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Quantum Cryptology

whitepaper On the other hand, code-breakers in possession of a quantum computer can easily break popular encryption schemes such as RSA and Data Encryption Standard (DES), which are essentially intractable by any classical computer.

Tags: e-commerce security, code, encryption, quantum

[10 Apr 2008]

More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001

News Secretary Des Browne also admitted that three MoD laptops containing around 600,000 details of servicemen and recruits have been stolen since 2005. Government departments have misplaced more than 1,000 laptops and almost 500 mobile phones - either...

Tags: stolen, mobiles, laptops, lost

[01 Apr 2008]

Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts

News Previous figures have shown the MoD has lost 347 laptops since 2004 and Defence Secretary Des Browne admitted that three MoD laptops containing around 600,000 details of servicemen and recruits have been stolen since 2005.

Tags: laptops, theft, figures, measures

[19 Feb 2008]

Army targets enemy with high-tech laser guidance

News Defence secretary Des Browne said its improvements over the existing Otis and Spyglass systems, which have been in service for about 20 years, would lead to a "more effective use of firepower and save lives".

Tags: army, military, thales, charge

[15 Feb 2008]

Health Insurance Company Reengineers Call Center With CRM Solution

whitepaper Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a health insurance provider headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, averages 6,500 customer service calls daily with a staff of 250 Customer Service Agents (CSAs). To document a call, CSAs had to shuffle between 30...

Tags: call center - contact

[08 Feb 2008]

BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban

News Last month defence Secretary Des Browne admitted that three MoD laptops containing around 600,000 details of servicemen and recruits have been stolen since 2005. Government BlackBerrys and PDAs have been grounded by the Whitehall-wide ban on the...

Tags: data loss, blackberry, mod, government

[04 Feb 2008]

Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops

News It follows Defence Secretary Des Browne's admission that three MoD laptops containing around 600,000 details of servicemen and recruits have been stolen since 2005. All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted...

Tags: mod, government, security, whitehall

[22 Jan 2008]

MoD admits to more laptop thefts

News The Ministry of Defence has had two further laptops stolen, admitted Defence Secretary Des Browne.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants the government to review its data protection legislation and...

Tags: mod, investigation, defence, data loss

[22 Jan 2008]

Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records

News Defence minister Des Browne will make a statement today about the latest incident in a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches by the UK government, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing...

Tags: mod, ico, security, data loss

[21 Jan 2008]

French National Railway Connects With Customers on the Desktop

whitepaper SNCF (Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer), France's national railway company, is charged with operating freight and passenger rail services, including the TGV high-speed passenger train service. SNCF wanted to promote its online services in...

Tags: crm software

[17 Jan 2008]

End-to-End Reliability in UMTS: TCP Over ARQ

whitepaper The focus of this paper is end-to-end reliable transmission in UMTS environment where TCP, a reliable transport protocol designed to retransmit information in case of loss, is present at the mobile station as well as the wired portion of the network.

Tags: tcp - ip

[14 Jan 2008]

A QoS-Based FAP Criterion for Indoor 802.11 Wireless LAN Optimization

whitepaper Several software have been developed for computer-aided design of radio networks. The first constitutive element of such a tool is the propagation modelling algorithm. The second is the planning process providing positions and setup of access points.

Tags: local area networks (lan)

[05 Dec 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Encryption

Cheat Sheet As an example, the US ditched a 56-bit key-sized cipher called the Data Encryption Standard (DES) as its official encryption standard a few years ago in favour of the longer-keyed Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Tags: encryption, cheat sheet, age, authority

[28 Nov 2007]

Enhancing WLAN Security by Introducing EAP-TLS Smartcards

whitepaper Various researches have proposed multiple protocols within 802.11 security to protect and authenticate access to wireless LAN. This paper presents the first implementation of EAP-TLS protocol in smartcards.

Tags: ssl - tls, protocol, protocols, smartcards

[25 Nov 2007]

Tirer le meilleur parti dâ€Âune information et de données gérées, du point de vue de la propriété intellectuelle

whitepaper Manque de contrôle des ressources d'informations = décisions décevantes Le rapport, s'appuyant sur les connaissances technologiques et commerciales de Quorcica, explique aux entreprises comment créer un environnement performant.

Tags: mainframes, , Ÿ€, un

[25 Oct 2007]

Network Security With OpenSSL: Introduction

whitepaper OpenSSL is a cryptographic library; it provides implementations of the industry's best-regarded algorithms, including encryption algorithms such as 3DES ("Triple DES"), AES and RSA, as well as message digest algorithms and message authentication...

Tags: network security, message, algorithms, integrity

[25 Oct 2007]

Le catalogue des références Oracle

whitepaper Le catalogue des Offres Technologiques Oracle dédiées aux PME-PMI.

Tags: infrastructure management, , pme pmi, offres technologiques oracle

[06 Sep 2007]

Étude IDC-ORACLE Lâ€Âusage des solutions informatiques dans les PME françaises

whitepaper Présentation des grandes tendances du marché et des solutions Oracle pour accompagner les PME dans lâ€Âatteinte de leurs objectifs. Plus quâ€Âun coût, lâ€Âinformatique pour les PME doit contribuer à lâ€Âactivité de lâ€Â...

Tags: infrastructure management, , des, les

[06 Sep 2007]

CATALOGUE ONE ORACLE

whitepaper Le catalogue des Offres Technologiques Oracle dédiées aux PME-PMI.

Tags: infrastructure management, , pme pmi, offres technologiques oracle

[06 Sep 2007]

Ständiges Auf und Ab: Eine Analyse des 2. Quartals 2006

whitepaper Herzlich willkommen zur neuesten Ausgabe des monatlichen Intelligence Reports von MessageLabs. Dieser Bericht informiert Sie über aktuelle Gefahrentrends im Juni 2006, liefert Ihnen einen Rückblick auf das zurückliegende Quartal und hält Sie Ã...

Tags: ber, à, und, auf

[05 Sep 2007]

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