All Risk Management News - May 2006

News in brief

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  • Date: 30 May 2006
Brief takes on this week's news

Worm threat discovered in Symantec business AV software

Internet security researcher eEye Digital Security has discovered a serious flaw in Symantec’s enterprise anti-virus software.

Barclays provides free AV software to all 1.6 million on-line customers

Barclays is continuing the trend of banks offering free security solutions to their online customers, by providing free F-Secure anti-virus software to its 1.6 million e-banking customers.

IBM upgrades business continuity storage engine

IBM has announced enhancements to its main storage virtualisation engine software to help with customers’ business continuity plans.

More Badware named and shamed

StopBadware.org, the initiative developed to combat spyware, has announced the addition of four software programs to its Badware Watch List.

CA offers Vista Beta 2 users free AV service

CA is offering users of Microsoft’s Windows Vista Beta 2 operating system a free, one-year trial subscription of its consumer eTrust EZ Antivirus program. Microsoft estimates around two million users will use Beta 2 of Vista.

Project management: Getting everyone on the same track

Cultural fit and communication proved crucial as London Underground sought to standardise the management of some 1,700 projects across a diverse range of users and partners. Arif Mohamed reports on the lessons learned along the line

Microsoft unveils Beta 2 of Vista and Office 2007

Microsoft has launched Beta 2 of its Windows Vista operating system and its Office 2007 application suite. It has also released Beta 1 of its “Longhorn” Windows Server platform.

Downtime: digging deep as Revenue gets down to brass tax

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  • Date: 23 May 2006
Downtime’s story about one of the team’s £1.60 tax bill – for which HM Revenue & Customs demanded immediate payment, let’s not forget – has sparked a flurry of e-mails from readers pointing out that for the taxman this represents big money.

Microsoft may break patch cycle for Word bug fix

Microsoft is testing a patch for a zero-day bug in its Word software and may release it ahead of its regular monthly security update in June.
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