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Application maintenance for SMBs

Forrester Research found that SMBs tend to apply "Band-Aids" rather than fix problems when their application maintenance groups start to falter.

Microsoft distributes five security patches today

Microsoft is distributing five security patches today affecting the Windows OS and its server products.

Firms adopt GIS systems

More than 70% of UK companies are using geographic information-based technology in business.

Microsoft urged to speed patch releases

Microsoft has been urged to issue security updates more frequently, after the company was last week forced to release a security patch ahead of schedule for a vulnerability it first knew about in 2006.

The human factor is key to good security

  • Opinion
  • Author: Ian Mann
  • Date: 10 April 2007
Forget about attacks through your firewall. What about the guy who phones up the IT helpdesk, pretends to be a senior manager and gains access to your information that way? This is social engineering - exploiting human vulnerabilities rather than technical ones.

What will the NPIA do for police IT?

Three years after the Bichard Enquiry into the Soham murders called for the urgent introduction of a national IT system to support police intelligence, the Home Office has created the agency it claims will have the power to make such a system possible.

Spam continues to hamper businesses

Businesses are using more spam filters, but unwanted emails continue to cost them big bucks in lost productivity.

Apple fix for AirPort Extreme Base Station

Attackers could exploit a pair of flaws in Apple's AirPort Extreme Base Station to bypass security restrictions and access sensitive data. Apple has released a fix.

Retailers face card data clampdown

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which comes into effect in June, promises to improve the security of consumers' credit card information. It will have a huge impact on how credit card information is stored and retrieved, and will require retailers to have compliant systems.

Shops in rush to meet card security rules

Retailers warned to update systems for PCI security standard
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