News

News Archive

June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 1

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 1
June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 2

Quiz: Secure Web directories and development, answer No. 2
June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Analysts say 'cloudy' forecast is OK
June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Compliance shouldn't be a primary security driver
June 05, 2005 05 Jun'05
Quiz: Secure Web directories and development

Evaluate your knowledge of Web threats and how to defeat them. Questions cover security risks of dynamically created content and proper security management.
June 04, 2005 04 Jun'05
Top tools for testing your online security, part 2

Michael Cobb explains what tools are helpful in maintaining Web security, including security scanners, benchmarking tools, monitoring services and online resources.
June 04, 2005 04 Jun'05
Top tools for testing your online security

Learn a structured approach for Web security that can make your security management tasks easier and increase your chances of success.
June 04, 2005 04 Jun'05
Life at the edge part 3: Resistance to failure

Learn how architecture, protocol and application-level protections work together to safeguard a Web infrastructure.

June 04, 2005 04 Jun'05
Life at the edge part 4: When things go wrong

A checklist and other hints to protect your Web servers from a worst-case scenario.
June 04, 2005 04 Jun'05
Life at the edge part 2: Divide and conquer with DMZs

Learn how a DMZ works and how it can protect Web servers.
June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 5

Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 5
June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 4

Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 4
June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks

Test your knowledge of the material covered in the "Identify and analyze Web server attacks" section of Intrusion Defense School.
June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 2

Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 2

June 03, 2005 03 Jun'05
Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 3

Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks, answer No. 3
June 02, 2005 02 Jun'05
Quiz: Web attack prevention and defense

Test your knowledge of the material covered in Web attack prevention and defense, including the fundamentals of securing a Web server.
June 01, 2005 01 Jun'05
Zombie machines used in 'brutal' SSH attacks

IT managers use SSH to gain secure access to remote computers. Hackers are using it to crack your network, with help from their zombie friends.
May 31, 2005 31 May'05
Network configuration: IIS SMTP mail relay service and Microsoft Exchange Server

Learn how to use the IIS SMTP mail relay service to prevent spammers from directly interacting with your Microsoft Exchange Server.
May 29, 2005 29 May'05
Patching resource kit

From vulnerability scanning to patching flubs, here's a collection of other helpful resources to ensure your patching efforts are effective.
May 23, 2005 23 May'05
Pre-CISSP: Options for the security newbie

Shon Harris advises novice security practitioners on the value of entry-level certifications -- and good, old-fashioned experience -- in preparation for the CISSP®.
May 17, 2005 17 May'05
Should the government define spyware?

Who's best qualified to define what is and isn't spyware -- your congressman or your online user community? Security experts say no entity can do it alone.
May 17, 2005 17 May'05
Some vendors get labeled as spyware pushers

To win the battle with spyware, you must be able to spot it. That's not as easy as you think.
May 17, 2005 17 May'05
TNT to provide staff with e-mail smartphones rather than laptops

Logistics company TNT is to provide up to 700 staff worldwide with mobile e-mail, using the Nokia Communicator 9500 smartphone as...
May 11, 2005 11 May'05
A new era of computer worms: Wireless mobile worms

In this excerpt of Chapter 9 from "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," author Peter Szor dissects the Cabir worm.
May 09, 2005 09 May'05
Computer Weekly wins top honour

ComputerWeekly was last week declared the UK's campaigning magazine of the year at the publishing industry's annual awards for...
April 25, 2005 25 Apr'05
Tight contract management vital, users told at SSRG debut

The Strategic Supplier Relationships Group, which brings together 10 of the UK's most influential IT user groups, was formally...
April 19, 2005 19 Apr'05
LogicaCMG on Met payroll

The Metropolitan Police Authority has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration...
April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05
Who should be on (and off) the hook for ID theft?

An influential cryptographer and a panel of technologists today debate how best to fight false authentication and fraudulent transactions.
April 14, 2005 14 Apr'05
Spike ** LogicaCMG to manage Met payroll

The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration...
April 12, 2005 12 Apr'05
Met Police gets LogicaCMG on payroll

The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has selected LogicaCMG to provide a £31m fully-managed payroll and pension administration...
April 06, 2005 06 Apr'05
Seven steps to ensure project success

The Value Manager recently had a project fall well below expectations. He reviewed what happened and came up with seven key steps for managing technical risk and one golden rule.
April 03, 2005 03 Apr'05
Are identities safer on laptops than central databases?

Microsoft pledges better ID security. Given the theft of a laptop storing 100,000 Social Security numbers, Redmond's approach could prove controversial.
March 31, 2005 31 Mar'05
External datacentre suits Selfridges

Selfridges has outsourced its datacentre and other IT functions to Retail Assist. The outsourcer will provide network management,...
March 29, 2005 29 Mar'05
Quiz: Do you have a firm e-mail security foundation?

This Security School quiz is the first in a series of three on e-mail security essentials.
March 24, 2005 24 Mar'05
Atos wins DWP deal extension

The Department for Work and Pensions has renewed a contract with IT services company Atos Origin to deliver medical advice and...
March 21, 2005 21 Mar'05
Linux lags Windows in new security report

A controversial research paper takes a critical look at two popular platforms' track record on vulnerabilities and fixes. In turn, its findings are facing sharp scrutiny as well.
March 21, 2005 21 Mar'05
Home Office waits for police database case

Second Bichard report reveals concerns about a lack of progress and buy-in from forces around England and Wales for the national...
March 17, 2005 17 Mar'05
Botnets more menacing than ever

Researchers from the Honeynet Project and iDefense say bots are spreading quickly, digging their heels into more than a million machines around the world.
March 17, 2005 17 Mar'05
Pros and cons of remote mirroring for DR

Remote mirroring takes place over MAN or WAN distances. It's usually between storage arrays or storage appliances, and can be synchronous or asynchronous.
March 16, 2005 16 Mar'05
RootkitRevealer turns root kits' tactics back at them

A contributor reviews freeware RootkitRevealer from Sysinternals.
March 15, 2005 15 Mar'05
ID theft and national security

Check out what some ITKnowledge Exchange members had to say about this controversial issue.
March 14, 2005 14 Mar'05
HIPAA compliance officers explain hurdles, data security successes

@9417
March 14, 2005 14 Mar'05
HIPAA causes data security problems for small businesses

If your local dentist isn't complying with HIPAA's security rules, he's not alone. Experts say most doctors' offices aren't getting it.
March 14, 2005 14 Mar'05
HIPAA security rules apply to firms with healthcare plans
March 14, 2005 14 Mar'05
HIPAA security rules set hurdles for struggling hospitals

Most healthcare organizations have one more month to meet the security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Will they make it?
March 13, 2005 13 Mar'05
Security Bytes: Turning servers into 'malcode pushers'

In other news, 'antispyware' company shut down during investigation and new Java Trojan hits alternative browsers.
March 09, 2005 09 Mar'05
Exploit code targets critical CA flaws

Anyone who ever evaluated CA software is potentially at risk. The good news is patches are available and a free scanner is out now to identify systems vulnerable to attack.
March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05
Small businesses targeted with RFID
March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05
Passwords still the weakest link

Businesses are still struggling to convince their staff of the importance of password security, according to a survey of 67,000...
March 08, 2005 08 Mar'05
A sound architecture involves both strong technology and a professional approach

Although many large organisations need to respond rapidly to changes in the market as well as to competition and globalisation...