online security in comment and analysis
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment Recent research we conducted with online intellectual property specialist Commercial Security International estimates the value of counterfeit goods passing through online shopping sites in the UK to be as much as £800m. [22 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up The report found "two major institutional deficiencies", namely that "information security simply wasn't a management priority as it should have been" and that "HMRC had an organisational design that was unnecessarily complex and crucially, did... [27 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment Online check-in worked fine, as did the fast bag drop. Security was tortuously slow which meant less time in duty-free or splashing out in the fancy restaurants. It's a small claim to fame, I know, but I was one of the passengers who flew from the... [16 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography but it also combats online fraud, such as phishing, and property rights investigations. We think that this is one area where a lot can be done, individual users could do more... [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Now the internet is a primary tool for accessing services and buying goods, will the new Banking Code put consumers off the internet and dampen the growth of online trading? What the code has to say about online customers paying for fraudulent... [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment The success of data encryption in preserving the confidentiality of information was demonstrated recently by the discovery of a confidential Home Office disc found hidden in a laptop sold via online auction site eBay. [27 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Over the past 12 months, leading UK banks such as Barclays have been successful in reducing online fraud. In April 2007 Estonia, the former Soviet Baltic republic was paralysed by an unprecedented online attack from networks in Russia. [27 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal with internet-based crime, and allowing victims of online card fraud to report to the police - rather than to the banks which seem reluctant to act in many cases. [27 Feb 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment Furthermore, I've received several bills and statements by mail - why everything is not online is beyond me. Online, before I give my credit information, I have to provide my home address, phone number and email account. [25 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Laptop losses, mobile ads, gas-guzzler charge, Vista backtrack…
Comment Advertising in this manner as is done online is intrusive, interferes with what we are already trying to do, and is ultimately counterproductive. And stolen is not an excuse, stolen only happens when security is neglected. [21 Feb 2008]
Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008
Comment Online trading platforms have established themselves during times of strong economic growth assisted by easy and even lax credit. Electronic trading of fixed-income securities enables investors to secure instant access to all relevant information... [30 Jan 2008]
What is the future for Lotus?
Comment It's all very well to use an infrastructure comprising Skype and Google Mail combined with Facebook when your company consists of a handful of workers interacting online. But how can major corporations tap the benefits of social networks without... [24 Jan 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment Despite the broad reach of the internet, successful online traders need to focus tightly on individual customers. Geolocation can block online gamblers from restricted countries while it can also be used to deliver digital content to users within... [09 Jan 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment But losses from online fraud continue to rise. But why is online fraud on the rise and what are financial services firms doing about this and other kinds of financial scams? While overall card fraud is falling, instances of online fraud are... [24 Dec 2007]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment A recent survey of UK businesses carried out by the Department of Trade and Industry reported that, of businesses surveyed, 30 per cent of those who use online transactions do not encrypt them. Security from A to Z [21 Dec 2007]
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