authorities
RSS authoritiesCovert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Local authorities must cut down on using covert-surveillance techniques to investigate petty offences, the government has said. Ripa (the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) granted public... [05 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Under the scheme, organisations which use more than roughly £500,000 of electricity per year (including hotel chains, large local authorities and supermarket chains) will have to purchase allowances equivalent to their... [29 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News By moving away from malware distribution and into flogging useless software for cash, the scareware peddlars can avoid detection - £20 wasted is likely to prompt the victim to call the banks and police in the same way an emptied bank... [19 Oct 2009]
Maximising Site Visitor Trust Using Extended Validation SSL
White Paper The new certificates are called Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, and they represent more than a year's effort by the CA/Browser Forum, an industry consortium of leading Web browser manufacturers and SSL Certification... [05 Oct 2009]
Advancing Highways With Communication Solutions: Cost-Effective Ways to Address Growing Demands on Highway Infrastructure
White Paper Highway authorities worldwide are facing rapid growth in the number of passenger vehicles, combined with constraints on budgets and available space for new roads. To leverage available resources, transportation agencies... [02 Oct 2009]
Sub-Prime PKI: Attacking Extended Validation SSL
White Paper First, certificate authorities enforce a more thorough off-line validation process in order to more accurately identify the agent requesting the certificate as the owner of the domain which the certificate is for. [02 Oct 2009]
ADACOM Begins the Implementation of the e-Government Portal "HERMES" and Will Deliver 300,000 Triple Key Pair Digital Certificates for Electronic Signatures, Encryption and Authentication
White Paper The infrastructure will process digital certificates for the Greek citizens and enterprises that will be used for online transactions with the Greek authorities. The Hellenic Ministry of Interior resulted from the merger... [01 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile Suffolk became even more accessible to the public this year when he started his own blog, in which he lays out the IT complexity of Whitehall, 750 non-departmental bodies and 423 local authorities in the UK. [30 Sep 2009]
Online fraudsters enlist Trojans to run off with your money
News Finjan has notified German law enforcement authorities, Ben-Itzhak said. Researchers at security firm Finjan have discovered details of a new type of banking Trojan horse that doesn't just steal your bank log-in... [30 Sep 2009]
George Osborne
AS Profile IT and business process outsourcing could also be in line for a boost under the Conservatives, with Osborne pledging to see if outsourcing successes at local authorities could be replicated in Whitehall. [29 Sep 2009]
Sanofi-Aventis Brings Products to Market More Rapidly With SAS
White Paper Sanofi-Aventis deployed SAS solutions that helped to speed development and streamline delivery of data to health to the FDA and other health authorities. "Because Health Matters. That's the slogan of the second largest... [19 Sep 2009]
Business Intelligence Gears Up With Solution Package
White Paper As an application service provider for municipal authorities, KIVBF had to make substantial improvements to the performance of its SAP NetWeaver BW, because speedy analysis of data from the warehouse is increasingly... [01 Sep 2009]
Leading Law Firm Solves Compliance Issue With Webroot Security SaaS
White Paper Its e-mail and Web security vendor's servers were located in the U.S.making their information accessible for viewing by American authorities. Founded in 1984, Watson Goepel Maledy has grown from four partners to a mixed... [01 Sep 2009]
Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Baden-Franken (KIVBF): SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator on HP Hardware Boosts Performance and Reduces Administration for the SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
White Paper As an application service provider for municipal authorities, KIVBF had to make substantial improvements to the performance of its SAP NetWeaver BW, because speedy analysis of data from the warehouse is increasingly... [28 Aug 2009]
The Value of Location Intelligence in the Communications Industry
White Paper The power of location intelligence is helping many local authorities and government departments make more informed decisions and derive greater value from current location-based information and data. Public Services are... [25 Aug 2009]
