Users' brains scanned in bid to fix infosec
Security system design and user education could benefit from neuralimaging that uses brain scans to determine the way personality types may react to threats, new research shows.
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DDoS Attacks Still a Significant Threat
It's an attack vector that's been around ever since the Internet became a valuable business tool. Distributed Denial of Service, of DDoS, attacks are still one of the most prevalent threats facing businesses today.
Anthony Caruana | 11 Mar | Read more
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Five Key Challenges Facing CSOs Today
2012 has been a tough year for IT security and the trend seems to be continuing into 2013. We have now become accustomed to groups such as Anonymous that have wreaked havoc on a number of large government and corporate organisations. A new frontier in cyber threats has opened. The driver for cyber intrusion is no longer fame, but theft of intellectual property, financial information, blueprints and other classified information for financial gain.
Ashwin Pal | 10 Jul | Read more
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Public comment open as ISP association updates icode for new security threats
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) will accept public feedback for the next three weeks after completing its review of the icode – the ISP association’s voluntary code of conduct – with a view to a major update that will address mobile and other evolving security threats.
David Braue | 03 Jun | Read more
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Opinion: Risk Assessments Are Not Worth the Risk
For years, professionals of the information security industry have been advising and using risk-based approaches to securing organisations and their information assets. This has been the received wisdom for so long that this is now encompassed in industry standards, such as ISO 27001, FIPS 200, etc.
Charles Wale | 19 Aug | Read more
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Five new online security threats to avoid
I don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, so when I got an e-mail from the social networking site telling me "you haven't been back to Facebook recently" and here are some messages you missed, it didn't seem odd. I clicked on the link, wondering what one of my friends was doing.
Bill Snyder | 01 Feb | Read more
