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IT directors 'failing to assess risk of human error' in datacentre systems

Companies are investing hundreds of thousands of pounds in high-availability systems for datacentres but are failing to follow best practice maintenance procedures to avoid having a single point of failure.

Minor change can help train for disaster

Companies should use small disruptions to the business to train their staff in business continuity techniques that will help the company survive a major disaster, Gartner advised last week.

Hackers look to trick staff as software toughens up

Gartner Security Summit: IT leaders advised to prepare for more social engineering attacks and analysts assess new security features in the forthcoming Windows Vista

Hardware encryption locks tapes

IBM and Sun have introduced hardware encryption systems for their high-end tape drives that work with mainframes and open systems.

BEA's automated patching takes a proactive approach

A new approach to patch management from BEA could point the way to how the industry could offer automated patching and configuration.

Networks news in brief

  • News
  • Date: 26 September 2006
Short takes on this week's networks news

News in brief

  • News
  • Date: 26 September 2006
Short takes on this week's news

Unsecured devices worry IT professionals

IT admins keep working to make networks secure even as more unsecured personal gadgets, like smartphones and BlackBerrys, find their way into companies.

IT pros worried about unsecured devices

IT admins keep working to make networks secure even as more unsecured personal gadgets their way into companies.

Symantec Dark Vision app monitors underground IRC servers

New research project keeps tabs on the hacker underground, providing new insight on activities like credit card theft and spamming.
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