Microsoft this week released six security bulletins that patched nine vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Word, Outlook Express and SharePoint. But for the second time in two months, it yanked an update at the last minute.

The SANS Institute has formalised its association with Shearwater Solutions by appointing the company as its local ANZ representative, as well as bringing it on board to organize a SANS security training event in Canberra in June.

Cisco and Microsoft recently revealed how they are working toward interoperability between Cisco's Network Access Control and Microsoft's Network Access Protection technologies. Denise Dubie caught up with Bob Gleichauf, CTO of Cisco's Security Technology Group, and Mark Ashida, general manager of Windows Networking at Microsoft, to learn more about why the companies joined forces on security and what's in store for future collaborations.

Cisco Systems has discovered a critical bug in the operating system used to power its routers, the company announced Wednesday. The flaw is the second serious problem that Cisco has found in its routers' Internetwork Operating System (IOS) that is related to a controversial security presentation given at the Black Hat USA security conference in July of this year.

Cisco Systems has been unable to reproduce a security flaw reported in its PIX firewall appliance earlier this month, the networking company said Tuesday.

Take note, cyberslackers: The days of goofing around on the company Internet may be numbered.

TruSecure Australia and New Zealand vice president Anthony Turco believes Australian companies are still missing the mark when it comes to IT security.

At American Family Mutual Insurance, information security advisers bridge the divide between IT and business units

Linux vendors have begun releasing fixes for two critical security bugs in a networking component that could allow a denial-of-service attack or enable an attacker to take control of a system.

The vulnerability scanning and assessment market will thrive as CIOs seek security help outside the organisation

Just 30 per cent of Canadian CEOs think their security measures are effective.

Australia’s Defence forces have officially signed on to the military doctrine of Network Centric Warfare, with the launch of its $50 billion, 10-year Defence Capability Plan (DCP) in Sydney today.

Welcome to the latest security threat to face modern enterprises: a new breed of cyber interloper who gains control of vulnerable corporate systems and uses them to host porn and other illicit material.

Australia's IT industry is talking tough about security but it's certainly not translating into dollars with medium to large companies averaging a measly spend of $33,000 per annum.