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'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Early priorities are likely to be securing a central contact for reporting all cyber crime, a charter of security responsibilities for industry - from ISPs to software vendors, the creation of dedicated... [15 Sep 2008]
Police e-crime unit set for green light
News The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a reality, according to one of the architects of the project. Paul Simmonds, former chief... [25 Apr 2008]
FSA warns banks to wise up on security
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned the banking industry to shape up their attitudes to securing sensitive data and customer information. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to... [25 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News Speaking at the Cyber Warfare 2008 event in London this week, Debi Ashenden, senior research fellow at the Defence College of Management and Technology at Cranfield University, said most companies overlook the importance of employee... [03 Apr 2008]
Don't forget to secure your BlackBerry, companies told
News But Scott Totzke, VP of global security at RIM, said while this demilitarised zone may work for some BlackBerry customers it is just one approach to securing the devices - stressing there is no... [10 Mar 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News Securing the perimeter I think the challenge is moving from that perimeter-based security to what we call information-centred security, it's really about protecting the... [15 Feb 2008]
Web 2.0 security risks being ignored
News Essentially, what is needed is a shift in focus from securing the infrastructure, through which data moves, to the data itself, said Rashke. Group head of information security at... [31 Jan 2008]
Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn
News According to the Society of IT Management's (Socitm) annual IT Trends survey, spending on local government IT will rise again as councils invest in efficiency programmes and securing the information held... [03 Jan 2008]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Policies, processes and a "corporate ethos" of care of data are more important in securing sensitive information than using encryption technology. He said: "This is a minimum requirement for... [07 Dec 2007]
Staff mobile devices increase security risk
News Gartner's Heiser believes encryption will become one of the most important factors in securing portable devices, predicting "in five years all laptops will be encrypted". Heiser recommended security... [23 Nov 2007]
Lean, green, theft-proof machines?
News Following silicon.com's recent series of stories revealing how many laptops get stolen each year, it is perhaps no surprise that companies are looking at ways of securing their corporate data. Gartner too has predicted... [06 Jun 2007]
Hackers 'will crack Windows security tech soon'
News Cyber crooks have found ways to exploit the innards of Windows for malicious purposes, making the protection offered by PatchGuard key to securing the operating system, Microsoft has said. Hackers will break through the... [13 Oct 2006]
CIO Jury: Mobile device as security risk
News All 12 of silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel said they are looking at more sophisticated mobile device management and security technologies for locking down and securing corporate data access across... [02 Oct 2006]
World Cup 2006: Making IT happen
News Securing the data is also key over such a distributed network, said Meyer, who has worked closely with network partner Avaya to proactively assess risk and potential attack vectors. Doug Gardner, World Cup programme... [20 Jun 2006]
Cyber security 'not keeping pace with threats'
News Progress has been made on the US government's strategy for protecting the internet and securing information systems but the work is not done, a panel of experts said on Tuesday. Schmidt was joined on the... [15 Feb 2006]
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