Information security governance should not be treated like corporate governance, IT security steering committees must have the right stakeholders and the board can remain largely unaware of security issues. Those are key strategies for effective security governance, says IT security and assurance manager at Sydney Water, Stephen Frede.
Rodney Gedda |
03 Sep |
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A national broadband network is a necessity, but Australian's don't need a mandatory Internet filter to decide what is appropriate to view online, according to the Greens which announced its cyber safety policy today.
Rodney Gedda |
17 Aug |
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Moving proprietary legal information to public cloud services is too risky for one services firm, which believes many unanswered questions about how the data is managed remain.
Rodney Gedda |
16 Aug |
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The Australian Taxation Office is preparing to release a Linux port of its AUSkey authentication software with Ubuntu being the reference distribution for testing and development.
Rodney Gedda |
21 Jul |
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In the wake of the AFACT versus iiNet decision, and the pending Federal Court appeal, university CIOs are calling for more legal protection from potential cases of copyrighted content distribution in their networks.
Rodney Gedda |
09 Jun |
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People concerned about the privacy implications of a move to transferable electronic health and medical records should not be dissuaded by doubt as the benefits outweigh potential drawbacks, according to health industry executives.
Rodney Gedda |
14 May |
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The Canonical-backed Ubuntu Linux project has released its single sing-on authentication software as an open source project.
Rodney Gedda |
22 Apr |
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Security vendor Check Point has released a USB stick-based software solution that promises to turn a standard computer into a locked-down corporate desktop.
Rodney Gedda |
20 Apr |
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Blocking people from accessing unproductive Web sites has saved News Limited an estimated $5.5 million a year the company’s top security professional estimates.
Rodney Gedda |
13 Apr |
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The director of IT security at a national accounting firm has warned CIOs about the increasing level of administration access regular employees are gaining, calling it a "trust time bomb".
Rodney Gedda |
22 Mar |
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CA has announced its SiteMinder and SOA Security Manager products are now available for the open source JBoss middleware platform.
Rodney Gedda |
09 Feb |
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With spam hampering staff productivity and increasing helpdesk calls, Sydney-based plumbing suppliers company Plumbers' Supplies Co-operative Ltd has replaced an open source e-mail security solution with an network gateway appliance.
Rodney Gedda |
26 Nov |
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The OpenBSD project has announced the availability of release 4.6 which debuts a new mail server and an easier installation among many other feature enhancements and bug fixes for the open source operating system.
Rodney Gedda |
19 Oct |
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Networking vendor Huawei has released a public refutation of a recent media report that alleged it was being investigated by ASIO for possible espionage.
Rodney Gedda |
09 Sep |
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Melbourne’s taxi industry was rocked yesterday when a fire at Silver Top Taxi’s city headquarters struck down call centre and computer dispatch systems, leaving cab drivers stranded without job notifications.
Rodney Gedda |
29 Jul |
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