Stories about: Surfcontrol

The traditional signature-based method to detect viruses and other malware is increasingly seen as an insufficient defense given the rapid pace at which attackers are churning out virus and spyware variants. All of which raises the question: What's next?

With phishing scams masquerading like the flu and malware attacking from new fronts such as Websites, USB keys and mobile devices, IT security professionals are expected to be human firewalls. Throw in the need to regulate compliance over new and encrypted communication channels like IM or P2P, plus the security concerns of Vista and its easy to see why IT security management is getting tougher. Richard Cullen, distinguished engineer (who researchers emerging security threats and methodologies) from security software vendor Surfcontrol explains the concerns of today's IT security professional.

Spam has climbed back up the priority list for IT managers. But this isn't 2002 when spam first began clogging inboxes. Today, IT managers are cynical about product offerings and the vendors providing the so-called solutions.

Phishing is hooking more victims as the e-mail fraud attacks become more sophisticated and prevalent.

The federal government may consider a range of further curbs to regulate the use of so-called spyware, but will look for pragmatic solutions from the corporate sector, public interest groups and IT vendors rather than take a legal stick to the problem.

CISOs are always pushing computer security policies. We asked three of them to forget the policies and show us how they handle security on their own home systems.

Pacific Internet customers will lead the fight against the growing threat of e-mail spam with new software being trialled by the Australian Communciations Authority (ACA).

Amid a concerted effort to heighten the profile of its security offerings, Microsoft announced the availability of its Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 on Tuesday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto.

Open source software will have to lift its security game if it is to match that of proprietary software, particularly if its use proliferates, according to representatives from global information security companies.

Keen to avoid being portrayed as the "porn cops" of Australian enterprise, IT managers claim HR departments are shirking their responsibilities when it comes to enforcing e-mail and Internet misuse policies in the workplace.