Monday | 6 July, 2009
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    Web App Firewalls: How to Evaluate, Buy, Implement 11/06/2009 07:00:00

    A Web application firewall (WAF) is designed to protect Web applications against common attacks such as cross-site scripting and SQL injection. Whereas network firewalls defend the perimeter of the network, WAFs sit between the Web client and Web server, analyzing application-layer traffic for violations in the programmed security policy, says Michael Cobb, founder of Cobweb Applications, a security consultancy.
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    Dimension Data Wins Cisco Data Centre Partner of the Year for Asia-Pacific at Cisco Partner Summit 05/06/2009 11:30:00

    Dimension Data announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Global Partner Summit Award. Dimension Data Australia was recognised as the Data Centre Partner of the Year for the Asia-Pacific region. Cisco unveiled the winners on June 3 at its annual channel partner conference in Boston.
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    Obama's cybersecurity initiative wins praise 01/06/2009 04:50:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industry, with many people saying his attention to the issue is a major step toward better securing the nation's computer networks.
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    Wi-Fi hikes security by adding to WPA2 requirements 20/05/2009 04:15:00

    The Wi-Fi Alliance has expanded its WPA2 certification program to include a tool for secure handoffs between Wi-Fi and 3G networks, as well as an authentication system that uses multiple secured tunnels.
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    IIS 6 attack could let hackers snoop on servers 19/05/2009 07:01:00

    Security vendors are warning users of Microsoft's Internet Information Services 6 Web-server software that a new online attack could put their data at risk.
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    When the FBI Raids a Data Center: A Rare Danger 23/04/2009 09:39:00

    As part of coordinated raids in early April, FBI agents seized computers from a data center at 2323 Bryan Street in Dallas, Texas, attempting to gather evidence in an ongoing investigation of two men and their various companies accused of defrauding AT&T and Verizon for more than US$6 million.
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    Does Social Networking Require User Policy Changes? 16/04/2009 10:28:00

    IT security administrators have had a fairly easy case to make against such social networking sites as Myspace in the past. Myspace in particular tends to be a place for the mostly personal, and some profiles are simply front companies for online mobsters and malware pushers.
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    Four Telecommuting Security Mistakes 26/03/2009 09:16:00

    A look at some common security no-nos committed frequently by mobile workers, and tips on how to stop them.
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    7 Deadly Sins of Network Security 11/12/2008 11:52:00

    Companies that suffer serious security breaches have almost always committed one (or all) of 7 deadly security sins. Is your company guilty?
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    Cisco CSO says security is growing up 07/08/2008 07:51:10

    John Stewart doesn't talk like your typical corporate executive. He said that his company, Cisco Systems, has been lucky when it comes to security and that his company's Self-Defending Network marketing push has painted "a big bull's-eye" on its products.
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    DNS bug tattler not the first to guess flaw details 24/07/2008 08:33:50

    The researcher whose speculation led to an early disclosure of information about a critical flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS), the Internet's traffic cop, wasn't the first to come close to the truth, said the security expert who found the bug and organized a massive patching effort.
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