IT managers must learn to explain the business consequences of a system failing to senior management if they are to successfully secure funding for security as part of risk assesments, according to Gartner.
Organisations should aim to spend less of their IT budgets on security, Gartner vice-president John Pescatore told the analyst firm's London IT Security Summit on 17 September.
To all you admins who have been bitten by the procrastination bug, this tipcast is for you. Listen to security expert Kevin Beaver's eight main reasons to plan out your security testing far in advance and learn why waiting until the last minute could spell disaster for your Windows network.
Securing network endpoints is imperative when protecting sensitive data. Learn how to secure your network endpoints in this section of our network access learning guide.
Many customers of Northern Rock were unable to get reassurance from the company's website during last week's crisis when it was forced to get an emergency loan from the Bank of England to prevent it breaching solvency rules.
In our ultimate Microsoft Vista security tutorial, take a deeper look into Vista security. Check out examples of Vista security tips, podcasts, webcasts and excerpts from popular Vista texts to learn all about the features of Vista, like User Account Control (UAC) and Encrypting File System (EFS).
Arbor Networks' Third Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report highlights botnets and the increased size of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks as a growing threat to ISPs.
The PCI Security Standards Council has added PIN Entry Device (PED) security technology to its payments industry testing portfolio to streamline standardisation.