antivirus in comment and analysis
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment A is for Antivirus Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment A is for Antivirus Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. [26 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment A is for Antivirus But now the problem for mobile workers is how to tap into all that increased connectivity, says George Malim. The ubiquitous wi-fi hotspot, present in hotels, airports and coffee shops the world over, has now been complemented by... [12 Jun 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment A is for Antivirus Security experts are having to admit that traditional antivirus scanning approaches are no longer able to keep pace with the growth in malware products, increasingly purpose-designed by sophisticated criminal gangs, with product... [29 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment People are not doing the basics, using antivirus software, downloading patches, using firewalls, using passwords that are not easy to guess, being careful where they surf and what they click on and opening email with attachments coming from... [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment The code makes it possible for consumers to be held liable for their online losses if, for example, they have out of date antivirus software or fall for phishing scams. Failing to act with reasonable care includes not keeping antivirus software up... [15 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment A is for Antivirus Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some new technology. In reality, good security requires fundamental organisational change, says Danny Bradbury [28 Mar 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment A is for Antivirus Data leaks are a growing problem. Yet most firms don't know how sensitive data is getting out, let alone how to stop it. Tools exist to shore up those vulnerabilities, says Anthony Plewes. [19 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment A is for Antivirus Putting a ring of steel around corporate data is only part of the answer. The real security threats may actually lie uncomfortably close to home, argues Stewart Baines. Hardly a week passes without another big data breach... [10 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment You would not run a laptop without antivirus or a personal firewall these days, so why in business have we been so slow to utilise the readily available encryption solutions out there? What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards... [21 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday
Comment A is for Antivirus Long tails. I arrive at the Fira early to struggle through the be-suited throng and get my seat at the big name keynotes. Not early enough, however, to claim a space on the main floor. [13 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment A is for Antivirus Written on the London-Ipswich train and sent via a wi-fi signal picked up at the bottom of a field in a remote part of Suffolk, UK. During the past 15 years I have seen one generation of laptop after another get faster and more... [28 Jan 2008]
The truth about software as a service
Comment For antivirus vendors it is old hat. Microsoft itself is both an antivirus vendor and online conferencing vendor and is doing all this too. That's why it's becoming increasingly common to mix and match on-demand and on-premise elements from... [23 Jan 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment A is for Antivirus The issue of data encryption has been brought into sharp focus recently with the HMRC data loss fiasco. Paul Bentham explains why it is important government staff adhere to guidelines around it. [21 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century
Comment A is for Antivirus The auction of the last great chunk of US broadcast spectrum gets under way in the new year. This event could turn out to be a defining moment for the future of mobile computing, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. [17 Dec 2007]
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