Wireless / Mobile Security
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The new IAM: nailing shut the door on the Trojan horse
Cloud, mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) computing are providing so many new potential ingress points to your network that it’s getting near impossible to keep up. The solution, as David Braue finds, lies in reconsidering your exposure, revisiting your IAM strategy – and picking your battles carefully.
iiNet’s Web analytics delivers real-time security bonus
A Website analytics tool, originally implemented by Internet service provider iiNet to gauge customer reaction to changes to its online applications, has delivered an unexpected bonus by allowing the company’s technical staff to detect and monitor hacking attempts in real time.
Mobile carriers a new line of defence against mobile malware
Mobile telecommunications carriers like Vodafone will increasingly play a role in normalising bring your own device (BYOD) programs by using deep packet inspection (DPI) technology to prevent the compromise and exploitation of mobile devices outside the corporate network, the head of security supplier BAE Systems Detica has predicted.
“Fundamentally broken” mobile security makes BYOD too risky, expert warns
The “fundamentally broken” security model of Google’s Android operating system makes bring your own device (BYOD) strategies too risky for companies to implement safely, a senior security researcher with Romanian security vendor Bitdefender has warned.
The week in security: US Federal Reserve hacked as year of the exploit rolls on
Recent attacks on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Web sites have proved nothing if not that information security efforts are still falling short, some have argued.
Slideshows
From Anonymous to Hackerazzi: The year in security mischief-making
These days barely a day goes by where there isn’t some sort of network security breach or hack or malfunction of some sort. This year too we had the rise of groups such as Anonymous and Lulz that sought out attention for their activities. Here we take a look at the year in pictures of some of the key security problems that grabbed our attention.
Tips and tricks for protecting Android devices
Android doesn't rival BlackBerry when it comes to security and enterprise support. But Android devices can still be reasonably secure. Here are some tips to help you protect your investment, privacy and data.
USB devices: The big hole in network security
Ponemon Institute asked 745 information-technology and security managers whether USB drives were important for business use, and if they were secure. What did the survey find?
Features
2011's biggest security snafus
Perhaps it was an omen of what was to come when the city of San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2010 couldn't get a backup system running in its Emergency Operations Center because no one knew the password.
Security breach
No company wants to be associated with a data breach, but if your systems are compromised the fallout can sometimes be more damaging than the act itself.
NEWS FEATURE: Debate rages over how to manage personal mobile devices used for work
Increasingly, businesses accept the idea that employees should be able to use their personal mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, for work. But debate is raging as to whether these employee-owned devices should be managed and secured exactly as corporate-owned devices might be.
Opinions
Redefining BYOD
More companies are seeing the benefits of allowing their employees to bring personally owned devices into the workplace and onto the corporate network. The familiarity of having your own smartphone for work means that you can work faster and, perhaps cynically from the employer’s perspective, that you are far more likely to work longer.
Six tips for mobile device management security
Six tips to help get the efficient and secure management of mobile devices under control.
The magic of mobility vs the safety of security
Mobility has become a key part of business operations in recent years. Smartphones and tablets have become an accepted part of everyday business as the workforce becomes more and more dispersed, with managers expecting their employees to remain connected and productive while they are away from the office.
Addressing the security risks of BYO device
The head of security hastily leaves the meeting without excusing herself. Her body language indicates that it is an important call. As she walks back in, all eyes in the room subliminally pose the same question. Without further prompting, the head of security says: “The CEO wants to know why she can’t watch a YouTube video on her iPad. It’s against policy, but we have to make it happen. While we’re at it, she also wants to be able to access her email and calendar on her iPhone”. This actually happened at a large financial institution.
Opinion: Fighting the botnet threat
ISPs in Australia have for some time been notifying users about the likelihood that their computers have been compromised by malware. Now under the icode, the system has been formalised. Education and remediation tools are being made available to suspected victims.
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Bank trojan targets users of Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
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Australian Information Security Association issues blunt warning as National Cyber Security Awareness Week begins
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Review: Mobile Device Management
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The week in security: Aussie banks targeted as mobiles drive privacy fears
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Security a key factor in LogMeIn’s Internet of Things platform
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AVG Technologies Launches its Latest Range of Performance Applications for Android™
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Lan 1 meets demand for cloud security with Authentication-as-a-Service
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Splunk Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM
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Dell Sets Sights on Cisco, Announces Game-Changing NSA Series That Introduces Powerful Next-Gen Firewall Advances for Mid-sized Businesses and Distributed Enterprises
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Silver Peak saves Riverbed customers up to 86 per cent with software upgrade program
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Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
