Tuesday | 7 July, 2009
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Stories about: CROWN

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    UK declines to prosecute hacker wanted in US 27/02/2009 07:50:00

    British authorities said Thursday they won't prosecute a hacker who would prefer to face trial in his own country rather than face extradition to the U.S.
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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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    12 ways to visualize network security 15/07/2008 10:26:48

    Remember the old M&M analogy - security is like an M&M candy, hard shell on the outside, soft on the inside. In other words, put up firewalls, built a strong perimeter and you're good to go. Of course, nobody believes that M&M-type security is sufficient in today's world of insider threats, data leakage, mobile workers, thumb drives and sophisticated malware. So, what's the new metaphor? We asked around and came up with a number of interesting and useful ways to think about enterprise security.
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    Five free pen-testing tools 28/05/2008 09:04:38

    Security assessment and deep testing don't require a big budget. Some of most effective security tools are free, and are commonly used by professional consultants, private industry and government security practitioners. Here are a few to start with.
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    Feds tout malware as Australia's biggest cyber threat 30/04/2008 14:27:46

    The director of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre believes that the diversity of malware and its abilities to circumvent security products, is the greatest threat on the local cyber crime landscape.
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    Bogus security promises and how to detect them 14/03/2008 10:13:00

    What is true enterprise security and how do you get it? Bogus promises by vendors are all too common. In this interview, outspoken security analyst Nick Selby humorously tackles the truth about data leakage products, smartphone protection, hotspot threats and the word "solution." Nick Selby leads The 451 Group's Enterprise Security Practice. Selby also serves as The 451 Group's Director of Research Operations and is on the faculty of the Institute for Applied Network Security.
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    Google revs up security play 18/12/2007 08:16:23

    Far from being a major player in IT security today, Google has ambitious designs on becoming a big name in the burgeoning hosted security market, begging the question, Will your organization ever be ready to let the world's largest information retrieval company safeguard your crown jewels?
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    Your World. . . Hacked 02/10/2007 10:51:23

    The call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with a major US government contractor, came on an otherwise ordinary day in October 2003. "Why are you attacking us?" demanded the caller, an IT leader with a Silicon Valley manufacturer. He wanted to know why Bailey's company had launched a denial-of-service attack against his network
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    How to think like an online con man 02/10/2007 09:17:35

    Con job, pretexting, social engineering -- the art and science of manipulating human beings for nefarious ends -- goes back as far as the origin of the species. The techniques have been practiced and perfected by a rogue's gallery of flimflam artists, from legendary carnival operator P. T. Barnum to infamous FBI mole Robert Hanssen.
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    19 Ways to Build Physical Security Into a Data Centre 08/03/2006 16:06:20

    Protecting data is not just a job for technologists. It also takes physical security and business continuity experts.
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    Spyware takes the crown in 2005: Sophos Report 07/12/2005 10:28:32

    Enterprises have seen a dramatic increase in spyware infections this year, according to the Sophos 2005 Security Threat Management Report.
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