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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment War-game, or get someone else to war-game, the potential threats. Something I really know well: security measures have to be continually reviewed in the context of a back-drop of accelerating technology, deviousness and social complexity that... [18 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment Legislation and management thinking always lag years behind threats. If our societies are not to continue wasting billions on non-threats and non-problems we are going to have to get far more professional. [28 May 2008]
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment These legacy applications were never designed to be accessed in this manner and so lack a security model to address external threats. In terms of overall security, German organisations take the most proactive security stance among respondents and... [20 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video: How to manage tech complexity ¦ Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track ¦ Video: Tackling security threats ... [08 May 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Back in the distant past of 2003 the threats were different - viruses, spam, hackers, SQL Slammer and so on. We know from our own experience how rapidly the many different threats and attack platforms have evolved. [29 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment I refer to the latest threat report from Symantec, they are seeing a shift away from hacking individual computers to web-based threats. Computer intrusion mainly focuses on criminal hacking and distributed denial of service attacks but also deals... [15 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment That approach entails identifying and analysing real threats to the organisation. Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some new technology. In reality, good security requires fundamental organisational... [28 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment The real security threats may actually lie uncomfortably close to home, argues Stewart Baines. What's different about the internet threats - rather than internal ones - is that they tend to be indiscriminate. [10 Mar 2008]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Most security threats that affect web 2.0 are not new. Companies need to update their entire approach to security to cope with the threats posed by web 2.0. Re-examine the adequacy of corporate security policies and protection capabilities to deal... [26 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Data breach row, hotel iMac, wi-fi piggybacking: yay or nay?
Comment Then there are the potenial threats to the security of the data on your own machine. UK's worst security breach Don't leave security to chance, you may regret it later, please secure your wi-fi. Missing: 25 million child benefit records [22 Nov 2007]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment Anthony Plewes analyses the emerging threats. In forthcoming articles in this special report we will take a look at the techniques behind some of the new threats that businesses are facing in other communications channels and the web. [19 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of this year's Agenda Setters.silicon.com caught up with Schneier at the RSA Conference Europe 2007 to find out how... [23 Oct 2007]
Leader: Why security threats don't have to be taxing
Leader Laptops full of data get stolen all the time, but HMRC's security precautions before the theft last month and its actions afterwards are something that other organisations should look to emulate. And HMRC also added another - and probably most... [09 Oct 2007]
Security - no longer just about hackers
Comment As opposed to just blocking outside threats, security today also includes risk reduction and enabling businesses to communicate with third parties. Traditionally, the assumption has been that the organisation needs somehow to be protected from... [31 Jul 2007]
How do you get your head around 'risk'?
Comment As Dave Martin, principle information security consultant at LogicaCMG, puts it: "If you haven't undertaken risk analysis, then how can you know that you have spent your time and money covering the real threats rather than just your 'gut feel... [06 Jul 2007]
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