All Risk Management News - October 2006

BT acquires Counterpane for managed network security

BT has acquired US-based Counterpane Internet Security as part of its strategy to develop its global professional services capabilities.

Microsoft releases beta 2 for digital certificates

Microsoft has launched beta 2 of its Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM), which helps manage the lifecycle of digital certificates and smart cards.

AOL Security Edition 9.0 vulnerable to attack

Attackers could exploit a flaw in AOL Security Edition 9.0 to run malicious code on targeted machines. A fix is available.

Research shows massive botnet growth

Reports from McAfee and Microsoft show bot herders are gaining ground and threatening national infrastructure. Some suppliers hope to strike back by sharing resources.

Mercury goes after SOA lifecycle management market

  • News analysis
  • Date: 25 October 2006
Hewlett-Packard’s Mercury Interactive acquisition has released an integrated set of tools that it claims will enable customers to manage the whole SOA service lifecycle.

Secure agile software development an oxymoron?

Can you be agile and secure? That's the dilemma agile software developers face as they build flexible, responsive applications.

UK to get national open source policy institute

A national open source software policy institute is to be opened in the UK to help aid development and standards.

Lord Mayor warns of growing cybercrime threat

The Lord Mayor of London, David Brewer, last week issued a wake-up call to financial institutions to take a global lead in combating cybercrime.

Telford schools adopt student monitoring software

Schools in Shropshire are rolling out specialist software to enforce acceptable use policies for students accessing the internet from school computers.

Password protection perplexes IT managers

Despite using a plethora of preventive measures, IT managers can't seem to stop users from recording their passwords on Post-It Notes or in their PDAs. Experts say it's like locking your front door and sticking the key to the doorbell.
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