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Public Sector Service Achieves 100 Per Cent Uptime for Business Critical Messaging Server

whitepaper The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland provides an independent public-prosecution and deaths-investigation service. COPFS wanted to improve visibility across its 62-site distributed IT infrastructure to ensure maximum...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Cloud computing: Silver lining…

Comment A big name might claim a slick-sounding service but closer investigation may reveal it's still at the pilot stage. Since so many people are talking about cloud computing, it really wouldn't hurt to know what it is.

Tags: saas, data centres, cloud computing

[09 May 2008]

The Simple Information Security Audit Process: SISAP

whitepaper The SISAP employs a concept proof approach based on 10 information security best practices investigation sections, 36 information security objectives, and 127 information security requirements, as specified in the ISO 17799.

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Bank Finds Windows Solution 20 Percent Less Expensive, More Capable Than Linux/Oracle

whitepaper A new IT chief with deep UNIX and Oracle roots launched a serious investigation into migrating the bank to a Linux/Oracle platform. Cole Taylor Bank needed to upgrade its aging Microsoft Windows - based infrastructure to meet pressing business needs.

Tags: customer support services

[02 May 2008]

Single-System Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability on HP Integrity Superdome With Emphasis on HP-UX

whitepaper HP-UX, Windows Server 2003, and Linux are planned to run on HP Integrity Superdome, and an investigation is underway to add OpenVMS to this list. HP Integrity Superdome runs the new 1.5 GHz Intel Itanium 2 (Madison) processors.

Tags: application servers

[02 May 2008]

Business First Video Series: Special Investigations in Green

whitepaper This initial Business First investigation report helps answer these questions -- what is a green data center and why do I need one? Watch this short video to learn what defines a true green data center.

Tags: infrastructure management

[23 Apr 2008]

FTI Consulting Secures Huge Cost Savings with Check Point and Nokia

whitepaper FTI is a multi-disciplined consulting firm with leading practices in the areas of financial restructuring, litigation support and engineering/ scientific investigation. The company needed a flexible and affordable solution that could be deployed...

Tags: security applications, vpn, appliances, security management architecture

[10 Apr 2008]

The Blocking of Terrorist-Related Assets Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

whitepaper The Bush administration has implemented a broad array of tactics to respond to the terrorist threat, including the aggressive investigation and arrests of those with suspected ties to terrorist groups, heightened efforts to coordinate intelligence...

Tags: anti-hacking, campaign, terrorist, al qaeda

[10 Apr 2008]

Geographic Surveillance and Hotspot Detection for Homeland Security: Network Analysis of Biological Integrity in Freshwater Streams

whitepaper Critical stream subnetworks that remain unaccounted for after this filtering exercise become candidates for more detailed modeling and site investigation. This study employs the network version of the upper level set scan statistic to characterize...

Tags: anti-hacking, streams, variables, impairment

[10 Apr 2008]

The Transportation of Hazardous Materials After September 11: Issues and Developments

whitepaper In light of these events, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned state and local law enforcement authorities and the American Trucking Association to watch for anything suspicious regarding haulers of hazardous waste, biological agents and...

Tags: network security, materials, waste, haul

[10 Apr 2008]

Bayesian Network Management

whitepaper This is a preliminary investigation, which raises many interesting questions for future research. We formulate some general network (and risk) management problems in a Bayesian context, and point out some of the essential features.

Tags: monitoring systems, strategies, investigation, context

[10 Apr 2008]

HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details

News HSBC faces possible investigation by the UK's financial watchdog after admitting losing a CD containing the details of 370,000 customers. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has been informed about the loss and the bank faces a possible...

Tags: hsbc, fsa, data loss

[07 Apr 2008]

Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?

News The investigation is still ongoing, the spokesperson added. Microsoft has also been approached by the Commission on the matter and has promised to co-operate with the investigation. The investigation stems from a complaint lodged by the European...

Tags: standard, microsoft, ooxml

[04 Apr 2008]

EC examines Nokia bid for Navteq

News The European Commission has said it has opened an in-depth investigation into plans by Nokia to buy US-based digital-map supplier Navteq for $8.1bn. The EC said in a statement: "The Commission's initial market investigation has indicated that the...

Tags: eu, ec, navteq, nokia

[31 Mar 2008]

Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere

News The head of e-crime for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sharon Lemon, has warned e-crime is so widespread it now plays a role in nearly every criminal investigation. Lemon said that with computers widely used by criminals it was...

Tags: soca, cyber crime, e-crime, campaign

[19 Mar 2008]

Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police

Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police

News This follows the launch of silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign calling for a dedicated UK cyber crime police unit to co-ordinate investigation and recording of e-crime nationwide. Businesses would be forced to contribute to the funding of a...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, dedicated, campaign

[17 Mar 2008]

UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force

News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), blue chip user group the Corporate IT Forum (Tif) and tech industry trade body Intellect are all backing the campaign for a...

Tags: e-crime, police, cyber crime, crime

[14 Mar 2008]

Editor's Blog: An everyday tale of e-crime

Comment What it is calling for is a dedicated cyber-crime police unit to lead investigation in this area. Nothing odd in that. Except that - while it had his address on it - it was in someone else's name. And it was for a phone number that wasn't his, on a...

Tags: crime, police, identity fraud, hacking

[13 Mar 2008]

Police e-crime funding set for green light?

Police e-crime funding set for green light?

News If the PCEU pieced together a larger, nationwide attack from regional incidents it could either investigate this itself or nominate a local force to lead the investigation. Start-up funding could be secured for a national police e-crime unit this...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, campaign

[12 Mar 2008]

e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign

News Our e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a fully-resourced national police unit to co-ordinate the investigation and reporting of hacking, denial of service and other high-tech attacks and fraud against businesses, public bodies and individuals.

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, nhtcu, threat

[12 Mar 2008]

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