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IT risk management

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07

    San adoption cuts costs and power

    Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • August 20, 2007 20 Aug'07

    VMware acquires HIPS provider Determina

    VMware, the leader in virtualization software, has acquired Determina, a provider of host IPS technology.