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IT risk management
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September 03, 2009
03
Sep'09
Labour rejects review of Chinook crash
Defence Secretary, Bob Ainsworth, has ruled out ordering a new inquiry into the controversial Chinook crash, which left all 29 people on board dead, including...
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September 02, 2009
02
Sep'09
Tories commit to Chinook crash review
The Tories have made it party policy to appoint a senior judge to review a finding of gross negligence against the two deceased pilots of a Chinook Mk2 helicopter which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994.
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June 16, 2009
16
Jun'09
Air France Airbus pitot sensor linked to two fatal crashes
Faults similar to those on an Air France Airbus that crashed into the sea on 1 June were major factors in two little-noticed fatal losses of passenger...
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June 04, 2009
04
Jun'09
Chinook crash: critical internal memo on software flaws
Computer Weekly is publishing, in full for the first time, an MoD memo that is the clearest evidence yet that software problems made the helicopter unsafe to fly at the time of the accident.
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February 23, 2009
23
Feb'09
Exclusive: Computer Weekly publishes 'secret' gateway review
This is the first publication of an entire gateway review by an online news service.
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December 10, 2008
10
Dec'08
MoD was warned not to fly Chinook on day of crash
A senior defence official warned the Ministry of Defence to suspend flights of a Chinook helicopter because of safety concerns on the day the aircraft crashed...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Chronology: The Chinook
1985 : Almost at the start of development of the Chinook's Full Authority Digital Engine Control ( Fadec ) computer system there...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Chinook ZD576: How the Fadec engine control software worked and what could have gone wrong
What follows is some of the evidence ...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Victory over Chinook crash after 14 years
A brave, independent stand by the Defence Secretary John Hutton and his predecessor Des Browne, against 14 years of obfuscation and immovable arrogance by the Ministry of Defence, has led finally to justice over the notorious crash of a Chinook ...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Tens of thousands of IT jobs at risk in global finance sector
The investment banking industry will see thousands of job cuts as mergers are completed and companies prepare for a slowdown in business.
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July 31, 2008
31
Jul'08
Minister hails Fujitsu’s leaving NPfIT as sign of strength
The termination of Fujitsu's...
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June 16, 2008
16
Jun'08
Gary McKinnon broke into 73,000 US government computers, Lords told
Self confessed British hacker Gary McKinnon, who is fighting extradition to the US, broke into more than 73,000 US government computers, including those of the US Army, Navy and Nasa, and deleted critical data, the House of Lords heard today.
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May 27, 2008
27
May'08
New doubts raised on Chinook crash ruling
A former senior officer who helped write rules for RAF accident inquiries has spoken publicly for the first time about his concerns over the cause of a controversial Chinook helicopter crash 14 years ago.
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April 04, 2008
04
Apr'08
How to scope the liability clause in your software license agreement
Standard limit of liability clauses favour the vendor. Here's how to modify them to protect your firm from IT risk.
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January 23, 2008
23
Jan'08
Network managers: master project management to get better salaries
Network technicians will need to learn project manager skills if corporate rollouts of wider and more advanced networks are to be successful, according to attendees at the Cisco Networkers 2008 this week.
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January 22, 2008
22
Jan'08
Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT
The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT.
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January 16, 2008
16
Jan'08
Wireless networks as secure as wired, study says
Wireless security may not be as dire as previously thought, according to a new 3Com study.
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December 13, 2007
13
Dec'07
Virtualisation provides utilisation and IT efficiency boost
Yorkshire-based Raleys Solicitors has solved a space problem in its computer room by using virtualisation technology.
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December 11, 2007
11
Dec'07
San adoption cuts costs and power
Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction
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November 26, 2007
26
Nov'07
Ofcom fines broadband provider
Ofcom has fined broadband provider Prodigy £30,000 for failing to comply with requirements to provide information on how it allows customers to switch broadband provider.
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November 22, 2007
22
Nov'07
Security's dirty little secret
When Simon Sharwood met AVG's Larry Bridwell, he learned the security industry's dirty little secret.
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November 14, 2007
14
Nov'07
Home Office awards £650m e-Borders contract
The Home Office has awarded its £650m eBorders contract to a consortium led by Raytheon Systems.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
Adaptec reports losses
Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
CommVault revenues spike after update of Simpana backup app
CommVault attributes a spike in sales to the integration of features such as archiving, replication and search into its backup products.
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November 01, 2007
01
Nov'07
ISCSI storage gets performance makeover
Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.
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October 28, 2007
28
Oct'07
NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN
NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow
Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Intellectual property lawsuits dog storage industry
The proliferation of patent litigation among data storage companies could stifle technological innovation and drive up costs to the user.
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October 05, 2007
05
Oct'07
Podcast: the true cost of IT security
In this interview, Cliff Saran speaks to Martin Sadler, director of HP's Trusted Systems Lab, about how much should we be expected to spend and how much security is enough. Hackers are getting smarter and Martin believes newly trained IT ...
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October 04, 2007
04
Oct'07
Pillar announces support for 1 TB SATA drives
Pillar is one of the earliest to announce 1 TB SATA drives in an enterprise array. IBM's SVC becomes the first storage virtualization product certified with VMware.
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October 01, 2007
01
Oct'07
UK will lead £13m study on electronic ID
The UK is to spearhead a £13m pilot project covering 13 European countries to test the interoperability of several electronic identity verification systems. This may eventually give citizens and businesses access to e-government services across the ...
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September 26, 2007
26
Sep'07
Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 RC0
Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is now available for customer review.
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September 25, 2007
25
Sep'07
How to purchase a data encryption product
Data security is now a critical problem for every company, regardless of size. This buying guide explores the factors involved in purchasing data encryption hardware and software products.
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September 24, 2007
24
Sep'07
PCI council adds Pin security to remit
The PCI Security Standards Council has added Pin Entry Device (PED) security technology to its payments industry testing portfolio to streamline standardisation.
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September 16, 2007
16
Sep'07
Communications-as-a-service taking hold
Communications-as-a-service is taking hold worldwide as a viable hosted IP telephony system.
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September 09, 2007
09
Sep'07
Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San
LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage.
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September 07, 2007
07
Sep'07
Microsoft update to patch critical Windows flaw
Microsoft plans to patch a critical flaw in Windows and plug holes in MSN Messenger, Visual Studio, and Windows services for Unix.
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September 07, 2007
07
Sep'07
Government warns of dangerous QuickBooks Online flaw
Attackers could exploit two flaws in the popular Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition to cause buffer overflows and download or upload files in arbitrary locations, US-CERT warned.
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September 07, 2007
07
Sep'07
Cybercriminals employ toolkits in rising numbers to steal data
The market is increasing for crimeware toolkits that help cybercriminals avoid detection and exploit flaws, according to new research from security vendor, Finjan.
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September 06, 2007
06
Sep'07
Data security breach at Pfizer affects thousands
A Pfizer employee removed files exposing 34,000 people to potential identity fraud, according to the company. It was the third data breach at the company in three months.
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September 05, 2007
05
Sep'07
NAC switches, appliances help track users, malware
Some vendors are offering switches and appliances to monitor traffic for malware and unauthorized access, as the NAC market including Cisco NAC and Microsoft NAP sorts itself out.
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September 05, 2007
05
Sep'07
Firefox security issues persist despite update
Despite Mozilla's recent Firefox security update, researchers say there's another way attackers could exploit the browser for malicious purposes.
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August 29, 2007
29
Aug'07
Rootkit found in older Sony USB device
F-Secure says it discovered rootkit technology in Sony's Micro Vault USM-F fingerprint reader software. The find comes two years after controversy over Sony's DRM technology.
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August 28, 2007
28
Aug'07
Unified communications slow to change U.S. work culture
Unified communications implementation is still high, but many enterprises have yet to allow users all its advantages.
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August 28, 2007
28
Aug'07
Data archives overview
When a file is lost due to user error, or data is corrupted because of system problems, the affected data can be restored from a backup. An archive is different from a backup because the data may not be used for months, even years, but must be ...
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August 28, 2007
28
Aug'07
SANS: Attackers may be attempting Trend Micro exploits
The SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) warns that attackers may be attempting to exploit flaws in Trend Micro products to hijack computer systems.
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August 23, 2007
23
Aug'07
Nokia Intellisync boosts device management
Nokia Intellisync has released updates to its Mobile Suite to enhance remote device support, loss and theft protection, and management capabilities.
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
Trend Micro fixes flaws in ServerProtect, PC-cillin
Attackers could tamper with servers and run malicious code by exploiting flaws in Trend Micro's ServerProtect, Anti-Spyware and PC-cillin products. But fixes are available.
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August 22, 2007
22
Aug'07
Attackers target two Microsoft security flaws
Symantec warned customers about attacks targeting two Microsoft security flaws -- an unpatched DirectX Media vulnerability and the XML Core Services flaw patched in MS07-042.
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August 20, 2007
20
Aug'07
Sourcefire acquires open source ClamAV
Sourcefire, maker of the popular Snort open source IDS tool, has acquired ClamAV, an open source email gateway scanning tool.