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Articles by Lee Newcombe

Enabling confidence in the cloud

  • Opinion
  • Date: 05 August 2009
Is data as secure with cloud computing as it is in a traditional outsourced environment? Lee Newcombe, reports

Security Zone: penetration testing – define your objectives

  • News
  • Date: 13 May 2009
Penetration testing is not always well understood by those purchasing such services. It is my belief that organisations could often obtain better value...

Security Zone: Cloud security – pie in the sky?

  • In Depth
  • Date: 23 January 2009
Amazon Web Services , Google...

Metrics programmes need right design to justify security investment

  • In Depth
  • Date: 03 September 2008
Information Security is a maturing discipline, writes Lee Newcombe, principal consultant at Capgemini. In the past it was possible for canny security managers to obtain funding for security projects and countermeasures through judicious use of fear, uncertainty and doubt. These days we are expected to use more conventional means, such as robust business cases, to justify investment in security controls.

Database administration security strategy

  • Opinion
  • Date: 09 April 2008
Given the vital importance of the information held within corporate and government databases it is surprising that the security of these databases is often of unknown provenance.

Virtualisation is not a theoretical risk

  • News
  • Date: 14 December 2007
Security Zone is a bi-weekly series in Computer Weekly covering all aspects of IT security management. Each article will be written by a member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2.
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