In Depth

In Depth

Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• Microsoft: Is computing more trustworthy 10 years on?

  Microsoft is marking the 10th anniversary of its Trustworthy Computing group (TwC), but has any significant progress been made since 15 January 2002 when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sent an email memo to all employees, identifying trustworthy ...  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: What is the most important nut for infosec to crack in 2012?

  What is the most important nut for infosec to crack in 2012?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Managing security in the cloud

  With cloud computing, as with data breaches, it is a question of “when” not “if”, so what practical steps can information security professionals take to manage security compliance in the cloud?  Continue Reading

• Opinion: Firms can’t or won’t address social networking security risks

  It's a common refrain: Even companies that are aware of social networking security risks don't do anything about them.  Continue Reading

• Information security superheroes: are we overlooking the obvious?

  In these dark days of professional, organised cyber crime and state-sponsored cyber espionage, the world of business is looking for a cyber superhero to save the day. But in the quest for a cyber superhero, business is failing, Lois Lane-like, to ...  Continue Reading

• The security threats of technology ubiquity

  The ubiquity of mobile technology and internet-connected devices present new threats and increase the challenges for IT security managers.  Continue Reading

• Socialisation, social engineering, and securing the enterprise

  What can and should organisations do to convince and empower IT users to play an active part in protecting data?  Continue Reading

• The top five SME security challenges

  Best practice in IT security and compliance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is often seen as a "grudge purchase", but SMEs face the same threat as larger organisations - just without their budgets.  Continue Reading

• Compromising emanations: Tactics for electronic surveillance detection

  In this article, Royal Holloway MSc student Paul Frankland and Prof. Keith Martin examine how compromising emanations can reveal confidential data.  Continue Reading

• 2011 Royal Holloway information security thesis series

  This series of articles from recent MSc graduates of the Royal Holloway University of London grapples with a variety of information security topics.  Continue Reading

• InfoSecurity Europe 2011 coverage

  Get the latest news and updates from the 2011 InfoSecurity Europe conference.  Continue Reading

• CW Security Think Tank: What’s holding up the cloud?

  CW Security Think Tank: Are security concerns and a lack of adequate risk assessment tools the reason SMEs are not adopting cloud computing, or is the real reason something else that security professionals are also in a good position to address?  Continue Reading

• Ranking the global cyberthreat, IT infrastructure risks

  What's the real threat of global cyberwar, and how vulnerable are IT infrastructures?  Continue Reading

• Uneasy feeling: Risk management for emerging types of security threats

  Calculating risk is never an exact science, particularly when new threat vectors are constantly emerging.  Continue Reading

• Quocirca: Where to buy good IT security

  When should buyers rely on what is provided by infrastructure suppliers and when should they turn to IT specialists?  Continue Reading