The massive market for online advertising is one that affects every internet user. Many ISPs, search engines and websites depend on advertising revenue for funding, and in the absence of those funding sources would either have to pass on additional operating costs to users or cease trading altogether, writes Toby Stevens.
British companies have suffered 60% fewer malware infections than two years ago as a result of near-universal use of anti-virus and anti-spyware, but cybercriminals are now aiming at less well-defended targets, such as home PC users, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report.
Social networking is building an entirely new type of world that will require a major change in the way business organisations tackle information security,...
UK payments association Apacs has reported more than 10,000 phishing incidents for the first quarter this year - up 200% on the same quarter last year.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated the government's determination to press ahead with plans for ID cards at a cost of £5.4bn over 10 years, despite concerns over a series of data losses by government departments.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is inviting tenders to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the EU Data Protection law and to recommend updates that relieve the bureaucratic burden it entails.
Spam email has just celebrated its fifteenth birthday, or so we are led to believe. Now it is ever more sophisticated at penetrating your email inbox and has a negative impacty on productivity in the workplace. It is also becoming more sophisticated and could pose a significant security threat to your business.