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City missed steps to avoid network lockout 29 July, 2008 08:37:33
Loss of administrative control of San Fran's routers and switches for over a week could have been avoided.The high-profile sabotage this month of the city of San Francisco's fiber backbone network clearly shows both the extent of damage a disgruntled employee can cause and the need for controls to mitigate the risk of such actions. - +
San Francisco's mayor gets back keys to the network 24 July, 2008 08:07:06
Gavin Newsom meets with Terry ChildsSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the administrative passwords to the city's multimillion dollar wide area network. - +
Questions abound as San Francisco tries to repair network 23 July, 2008 09:08:35
Did anyone in this situation not mess something up?IT managers and analysts are expressing surprise at the amount of time it appears to be taking officials at the City of San Francisco to regain full control of the city's FiberWAN network after a disgruntled network administrator allegedly locked access to it by resetting administrative passwords to its switches and routers. - +
Open-source software a security risk, study claims 22 July, 2008 08:39:15
"Go into this with your eyes wide open," says Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity czar.Open source software is a significant security risk for corporations that use it because in many cases, the open source community fails to adhere to minimal security best practices, according a study released Monday. - +
ACLU, EFF sue US gov't over mobile phone tracking 03 July, 2008 08:37:23
Two civil liberties groups sue the US Department of Justice over mobile phone trackingThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are asking a federal court to order the US Department of Justice to turn over records about the agency's tracking of mobile phone users. - +
Japanese military loses data again 02 July, 2008 08:17:21
Japan's Self Defense Force lost sensitive data on joint US-Japan military exerciseJapan's Self Defense Force lost sensitive data pertaining to a joint US-Japan military exercise last year, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. - +
Gov grants $1.2M to train luddites 06 June, 2008 15:41:25
AusCERT caters for home usersThe federal government has today launched a $1.2 million national security alert service to round-out its plans to sanitise Internet feeds to families and small businesses. - +
New Zealand gov't ID plan lacks 'terrorism bug' infection 07 May, 2008 10:02:11
Australian ID-scheme critic says NZ is getting it rightInternational experts in Wellington for a conference on identity last week expressed admiration for the New Zealand government's igovt identity information management scheme and the policy behind it. - +
SANS capitalises on security training in Canberra 23 April, 2008 15:38:19
Canberra convention centre to host six day security training event.The SANS Institute has formalised its association with Shearwater Solutions by appointing the company as its local ANZ representative, as well as bringing it on board to organize a SANS security training event in Canberra in June. - +
Concerns raised as government demands universal wiretapping 17 April, 2008 09:47:07
Privacy an afterthought.Sweeping reforms will make it easier than ever for law enforcement to intercept communications if amendments to the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act are agreed upon by a Senate standing committee. - +
Hackers tuck attack code into UK government site 07 April, 2008 08:15:48
A Welsh government Web site has been hacked to serve up malicious JavaScript, a sign that the spate of attacks first spotted last month are continuing.A Welsh government Web site has been hacked to serve up malicious JavaScript, a sign that the spate of attacks first spotted last month are continuing, analysts from security vendor Sophos warned.
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