With security the focus of this year's Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) conference, OpenBSD founder and project lead Theo de Raadt was invited to speak on exploit mitigation techniques. In an exclusive interview with Computerworld's Rodney Gedda, the man behind an operating system that lays claim to only one remote exploit in the default install in seven years, reveals where we are headed - and how far we have to go - in the search for more secure software
Rodney Gedda |
10 Sep |
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Until network security is elevated from an IT issue to a company-wide risk management issue, disasters are waiting to happen on the nation’s most critical networks, according to Senetas’ chairman and CEO Francis Galbally.
Rodney Gedda |
03 Sep |
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A bill outlawing spyware is likely to go before Parliament as soon as September.
Rodney Gedda |
21 Jun |
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Continuing exploits and Internet Information Services Secure Sockets Layer vulnerabilities have not deterred one of Australia's largest financial institutions from using the Web server.
Rodney Gedda |
29 Apr |
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Open source software will have to lift its security game if it is to match that of proprietary software, particularly if its use proliferates, according to representatives from global information security companies.
Rodney Gedda |
19 Mar |
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With an existing wireless networking infrastructure in place, Sydney University’s Clinical Trials Centre (a research unit of the National Health and Medical Research Council) has implemented a two-factor authentication system while upgrading to the 802.11a standard.
Rodney Gedda |
30 Jul |
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Symantec has opened a security operations centre (SOC) in suburban Sydney, Australia, increasing to six the number of such facilities globally.
Rodney Gedda |
20 Mar |
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