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RSS border securitySecurity "Point" Solutions Are Not a 4 Letter Word: Why Purpose-Built Solutions for Patch and Configuration Management Continue to Be a Good Thing
White Paper Google acquired both Postini and Green Border, IBM bought Watchfire, HP bought SPI Dynamic, Checkpoint acquired Pointsec, Symantec snapped up Vontu, and there were plenty of others. Off late there has been a substantial... [12 Nov 2009]
A Survey of BGP Security Issues and Solutions
White Paper As the Internet's de facto interdomain routing protocol, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the glue that holds the disparate parts of the Internet together. A major limitation of BGP is its failure to adequately... [11 Nov 2009]
No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Comment Under the current VAT rules, where cross-border services are provided by one business to another, the basic place of supply rule for VAT purposes is to treat the supply as taking place in the country where the supplier... [11 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News In a way, the way these scams are constructed they're more like elaborate business ventures that border on illegality. The strange thing about the way they're developing is they're moving more away from the criminal... [19 Oct 2009]
McAfee Total Protection Service Protects Chamber of Commerce PCs With Less Effort and Expense
White Paper Located in East Texas, not far from the Louisiana border, the county of Nacogdoches (pronounced nack-a-doe-chus), is home of Stephen F. The Chamber of Commerce has limited in-house IT expertise and resources to devote to... [01 Sep 2009]
Border Security Systems: The Hungarian Case Study
White Paper Over the past ten years, Hungary has re-organized the structure of its Border Guard, changing it from a military organization with staff that is enrolled, into a police organization with solely professional staff. [31 Jul 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The government claims to have issued 50,000 cards to foreign nationals but in April the CIO of the IPS Bill Crothers admitted that readers for the cards embedded chips would not be in place at UK border entry points... [30 Jul 2009]
Homeland Security hires ex-hacker
News This meeting was focused on Southwest border protection. Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the US Homeland... [08 Jun 2009]
Laser-Based Security System Relies on VersaLogic for Processing Power in Extreme Weather Conditions
White Paper The Vumii Discoverii security platform is used in border security systems, airports, ports, waterways and nuclear power plants around the world. Effective nighttime... [30 Apr 2009]
Innovation Network Lecture Series: EPC RFID Tags in Security Applications: Passport Cards, Drivers Licenses, and Beyond
White Paper They are prevalent in case and pallet tracking, and percolating into consumer items and border-crossing documents. The attendee of this webcast will explore the systemic risks and challenges created by... [30 Apr 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News Dmitri Alperovitch, an executive at the software security firm McAfee, said: "The Russians got involved in cybercrime in the early 1990s and organised around software-based piracy. Making a rare public appearance at a... [23 Apr 2009]
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
Comment However, while ecommerce is taking off at national level, this trend is not mirrored in cross-border trade. Only seven per cent of consumers buy their goods online from a seller based in another member state - and the... [15 Apr 2009]
Identity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News A UK Border Agency spokesman said that the approach of checking passenger details before they travel to Britain had already proved its worth. The UK Border Agency has a network of immigration liaison... [30 Mar 2009]
Web Gateway Strategies for Government: Moving Beyond the TIC Deadline
White Paper Listen to this podcast to learn how Blue Coat customers like the Department of Homeland Security's US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agency recently consolidated its gateways to comply with TIC. What... [18 Mar 2009]
NEXUS: Life in the Fast Lane - RFID Powers Border Crossing Program
White Paper NEXUS was developed jointly by the U.S.and Canada to expedite border crossings by low risk travelers. First piloted at a small port in Port Huron, Michigan, the system now is being rolled out to every major trade... [16 Mar 2009]
