In Depth

In Depth

Hackers and cybercrime prevention

• Compliance, risk and the coming EU data protection framework: a CISO's perspective

  Compliance and risk managers in Europe are facing one of the biggest challenges for decades as the region moves to a new data protection framework  Continue Reading

• Royal Holloway 2012: A framework for preventing cross-site scripting

  Based on his Royal Holloway thesis, Joseph Bugeja proposes a new framework for preventing cross-site scripting attacks.  Continue Reading

• Royal Holloway 2012: An incident response process for armoured malware

  An incident response process may be futile when dealing with today’s armoured malware, as explained in this Royal Holloway article.  Continue Reading

• Royal Holloway 2012: Risks of multi-tenancy cloud computing

  In his Royal Holloway 2012 thesis, Jacobo Ros examines the risks of multi-tenancy cloud computing.  Continue Reading

• How transforming a datacentre can transform your business

  IT leaders from Domino's Pizza and TheTrainline.com reveal how transforming their datacentres transformed their businesses.  Continue Reading

• How to formulate an effective smartphone security policy

  The mobile revolution offers new ways of working, but what are the challenges and how can they be overcome?  Continue Reading

• Computer Weekly / TechTarget IT priorities survey 2012

  Learn which IT priorities are at the top of UK IT managers lists for 2012. Coverage from across our network includes cloud, budget cuts, networking, security, disaster recovery and more.  Continue Reading

• 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