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Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Insecure PCs: Another customer had several PCs containing password crackers and network sniffing code that could have significant implications on privacy and HR. Unused PCs: One customer outsourcing the management of 70,000 PCs was actually paying... [29 May 2008]
Mobile management woes? O2's here to help
News The managed offering covers the initial configuration of the device and its dispatch to the user; day-to-day account administration - such as password and licence management, monitoring and alerts, activity reports and recommending changes; and... [21 May 2008]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News Two password-protected CDs containing the child benefit information were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a junior HMRC official through courier TNT to the National Audit Office on 18 October but never arrived and have not been found. [20 Nov 2007]
How to clean up after a data breach
News The team then did a top-to-bottom review of all the applications within the breached management system which included reviewing the system's password procedures, log on methods and revalidating privileges. [19 Sep 2007]
ID management in the security spotlight
News A username and password does not guarantee the identity of the user - and the lack of very clear aims hamstrings many identity management projects, he argued. Identity management remains a problem for both private and public sector organisations... [30 Apr 2007]
Vista to cure ID management headache?
News Microsoft has been promoting the technology as a way to make using digital identities easier and safer and replace username and password as the means of verifying identity on the internet. New identity management technology in Windows Vista can... [14 Sep 2006]
Loan company loses data on 1.3 million students
News The data was encrypted and password-protected but subsequently decrypted and stored on the now-lost hardware by the Hummingbird employee, TGSL said. However, the lost hardware does require a password for access. [02 Jun 2006]
Symantec eyes transaction security
News In addition, the forthcoming security offering will protect against password-stealing Trojan horses and other keystroke-logging "crimeware", Salem said. The software promises to warn the user when an online transaction is suspicious or when... [01 Jun 2006]
Password Hell: Top tips
News silicon.com this week has been covering the issue of password management which is still proving a perennial nightmare for IT managers. If it seems incredible that we are still talking about password management at all, then it is unimaginable that... [16 May 2006]
Password Hell (Part 2): Companies must get it right... now
News Failure to properly instil a culture of effective password management in a company could land its directors in jail, while wading through alternatives to "fatally flawed" passwords is a process mired in "fear, uncertainty and doubt" according to... [16 May 2006]
Password Hell (Part 1): The IT chief's nightmare
News The perennial problem of password management is still proving a major headache for end users and the problems are only getting more complex - especially as companies start to weigh up the pros and cons of updating systems to work with newer forms... [16 May 2006]
Microsoft shelves RSA token support for Vista
News Vista is expected to include a password management system called InfoCards, which Gates announced at the RSA conference. Coviello said in an interview on Tuesday morning in Sydney: "Microsoft had said they would include the ability to support all... [03 May 2006]
Federated identity 'can transform e-government'
News He said: "I have personally submitted my tax returns online and the process of getting a username and password was rigorous and intensive and I would support the same 'identity' being available for me to access other services. [22 Feb 2006]
Is your company doing enough to protect itself... and you?
News Our study found that medium firms are ahead of large firms by a significant margin in adoption of intrusion alerts, intrusion prevention, encryption, PKI, password management systems, and password tokens," Scavo told silicon.com. [20 Feb 2006]
CIO Jury: Will biometrics replace passwords and PINs?
News Hammond said: "I can't see biometrics replacing user ID and password as the basic mechanism for routine security because that is easy to set up and administer. Iris and fingerprint-scanning technology will replace passwords and PIN numbers as the... [16 Feb 2006]
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