IT Security Archive
An entertaining interview with Bruce Schneier in IT Security. He sets out in typically forthright style his view on big questions such as ‘Is security a solvable problem?’ He says, “Organizations need to be liable if they expose our personal …
More sobering stats. A report by IBM’s Internet Security Systems division says that 2007 will be a bumper year for IT vulnerabilities. It talks of a major growth in vulnerabilities in 2006, with 20 new ones reported every day, and …
Information security is about three things – confidentiality, integrity and availability. IT security people who think that it’s only about the first two of these have lost touch with where the money to pay their salaries comes from. For information …
This research from Harvard and Carnegie Mellon universities shows that that large companies have no clear stock price-related incentive to prevent privacy breaches. Despite clear evidence of vulnerabilities that could seriously harm their interests, investors fail to give major quoted …
Get Safe Online is out banging the drum for improved Internet security awareness amongst consumers and small businesses. As expected, their new survey reveals some strikingly relaxed attitudes (e.g. 25% of respondents were either not aware of phishing scams, or …
The UK’s Department of Trade and Industry periodically undertakes its own survey on IT security threats. The latest one, conducted for the DTI by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, has revealed that amid the general improvement in the level of preparedness by companies, small …
As we know from the countless surveys that flood the industry, the good news is that an increasing number of companies are adopting a professional approach to information security; the bad news is that there are still many, many organisations …
I have blogged previously about how simple USB storage devices pose a serious threat to corporate IT security. This article from Computerworld shows how the issue is escalating with the advent of the iPod as THE must-have accessory. Not only …
Symantec has brought out its ninth Internet Security Threat Report, providing a pretty comprehensive overview of the most recent trends. Here are some of the highlights, which underline that companies have to protect themselves against increasingly deliberate, professionally and financially-motivated …
News in that a school in the States is teaching its students about IT security. I have mixed feelings about this – great that it is happening, yet at the same time, how can we have got to 2006 and …
