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Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch
Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
EU to stengthen its cybersecurity watchdog
A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cybersecurity watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians.
Murder retrial ordered after court records destroyed by virus
A convicted murderer has been granted a retrial after a stenographer's backup record of his trial was apparently destroyed by a malware infection.
Cybercrime taking off in NZ
Cybercrime is now the third-most prevalent economic crime in New Zealand, according to the 2011 PwC Global Economic Crime Survey.
EU calls for 'one-stop-shop' for data protection rules
The European Union's Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has said that data-protection authorities in the EU must have greater powers to enforce privacy rules across the 27 member states.
Slideshows
Barack Obama’s security circus arrives in Oz: In Pictures
After jumping through countless hoops to get the required set of security clearances and approval by the US Embassy to photograph the President’s visit CSO can see why these steps were justified.
Our photojournalist Neerav Bhatt was less than 5 metres away from the world’s most heavily secured individual - the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.
The Security Industry All-Stars
Welcome to the Security All-Stars! Here we have assembled our list of top players in information security who year after year demonstrate the specialized skills that make them worth listening to.
2011 State of the CSO
More budget? Perhaps a little. More attention from senior management? Yes, a bit. Better results? That's not so clear.
Lulzsec: the rise and fall of a hacking collective
The curtain has fallen on the 50 day performance by hacker group LulzSec. Its campaign of mayhem and destruction, peppered with witty commentary captivated the world. In an alternate universe where Lulzcats reign and anti-security is the norm, it might have even earned a spot on its first target, The X-Factor. But on this earth its members may still be captured by its later targets: the CIA, US law enforcement and the FBI.
Features
Information security in 2011
C-level executives are more aware than ever about threats to information security.
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AusCERT 2013: Cloud-based scanner identifies new malware by its ancestry
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Dell targets ANZ security opportunities as SecureWorks debuts locally
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AusCERT 2013: Users, cats more likely hack culprits than cyber-espionage: Trustwave
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AusCERT 2013: Ashley Deuble: Network Security Monitoring with Security Onion
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AusCERT 2013: International cyberwar response more complex than geopolitical treaties: NATO CCD COE analyst
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.
