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RSS filtering in newsGlitch delays Windows XP SP3 release
News Microsoft said: "To help protect our customers, we plan to put filtering in place shortly to prevent Windows Update from offering both service packs to systems running Microsoft Dynamics RMS. Once filtering is in place, we expect to release Windows... [30 Apr 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News Intercepting traffic for spam-filtering purposes or for blocking denial-of-service attacks was a different matter, Clayton added, because Ripa contains an exemption for technologies that are needed to protect the functioning of an ISP's service. [11 Apr 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News The majority of those businesses surveyed used antivirus and spam filtering software, backed up data and used a firewall, while only 40 per cent had a strong password policy and only 15 per cent employed an IT manager responsible for security. [09 Apr 2008]
'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market
News The 'iPhone effect' is filtering through the rest of the handset market as other manufacturers add new features to remain competitive in the face of Apple's touchscreen device. More on the iPhone Apple iPhone 'ready for business' diams... [25 Mar 2008]
Google launches online security tools
News Google has launched a range of web-based security applications for email filtering, encryption and archiving. The basic version of the tech - called Google Message Filtering - costs £1.50 per user per year and includes Postini's filtering system to... [05 Feb 2008]
Commerzbank gets ready for Sepa
News Commerzbank is using filtering technology to flag up suspicious payments as part of its preparations for the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa), due to come into force on 28 January. Germany's second largest bank has implemented message filtering... [15 Jan 2008]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News Emails released by the National Audit Office (NAO) reveal HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) did not strip out bank account and other sensitive details contained on the two CDs that have gone missing because of the extra cost it could have incurred. [23 Nov 2007]
Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News Harris's letter recommended customers activate IP address restrictions so users can only access Salesforce.com from the corporate network or VPN, educate employees about phishing, and deploy email filtering and anti-malware software. [08 Nov 2007]
Google adds Postini security to its Apps
News The addition of Postini's technology to Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) means that users can now better configure their spam and virus filtering and implement various policies, including a centrally managed outbound-content policy. [03 Oct 2007]
Social network sites scuttled by shipping business
News Shipping and tanker agency Graypen has installed web filtering technology across its network to make sure its staff don't spend too much time having fun online when they should be working. Graypen IT manager David Scott used a web filtering... [21 Sep 2007]
Employers crack down on Facebook "addicts"
News Steel said the next step will probably be to use filtering technology that allows restrictions to be set on how long an employee can spend on any one website in one day. Employers are being forced to crack down on staff accessing social networking... [31 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, BBC iPlayer, BlackBerrys and spam
News Whether companies choose open source or proprietary filtering, or outsource anti-spam to a third party, it appears more and more spam continues to get through. In fact, only two things are necessary to deal with spam at source and make post... [24 Jul 2007]
Is social networking a threat to your security?
News And fewer than half (47 per cent) automate their policies by using web filtering software. Social networking sites could be exposing consumers and businesses to increased security risk, it has been claimed. [23 Jul 2007]
Anti-spam measures fail business test
News Spam-filtering appliances were found to be slightly more effective than software filters but the level of customer dissatisfaction remained similar for email client and appliance spam filters, at 78 and 73 per cent dissatisfied respectively. [20 Jul 2007]
Web 2.0 whipping up a developer frenzy
News Another factor driving demand is undersupply, according to ATSCo - a result of fewer IT graduates filtering into the job market in the wake of the dot-com crash. Web developers are trousering a lot more cash thanks to the popularity of web 2.0 sites. [10 Jul 2007]
