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UK spy agency reportedly intercepted email of delegates at G20 meetings in 2009
British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) reportedly intercepted the electronic communications of foreign politicians during G20 meetings that took place in London in 2009.
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Microsoft protects Cloud with directory-integrated two-factor authentication
Microsoft is upping the security on Azure with Active Authentication, a new service now in preview which allows enterprises to secure access to hosted applications such as Office 365 with two-factor authentication.
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Windows 8.1 bolsters biometrics for authentication
Microsoft's next OS update offers native fingerprint reader support
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Researchers find Java users woefully tardy on patching
Half of users running version two-years-old or older
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Google biometrics tests show there's no magic pill for passwords
Electronic tattoos and pills that make the body itself a password would create their own unique challenges, security experts warn
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12 hybrid security products to watch
Securing a hybrid cloud is not the same thing as deploying hybrid security products.
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Unseen, all-out cyber war on the US has begun
Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet
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Security Manager's Journal: A reality check for the department's maturity
An assessment of the information security department shows that it has a lot of growing up to do yet.
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Kenneth van Wyk: The good and bad of Android and iOS
Both Google's and Apple's mobile platforms have security drawbacks and advantages. Is there a clear winner?
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Vormetric appoints M.Tech as Australian and New Zealand Distributor
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Gigamon wins Best of Show Grand Prix at Interop Tokyo 2013
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A10 Networks’ new Thunder Series receives two awards at Interop Tokyo for Performance Optimisation and DDoS Mitigation
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Silver Peak names founder David Hughes as CEO
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Next-Gen Point of Sale Package Now Available for Australian Stores
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.
