Security News

The conflict being waged in Afghanistan is one of the most technologically advanced battles to which the world has ever been witness.

You could actually title this article “Virus Alert – I just Got Nailed,” Part Two. (The link to the first installment, published in December 2001, is www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2001/12/12_03.htm).

I can’t remember what they say the first thing to go is. Memory, perhaps?

Take another look at that replacement credit card from your bank.

The stupidity of companies when it comes to securing their networks seems to know no bounds.

There is a growing collection of companies touting their product as the ‘ultimate post Sept. 11’ security solution. Bleary-eyed administrators are asking, “How has my security changed since September 11?”

ISO 17799 was adopted in a fast-track process by the International Organization for Standardization in 2000.

During 2001 there was a proliferation of IT security breaches.

This year has seen Microsoft out and about wearing its shiny new security cap, proud of internal and external initiatives which it promises will bring about Bill Gates’ defined goal of ‘trustworthy computing.’