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Infosecurity 2008 - IT governance critical to addressing information risk

Information and its conduits provide the lifeblood of the modern business, writes Alan Calder of IT Governance ....

ID cards in depth

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated the government's determination to press ahead with plans for ID cards at a cost of £5.4bn over 10 years, despite concerns over a series of data losses by government departments.

Be sure of making the complete case

Governments and administrations are transient. And however complex, they are simple when compared with the complexities that surround how ID cards may be taken to and applied by the population. ID cards are only part of the identity management solution - not the solution - nothing ever is, writes Daniel G Dresner of the National Computing Centre.

Benefits to the citizen have yet to be proven

In asking whether the government has got the business case for ID cards right, we need to understand precisely what that business case is, writes Geraint Price of Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London.

RSA 2008: American public ignorant of botnet threat

Seven out of 10 Americans don't know what botnets are or the threat they pose to the internet, a study by the US National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) revealed.

RSA Conference 2008 round-up: Reports from RSA USA

  • Special Report
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 10 April 2008
Round up of reports from RSA 2008 in San Francisco, USA, one of the biggest events in an IT security professional's calendar.

60% of UK websites plagued by encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Web application security tests show that 60% of UK sites are plagued with internet encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Tibet independence website hacked

Malware has been identified on pro-Tibet websites that could be politically motivated, according to security supplier ScanSafe.

RSA conference shown how web page can take over your router

Security researchers will demonstrate how a web page can be armed to take control of network routers at today's RSA security conference.

Crimeware-as-a-Service is new cybercrime business model

Finjan has identified Crimeware-as-a-Service as the latest cybercrime business model.
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