IN BRIEF Microsoft SenderIDnow freely available
Microsoft has made its Sender ID Framework specification for
e-mail authentication freely available under its Open Specification
Promise programme. Sender ID is designed to counter spam, phishing
scams and malware by preventing e-mail address spoofing, where
fraudsters forge the address in the "To" line of the e-mail.
Ethernets set to dominate Wans, shows research
Ethernet networks will eventually dominate wide area networks
covering metropolitan areas, a study by Infonetics Research says.
It estimates the percentage of Ethernet access or collector
rings/mesh will rise from 32% in 2005 to 60% in 2007.
➔ www.infonetics.com
Security breach costs rise by a third in a year
The average cost to businesses of data security breaches has
risen by nearly a third in a year. Data breaches cost firms an
average of £97 for each compromised record in 2006, up 31% on 2005,
according to a study by the Ponemon Institute.
➔ www.ponemon.org
HP, Intel and Oracle drive app modernisation
Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Oracle have unveiled the Application
Modernisation Initiative, to make it easier for users to modernise
their mainframe applications.