December 2006

• December 31, 2006 31 Dec'06

  Slide up the programming career ladder with Python

  Hot skills Multi-purpose language is quick and easy to learn  Continue Reading

• December 30, 2006 30 Dec'06

  Raft of conferences planned for 2007

  Increased IT industry confidence, and a desire to get close to the senior IT user community has brought a burgeoning number of events, seminars, exhibitions, roundtables and conferences for 2007.  Continue Reading

• December 29, 2006 29 Dec'06

  Award set up for best entrepreneurial business team

  This month sees the launch of an initiative to promote entrepreneurial teamwork in UK businesses.  Continue Reading

• December 29, 2006 29 Dec'06

  Security Forecasts for 2007

  It’s getting to that time of the Season when many of us look ahead to a New Year with mixed emotions of hope, fear, uncertainty or just plain boredom. What will 2007 bring? Will it be more of same? ...  Continue Reading

• December 27, 2006 27 Dec'06

  Information security predictions for 2007

  Security guru Kevin Beaver presents his two cents worth on what he sees happening in the information security world of networks and business operations during the new year.  Continue Reading

• December 27, 2006 27 Dec'06

  People, Process or Technology - Which hits the spot?

  Last week I gave a presentation on the subject of “Managing the Human Dimension” to Iain Sutherland’s excellent Independent Information Security Group. It got me thinking about the balance between ...  Continue Reading

• December 27, 2006 27 Dec'06

  What motivates a web site attack

  I hope everyone had/is having a good holiday. My only mishap has been to unwittingly deliver alcohol laced chocolates to my teetotal future inlaws. Fortunately it was taken in good humour and while ...  Continue Reading

• December 26, 2006 26 Dec'06

  Looking back at information security in 2006

  In this special edition of Security Wire Weekly, senior news writer Bill Brenner reviews his top interviews of 2006.  Continue Reading

• December 26, 2006 26 Dec'06

  A look back at the malware tips and news of 2006

  A trek back to January 2006 recaps the worm epidemic. Then we dredge up news about the growing threat of rootkits and recall our most popular tips from the past 12 months.  Continue Reading

• December 25, 2006 25 Dec'06

  Top 10 storage stories of 2006

  SAN and NAS converged and shook up the industry, iSCSI went mission-critical, users conquered tiered storage and more.  Continue Reading

• December 23, 2006 23 Dec'06

  Security Achieves a New Level of Maturity

  Looking back over 2006 I have to say that although it’s been largely more-of-the-same for many IT Security practitioners, there's undoubtedly been a significant shift in the perception of other ...  Continue Reading

• December 23, 2006 23 Dec'06

  A pre-Christmas Saturday Soapbox

  It's nearly Christmas so I'm going to get my soapbox out again and comment on the news that for the national ID system information "will be held on three existing, separate databases" as reported ...  Continue Reading

• December 22, 2006 22 Dec'06

  ID Cards and the Perils of Identity Management

  So the Home Office has decided to scale back its controversial plans for National ID Card Programme. Instead of a single, clean database generated from scratch, it will now build on three existing ...  Continue Reading

• December 22, 2006 22 Dec'06

  Perceptions are the key to mitigating risk

  How are you viewed within your organisation? Is Information Security seen as an automatic invitation to new project meetings and product reviews, or do peers try to avoid discussing things in too ...  Continue Reading

• December 21, 2006 21 Dec'06

  Disk-based backup continues gaining steam

  Many who work in the field of data protection will attest that 2006 was one of the better years that they have seen in a long time.  Continue Reading

• December 21, 2006 21 Dec'06

  Weekly compilation of storage news:IBM, Seagate plan to rethink hard drives and memory

  IBM and Seagate separately announce research projects into futuristic storage hardware; Morgan Stanley charged again over email; Dell CFO resigns; Xyratex acquires Ario IP.  Continue Reading

• December 21, 2006 21 Dec'06

  It can happen anywhere

  The issue with the Hamley's website mis-pricing goods (see Computer Weekly 19 Dec) is the sort of embarrassing, costly, and totally avoidable sort of glitch that can be easily prevented through ...  Continue Reading

• December 21, 2006 21 Dec'06

  Microsoft investigates Windows Vista flaw

  Local users could gain elevated system privileges and run malicious commands by exploiting an error within the Windows server library. Vista is among the OS versions affected.  Continue Reading

• December 21, 2006 21 Dec'06

  Skype Trojan: Much ado about nothing?

  This week in Security Blog Log: A Trojan horse has captured headlines by targeting Skype users. But some believe the threat is being blown out of proportion.  Continue Reading

• December 21, 2006 21 Dec'06

  Penetration Tests Day Five: What vulnerabilities do Penetration Tests uncover?

  In the last installment of our guide to Penetration Tests, Patrick Gray learns where testers find the most vulnerabilities.  Continue Reading