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A Compelling Argument for Automated Code Testing
Professor Howard A Schmidt, Director of Fortify Software, argues the golden age of hackers and cybercriminals driven by a desire to embarrass website owners or cause mindless e-vandalism is hopefully a fading memory. Today, e-crime is the domain of organised gangs, often from countries that are difficult to get help from, with a sole motive – to steal money and goods
The Poynter report
Dr Chris Pounder, a data protection specialist with Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM and editor of Data Protection Quarterly, provides a briefing on The Poynter Report
Protecting employees from terrorist attack abroad
Employees who are travelling abroad are more vulnerable to terrorist attack. The Anvil Group's Matthew Judge sets out good business practice to minimize the threat
Harnessing voice talent
VeCommerce's Brett Feldon explains why the unique characteristics of voice biometrics can help in the fight against fraud, money laundering and terrorism and how Australia is pioneering the developing technology
The real cost of a security breach
Global Secure Systems' David Hobson examines the hidden expense of a data breach, both the tangible and intangible costs. Information assurance is business critical and for many organisations the data they own is their key asset. So why are so many failing to treat it as such?
Re-establishing communications in a disaster
Doug Umbers, Managing Director of VTC Communications, unveils a new combination of capabilities to help re-establish communications infrastructures inside disaster areas
Mapping London's unexploded bombs
East London recently saw a controlled explosion of the biggest World War II bomb to be found in the city for 30 years. Landmark Information Group's David Mole describes how his company is making a new layer of historical mapping available to help track unexploded ordnance
Energy futures
The Scientific Alliance says the UK is coming to a crunch time where politicians will have to make hard decisions about energy security and stop simply setting unachievable targets for reduced energy use. Reality can no longer be avoided
42 days may not be enough
42 days may not be enough to build a case against suspected terrorists. The complex web of IT and the international aspects of likely plots mean that suspects should be held for longer. Surely MPs can propose a law requiring investigators to provide evidence, on a confidential basis, to hold suspects for as long as necessary. Our lives may depend on it.
Obama aide accuses UK of bio defence failure
Senator Tom Daschle, a close personal adviser to Barack Obama, warns that the world is woefully unprepared for biological terrorism and the global spread of infectious fatal diseases in a new report for the Institute for Public Policy Research
Thomas Cook implements business continuity technology
Thomas Cook Group plc is one of the world's leading leisure travel groups with over 19 million customers, 30,000 employees, a fleet of 97 aircraft, a network of over 3,000 owned or franchised travel stores and a number of hotels and resort properties. In the UK, the Group has over 16,000 employees and a fleet of 46 aircraft that operate from 11 Regional bases
Chinese hackers may have caused US blackouts
According to US magazine, National Journal, computer hackers in China, including those working on behalf of the Chinese government and military, have penetrated deeply into the information systems of U.S. companies and government agencies, and stolen proprietary information from American executives in advance of their business meetings in China
Defence of the Realm
Tony Boobier, Strategic Industry Manager for Insurance at Pitney Bowes MapInfo outlines the findings of the interim flood report by Sir Michael Pitt and presents the case for location-based logic
Cybercrime and internet security
Ken Munro, Managing Director, SecureTest says the best means of assessing threats is to carry out a system penetration test. But beware, sometimes the very test can cause systems to fail if carried out by an inexperienced team
SMEs neglecting business continuity plans
Bert van der Zwan of WebEx explains why SMEs need to give more thought to their business continuity plans and how existing technology can be leveraged to make such plans cost effective and help maintain their competitive edge in any situation
How the UK civil service could have protected itself against the recent wave of web attacks
Nick Galea, CEO, Acunetix describes how major organisations, including the UK Civil Service and the US Department of Homeland Security, have been subjected to a new wave of web attacks during the last few weeks and how high-level web vulnerability scanners can ensure website security
British anti-terrorist strategy failing
A new report from the RAND Corporation, Rethinking Counter Insurgency, states the global war against terrorism has become a stalemate. It is hard to be sure that the West is winning. The British strategy neither understands nor engages what is attacking the West. As genuine strategy, it fails
Irrawaddy delta closed to foreign aid workers
Burrmese dissident magazine, The Irrawaddy, says Burma's reclusive military government is keeping most foreign aid workers away from the devastated Irrawaddy delta
15 ways to lose your database
Peter Mitteregger, European Vice President, Credant Technologies, says the statement 'do not leave your valuables on show' is a simple principle, so why is it often ignored by Corporate UK?
Cybercrime and internet security
SecureTest's managing director, Ken Munro, argues that Cybercrime is likely to become even more of an issue in the future as critical infrastructure networks converge
