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Application security and coding requirements

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: 2014 winners

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: 2014 winners announced

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  Security at app inception vital, says Pearson SOC director

  Security professionals need to get involved in application development, says Becky Pinkard, SOC director at Pearson

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Heartbleed prompts tech firms to pledge open-source support

  Top tech firms have joined forces to support open-source software to help prevent future bugs like Heartbleed

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  UK finance firms to face planned hacking

  Finance firms in the UK could be attacked by ethical hackers on behalf of financial services regulators to identify weaknesses in cyber security

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Datacentre lessons learnt from Heartbleed bug

  The Heartbleed bug, an OpenSSL flaw affecting millions of websites, has some lessons for datacentre providers and operators

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Microsoft ends XP support – what should users do next?

  For organisations that still have a significant Windows XP user base, it's no surprise there is rising concern over what to do next

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Hacker black markets outbid IT companies in bidding for zero-day exploit disclosures

  The hacking black market is outbidding legitimate IT firms for disclosure information on zero-day exploits, according to a report from thinktank Rand

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Symantec hunts for new CEO

  Symantec has got rid of its CEO and president, Steve Bennett, and has hired an executive search company to find a replacement

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Microsoft launches technical preview of Emet 5.0

  Microsoft has launched the technical preview of the latest version of its free enhanced mitigation experience toolkit (Emet)

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Apple users at risk of SSL man-in-the-middle attacks

  Apple has issued a security alert affecting iOS 7.0.6 which could put iPhone and iPad users at risk from MITM-style hacking attacks

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Employee mobiles expose firms to attack, says Webroot

  Employees mobile devices expose companies to malicious applications and attacks, according to the latest mobile threat report from Webroot

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  Bank of England publishes Waking Shark II cyber security exercise results

  Bank of England publishes the results of its Waking Shark II security exercise, which tested financial institutions' contingency plans for cyber attack

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Trusted IT scheme aims to restore confidence after Snowden

  An industry scheme could help IT suppliers win back confidence from businesses following revelations Edward Snowden’s of revelations of surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA), it was claimed this week

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Web app security fixes down to 11 days in 2013

  Suppliers of web apps improved the rate of delivery for security fixes in 2013, but still take 11 days on average

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Data security is not their responsibility, say 23% of employees

  Almost a quarter of employees believe that data security is not their responsibility, according to a survey by security management firm Absolute Software