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Podcast : A close look at Security Organisation ISACA

Ben Chai — Mon, 24 Nov 2008

Ben Chai of Incomingthought.com talks to Paul Williams, Chief of the ISACA strategy advisory group and Ron Hale, Director of security practices at ISACA

Survey: Organisations fail to educate employees about risks from online shopping

Desire Athow — Thu, 20 Nov 2008

Organisations allow employees to shop online but do not educate users about risks, exposing employees and employers alike to spam, malware, phishing and loss of productivity in the workplace

UK Online Identities Worth £14,500 To Online Criminals

Desire Athow — Mon, 17 Nov 2008

A survey conducted by Get Safe Online and backed by Microsoft, SOCA and the Government, showed that the average identity is worth roughly £14,500 to online criminals but can be purchased for as little as £80

EstDomains termination... stayed

Alex Eckelberry — Sat, 01 Nov 2008

Well, this is really frustrating. As Domain Name World says it

Getting Back to Fundamentals – Shouldn’t That Mean…Prioritizing the Database?

Team Applicationsecurityinc — Fri, 31 Oct 2008

I recently read a post on ZDNet by Adam O’Donnell where he offers up some predictions on the IT Security sector in the wake of the broader economy struggling

Comment: Databases Should Record Who Alters Information, Says BCS Speaker

Desire Athow — Tue, 14 Oct 2008

People who create, modify or delete data should have their actions recorded and linked with the outcome to help tackle the problem of illegal or inappropriate alterations to databases

Managing Active Directory RID Master Failures EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Rukshan Cooray — Fri, 10 Oct 2008

Are you responsible for your organizations Microsoft Active Directory? If so, then you need to be able to respond rapidly and effectively to any failures.

Infection Kits and Your Databases: Are You Serving Up Viruses?

Team Applicationsecurityinc — Mon, 06 Oct 2008

During my regular presentations and speaking events on database security, I often discuss emerging threats and trends. It’s a constantly changing landscape, so these new threats are also constantly changing.

New UK Police e-Crime Unit Seriously Under-funded To Tackle Global Internet Crime

Desire Athow — Thu, 02 Oct 2008

The UK government has announced that it will set up a Police Central e-Crime Unit which will take on the rising threat of credit card and specialised frauds that happen online and affect en estimated four million Britons annually

Comment : "Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle Methodology is Working"

Desire Athow — Mon, 29 Sep 2008

Application vulnerability specialist, Fortify Software, says that after being in pole position in the reported security incident charts for the whole of 2007, Microsoft has dropped to third slot in IBM's X-Force mid-year security analysis