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Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment Virtual private networks that use internet protocol security used to be seen as a nightmare. In today's highly regulated environment, large fines are being imposed on organisations that lose personal data. [25 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment All the data on the drives is secure. Then my brain started whirring and it occurred to me that the state of security on those drives was originally established some years ago. Something I really know well: security measures have to be continually... [18 Jun 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment There is the regular loss of confidential personal data by large companies and government agencies, such as HMRC, or, at the more sophisticated end of the spectrum, advanced identity theft from persistent bots and new exploits that seek to... [27 Feb 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment When outsourcing, the public sector body must choose a supplier that can provide sufficient guarantees with respect to the technical and organisational security measures governing the processing of data. [21 Dec 2007]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment If you're just monitoring what's going on in the network then you could just go ahead and get the flow data. On the other hand, Bruce Potter, security expert and founder of security consultancy Ponte Technologies, says network flow analysis can... [10 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment Audio, image data types, internet telephony and video present new challenges for CIOs responsible for corporate performance, security and productivity. In the same way, media has become as mission-critical as legacy text and numerical data that has... [29 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment The web is already the main target for security attacks. The security in the web has always been poor but the proliferation of personal information now available online means that the internet offers low-hanging fruit for criminals," West added. [26 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... McInternet, FON in the UK, safety first, e-fraud...
Comment What about hash generating private keys, which would allow forgery and threaten the security infranstructure (especially trust networks)? Whilst there may be a few situations where encrypted data need to be accessed, it will be very rare. [11 Oct 2007]
Network horror stories expose need for understanding
Comment Anton Grashion, security strategist at Juniper Networks, said: "Having centralised control of your network is crucial. As a number of horror stories reveal, corporate networks aren't the safe and tightly controlled entities they should be. [12 Apr 2007]
Leader: Why we keep our eye on the iPod
Leader As the device has proved, there's no longer such a clear defining line between enterprise and consumer hardware.iPods are regularly turning up in offices and finding their way onto corporate networks, as sys admins will testify, along with any... [11 Apr 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment The first step for VoIP security is to follow data networking best practice. Though there is precious little evidence of VoIP security attacks, organisations cannot afford to be complacent. Finally, in order to make sure all the good work in... [04 Apr 2007]
Do you know what's happening on your network?
Comment On the security front, Greg Day, technical solutions architect at McAfee, said threats posed to networks from the outside world have certainly changed. The ability to move 80GB of data in one fell swoop should be a concern for any business, yet... [28 Mar 2007]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment Unfortunately from a security viewpoint, this means that it will also be affected by all the attacks that cripple data networks, even if they are not deliberately targeting voice over IP. The beauty of converged networks is that voice over IP is... [09 Mar 2007]
The killer app for M2M
Comment This would allow offices to centralise and automate the lighting, heating, cooling and security systems. M2M is used to harness the power of networks in simple machine-to-machine monitoring tasks, without any human interface. [22 Feb 2007]
10 mobile trends: Should you care?
Comment For those pondering a rollout, issues of security should be writ large in any plan, with just one or two operating systems and only corporate devices supported. It's just starting life in the UK but all of the operators are building out their... [09 Feb 2007]
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