open source
News Network security specialist, TrustWorks, is offering components of its Trusted Security Suite as open source code with the aim of creating a global standard. The US-based company hopes the move will help... [01 Nov 1999]
E-crime fear is holding back UK ecommerce
News Eugene Forrester, product marketing manager at Novell, claims the dangers associated with falling behind competitors are now far greater than those risked through Internet crime, urging businesses to adopt a security... [29 Oct 1999]
IBM revamps ecommerce security product
News IBM has revamped its flagship ebusiness security software, SecureWay FirstSecure, with user authorisation features designed to secure corporate networks. Big Blue claims its identification technology is easier to... [29 Oct 1999]
Government to launch 24-hour citizen helpline
News People will be able to use the service to notify their local authorities of a change of address and find information about social security packages for the bereaved, as well as help with long-term care assistance. [28 Oct 1999]
Symantec opts for the Web route
News Aled Miles, UK MD of Symantec, told Silicon.com: "This is part of an extended strategy that is taking us down the Internet content security road. Symantec has this week unveiled plans to offer its anti-virus software... [26 Oct 1999]
ITSec bestows highest security honour on smartcard
News The UK IT Security Evaluation and Certification Scheme (ITSec) has published its biannual certified product list. The scheme independently tests and evaluates the security levels of UK IT systems and... [26 Oct 1999]
Ecommerce Bill in trouble over human rights
News According to Beatson and fellow barrister Tim Eicke, the proposal to give police access to private encryption keys will "compromise the whole security of electronic communications by giving access to [the user's]... [26 Oct 1999]
UK business preoccupied with Y2K and security
News A Gartner Group survey carried out on behalf of the Association of Information and Image Management International, has found that businesses are more concerned with practical issues like security and Year 2000 than... [25 Oct 1999]
Banner to supply e-catalogue for government procurement scheme
News When the system goes live at the end of the year, users will be able to access it from the Internet using security codes and a read-only mode for guests or from the GSI. Banner Business Systems is to provide the UK... [25 Oct 1999]
NSA sweeps private emails for evidence of terrorism
News The US National Security Agency (NSA) was bombarded with email from protesters yesterday, according to Associated Press, after it was revealed that the agency was eavesdropping on emails looking for terrorist activity. [22 Oct 1999]
Sophos software launched in D-Fence of mobile workforce
News Security specialist Sophos has launched data protection software aimed at remote workers running on Windows NT. The software, called D-Fence, secures data on a laptop hard drive, including boot files, operating system... [22 Oct 1999]
Hewitt budgets £15m for ecommerce
News The programme called Management of Information (MI) is needed to fight the breach of security in ecommerce which is part of the overall fraud problem and costs the country £9bn each year. But Robin Wilton, consultant at... [22 Oct 1999]
Symantec loses VP to Ask Jeeves
News Anti-virus software company Symantec has lost its vice president of its security and assistance business unit, Enrique Salem. Salem will take over the position of senior vice president, engineering and development, at... [21 Oct 1999]
