Many Australian government agencies do not have appropriate controls covering the use of portable storage devices (PSDs) for the handling of personal information which is being lost at an alarming rate, according to new research by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Rodney Gedda |
08 May |
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Global energy giant BP is exploring numerous techniques to prevent sensitive information making its way out of the organization - including how best to deal with employees' use of third-party services.
Rodney Gedda |
19 May |
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As many as 23 percent of home computers are infected with malware, and of those, more than 70 percent had been infected in the past year, are among the alarming findings of AusCERT's first home computer user survey.
Rodney Gedda |
19 May |
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If ISPs are not trying to be part of the Internet security solution then they are part of the problem and customers should vote with their feet, according to a security officer of a European communications and hosting company.
Rodney Gedda |
21 May |
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Local victims of Nigerian online scams now have a new ally in the fight against fraud with a partnership between the Queensland Police Service, Nigeria's Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and industry.
Rodney Gedda |
22 May |
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With the business of Internet banking changing and online threats growing, the industry needs to adapt and integrate security technology across more channels and be more collaborative to reduce fraud, according to one electronic payments specialist.
Rodney Gedda |
21 May |
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The next time you relinquish your personal identity to simply enter a venue or purchase something, spare a thought for how the information might be stored, transmitted and used in the future. Such an overload of identity information may lead to a dramatic escalation in fraud, claims one legal eye.
Rodney Gedda |
20 May |
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The Department of Defence has chimed in on the network security debate, stating organizations need to be more proactive if they expect to ward off attackers that readily exploit the high levels of trust usually reserved for employees and known systems.
Rodney Gedda |
20 May |
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Microsoft Windows' infamous "Blue Screen of Death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now - a black screen of darkness.
Rodney Gedda |
11 Sep |
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With some 48,000 contracts, worth an estimated $14.8 billion, entered into by federal government departments annually, security procedures for dealing with contractors still require improvement, according to the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO).
Rodney Gedda |
15 Jun |
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The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), part of the Department of Defence, has opened display showcasing Australian defence technology achievements at the Wollongong, NSW Science Centre and Planetarium.
Rodney Gedda |
30 May |
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Australia needs to increase the funding and expand initiatives to protect critical infrastructure if it is to avoid a cyber war similar to the one that has struck Estonia for the past three weeks, according to a Deakin University professor.
Rodney Gedda |
25 May |
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The Parliament of New South Wales has inked a multi-year managed security services (MSS) deal to manage its core and edge network security at the main premises in Sydney and some 94 electoral offices throughout the state.
Rodney Gedda |
19 Apr |
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A group of Sydney-based hackers are poised to revolutionize global information security with CAcert, a non-profit, community project which provides free certificate authority (CA) services used for authentication and encryption.
Rodney Gedda |
18 Oct |
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Usability of security software is partly to blame for low protection levels in many computers, according to international security experts.
Rodney Gedda |
12 Oct |
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