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Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998
Cheat Sheet We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider legislation that would require organisations that suffer information security breaches to alert their customers if there is a chance the breach has put individuals... [28 Aug 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Grey nets
Cheat Sheet Staff must understand that while they may believe their actions are innocuous anything which undermines network security poses significant risk. Throw into this mix a growing list of online applications where users might be sharing data intended... [06 Jul 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
Cheat Sheet One of the most common examples of how companies use virtualisation is within data centres. But this is a new area of technology and some analysts are warning companies shouldn't rush in until they understand the potential security risks of... [04 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Software as a service
Cheat Sheet Likewise there are some concerns about security - do users really want important data outside of their own four walls? However, the on-premise vendors maintain SaaS simply will not fly with some businesses which have a guarded attitude to their... [31 Oct 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Wireless mesh networking
Cheat Sheet A mesh network is essentially a series of nodes - wireless access points typically mesh routers but also laptops, PDAs and the like - which route data to each other. In a traditional mesh network, nodes will constantly be communicating with each... [24 Feb 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Security appliances
Cheat Sheet A security appliance? The idea is that the appliance sits at the gateway and cleans data as it enters the enterprise, or passes across network borders. Well as you might imagine, it's an appliance - often a black or silver (techies may call it 'gun... [20 Feb 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Cheat Sheet While people are entitled to access public data, requests for information that could damage national security and top secret files are still off limits, the government has said. The Independent reported that several central government departments... [12 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Managed security services
Cheat Sheet There are also knee-jerk concerns about data privacy - the 'will they read my email' reaction - but these are largely non-issues and companies are starting to see beyond such worries and buy into the idea that a dedicated third party can manage... [24 Sep 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Micropayments
Cheat Sheet Microsoft's Passport wallet stores credit card data but can also handle other payment systems such as digital cash and electronic cheques. Passport itself has had some security 'issues', shall we say. [21 Mar 2002]
Cheat sheet: Mobile and wireless security
Cheat Sheet OK, let's start with mobile security. As you might expect the wacky wireless guys have made up their own security mechanism, named Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS). Most WLANs can secure data using the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol. [14 Feb 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Web services
Cheat Sheet The idea of web services relies on masses of data, usually customer data such as credit cards, being shared in some way across the internet. The biggest problems are without doubt security and privacy. [31 Jan 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Microsoft Passport
Cheat Sheet Privacy and security, dummy. There are three schools of thought arguing against it: One is against Microsoft on principal, and doesn't want Bill Gates getting anywhere near its personal data (these people would probably be against Microsoft finding... [09 Nov 2001]
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