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UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News More than three quarters (74 per cent) of the nearly 4,000 organisations that responded to The Invisible Crime: A Business Crime Survey survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), called for a dedicated police e-crime unit.silicon.com's e... [09 Apr 2008]
Businesses failing to safeguard sensitive data
News The study called for a public awareness campaign by commerce, academia and the government. BT's global head of security research and development, Bryan Littlefair, said: "Some businesses are clearly not doing enough to cleanse hard disks. [25 Sep 2007]
Security bosses seek to dissolve encryption bans
News The Jericho Forum, which is looking to move away from the perimeter model for cybersecurity in favour of an approach that would make data totally secure, hinted this could cause problems for e-commerce. [28 Apr 2005]
"Two-factor authentication won't stop ID theft"
News The well-known encryption expert, who has authored books on information security and terrorism, argued in a posting to his blog that e-commerce companies and security providers need to think more deeply about what two-factor authentication can solve. [16 Mar 2005]
Ecommerce players put muscle into security
News The panel, including security experts from e-commerce sites and online banks, outlined their predictions and opinions at the RSA Conference 2005 in San Francisco. Addressing a rise in identity theft and phishing attacks, a panel of security experts... [22 Feb 2005]
Gershon and Pinder take up vendor board positions
News Sir Peter Gershon, ex-chief executive of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), and Andrew Pinder, former e-Envoy, have both taken up board positions at software vendors. Meanwhile Pinder, formerly a VC, financial services chief and IT director... [16 Nov 2004]
US Secret Service rounds up ID thieves
News These suspects targeted personal and financial information of ordinary citizens as well as the confidential and proprietary information of companies engaged in e-commerce. The group traded stolen credit card numbers and bank account information as... [29 Oct 2004]
E-voting to go open source?
News An existing National Software Reference Library, operated by the Department of Commerce, should be expanded to include source code for voting machines. Soaries' suggestions, which also include standardised security checks and better record-keeping... [09 Jun 2004]
Microsoft reveals the identity that follows you round the web
News Both sets of services aim to allow websites to offer services to other e-commerce sites. WS-Security, which includes many of the federated identity specifications, passed muster in April. However, to share identity between sites on the web and... [25 May 2004]
Microsoft keen to think small
News The products were officially introduced at the ongoing Retail Systems 2004/VICS Collaborative Commerce conference in Chicago. In related news, the software maker released a package of upgrades for its Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 application... [18 May 2004]
Windows hacks available on the net
News Such servers are common in e-commerce applications, allowing intruders to target high-value computers with the vulnerability. Program files designed to exploit two major vulnerabilities in Microsoft software are being used to attack computers, but... [29 Apr 2004]
Malicious security attacks hit 90 per cent of UK firms
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms, introducing the report, said: "Security problems have now become a fact of business life, and not something that happens to someone else. More than 90 per cent of large UK businesses have been the victim of a... [27 Apr 2004]
Wanted: UK government 'CIO'
News The new position will also work with the Office of Government Commerce on public service efficiency and reform and lead the government's strategic relationships with major IT suppliers. The role will remain in the Cabinet Office and will... [01 Mar 2004]
Identity theft: It's all in your mind
News The research, conducted by Opinion Research on behalf of RSA Security, found that 63 per cent of consumers were more aware of identity theft issues now compared to last year, but only 18 per cent of consumers felt themselves to be any safer as a... [26 Feb 2004]
5 years ago... Government pushes UK as ecommerce leader
News The paper, titled: 'Net Benefit: the electronic commerce agenda for the UK', was also backed up by a statement from DTI Secretary of State, Peter Mandelson, saying the UK will become a "digital pathfinder" in the race to automate commerce structures. [07 Oct 2003]
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