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Application security and coding requirements

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  Concerned about tablet security issues? Some are, others not so much

  Users love their tablets, but security pros are concerned about tablet security issues. However, though tablets bring new threats, not everyone is ringing the alarm.

• August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11

  Missing USB drive, found in pub, contained unencrypted data

  The ICO says two housing groups must improve data security after a contractor’s missing USB drive, containing unencrypted data, was found in a pub.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Network security case study: College’s NAC virtual appliance makes grade

  Wellington College’s network security case study explains how a NAC virtualization appliance blocks malware and provides increased capacity on demand.

• May 25, 2011 25 May'11

  Virtual desktop benefits include tighter security, hot desking

  With the help of hot desking and other virtualisation technologies, the Basildon Borough Council was able to centralise its security administration and reduce its number of desks by more than 30%.

• April 20, 2011 20 Apr'11

  Shutting down a botnet, US Government disables Coreflood

  Coreflood, a botnet almost ten years old, has been taken down by the FBI and US Department of Justice by obtaining permission to hijack the command and control servers and send a 'stop' command to infected PCs. Is this overstepping the privacy line?