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Stories by: Tony Bosworth

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    Death of the Paper Tiger 09 May, 2006 11:39:21

    Electronic document management truly is a boom industry, with literally hundreds of companies offering their services, and nowhere is that service seemingly more required than in government where mountains of paper are a fact of life.
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    Security Scare 15 April, 2005 15:10:51

    Is the job of looking after security too big for government CIOs to handle?
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    You're Virtually There 29 March, 2005 10:37:33

    A staple in the mainframe world for close to 30 years, virtualization is at last attracting interest from Australian government agencies
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    But Is the Customer Satisfied? 05 October, 2004 00:09:47

    Do government CIOs have anything to learn from the private sector about e-government and customer relationship management? Well, yes and no. In some cases government agencies are even ahead of the game . . .
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    Complex Decisions 24 August, 2004 10:58:42

    Government departments are expandng upon early initiatives and increasingly opting for centralized IT&T services to manage their interaction with customers. Will this lead to improvements in government services, or is it adding too much complexity to government departments?
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    Mission: Possible 09 June, 2004 11:19:29

    When project manager Kerrie Reyn was told she had to find a new home for Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ entire computer hub and backbone — and do it within six months — she thought her bosses must be kidding. They weren’t, and so began an epic race against time
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    Plan Ahead 02 April, 2004 12:13:26

    When it comes to IT, planning ahead has never been government’s strong suit. But that will never change until CIOs become involved with strategic planning right from the start
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    Talking Business 09 December, 2003 14:21:07

    Since the federal government decided that whole-of-government outsourcing policies were the way to go, public sector CIOs have been thrown in at the deep end, left to negotiate multimillion dollar deals while struggling to keep costs down and efficiency up
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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