Sun Microsystems has launched Identity Manager 8.0, a role-based user provisioning system that the company says is targeted at enterprise and extranet environments...
Banks are used to arms races. In the 1960s and 1970s the easiest way to for thieves to get hold of a bank's money was to turn up in person at branches with a gun and demand cash. So banks placed their workers behind bulletproof glass. This forced the thieves on to the roads where the vans transporting cash became the main target. When the vans themselves were armoured it was the man walking from the van to the bank who became the target, he too was armoured.
Testing software applications to minimise the risk of security vulnerabilities and compliance failings is a time-consuming and costly process, albeit an essential one. Security testing company Veracode has developed a automated tool that promises to slash the time taken to complete this process.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has been granted new powers to impose fines on organisations that lose personal data, following the amendment of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act.
Google is countering European privacy laws over its forthcoming Street View service by blurring the faces of people caught by its cameras, reports the Guardian.
As networks evolve, traditional views about security must change, creating new security paradigms that protect not only the integrity of knowledge capital but also the reputation and privacy of its users.