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With great cloud comes great responsibility
Cloud computing is often treated as something of a black box: you put data into it, some magic goes on, and processed data comes out. But even though someone else is taking care of the heavy lifting, securing your data as it goes into the cloud is still your responsibility. So says Vince Lee, Regional Manager, Australia & New Zealand, SafeNet.
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Understanding and preventing data breaches
With reports coming out virtually every second day on serious data breaches around the world and in Australia, it’s time to add up the cost and take serious prevention measures. Merri Mack reports on the state of data breaches, and chats to the experts on ways to mitigate the damage.
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Defending the cloud from ‘the enemy within’
Securing a virtual environment means more than just policing its entry points, says Marc Meulensteen, Cloud Security Expert, Spirent Communications.
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PCI wireless compliance demystified
This white paper discusses the new PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) wireless requirements and provides an executive summary of solutions designed to provide out-of-the-box PCI compliance, robust wireless security and cost-effective compliance validation.
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Ten tips for end of life data security
Guy Holmes lists his top 10 tips for ensuring the security of data when the technology or the media it is stored on reaches EOL.
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Calculating the cost of a security breach
In 2005, the Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui was attacked by a group of hackers. Luckily, they were caught and the money recovered, but some companies are not so lucky and for those who have had security breaches, assessing the cost can be complex
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internet filtering
Enterprise Reporter v5 is a dedicated appliance for processing and displaying internet filtering logs without compromising filtering speed or performance, or impacting network functions.
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Netregistry acquires Distribute.IT following devastating hack
Domain registrar and web host Netregistry has acquired web host Distribute.IT, following a hacking attack earlier this month which irrevocably destroyed the online assets of some Distribute.IT customers.
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Lockheed Martin breach linked to RSA SecureID attack
Late last week, Lockheed Martin revealed that on 21 May it became aware of a significant attack on its information systems network. According to NSS Labs, a security advisory organisation, this attack follows directly from a breach at RSA Security in March, in which attackers may have acquired the means to crack RSA’s SecureID two-factor authentication systems.
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RSA SecureID breach could put customers at risk
EMC announced last week that its SecureID system had been breached. According to one security consultancy, this breach may have completely compromised the two-factor authentication product, exposing customers’ systems to attack.
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Companies fail to report data breaches
Companies are failing to report data security breaches to clients, according to a new survey from IT and business services company Logica.
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Gartner calls for sunlight to disinfect data breaches
Analyst firm Gartner has opened its Australian security summit in Sydney today (14th August) with a call for Australian governments to accelerate the development of legislation forcing organisations to disclose breaches of confidential data. Such legislation, the model for which was developed in California, makes it compulsory for organisations to inform customers if data about them is lost or stolen.
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Employees lie to conceal document-management mistakes
One in six employees lie to cover up mistakes involving the use of a wrong version of a document, a survey has revealed today.
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