Many banks and financial services firms have a far less clear picture of their business, and the factors that will ensure their future success, than they imagine.
Microsoft has submitted its response to the European Commission’s objections concerning the pricing of licenses for its Workgroup Server Protocol Program (WSPP), designed to make Redmond comply with the Commission’s 2004 anti-trust judgement.
Skandia is to screen up to one million client records using a new technology system to comply with the forthcoming European Union money laundering directive.
The Payment Card Industry data security standard comprises 12 rules set by the major credit card firms including Visa and Mastercard, enforcing the protection of credit card data.
Attackers could exploit about two dozen flaws in Mac OS X to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive data and run malicious code.
The Salvation Army has installed software to control the use of USB flash drives on its systems after discovering a rise in the number of staff plugging unauthorised memory sticks into the network.
IT departments are eager to deploy wireless applications, but the wide range of services on offer, coupled with a lack of measurements to prove their benefits, could slow uptake in enterprises, according to Gartner.