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  • Resources CIOs in Australia

    In a fast growing sector, the bottom line is everything

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 24 Jan. 12 08:55

  • Security breach

    No company wants to be associated with a data breach, but if your systems are compromised the fallout can sometimes be more damaging than the act itself.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 22 Sept. 11 09:00

  • Smart grids set to revolutionise energy companies - Part 3

    Adding new layers for both improved communications and business-focused data analysis may add pressure to already pressured CIOs, but information executives aren’t the only ones staring down organisational change as a result of the industry’s new information-driven dynamics.

    Written by David Braue • 04 May 11 09:33

  • Smart grids set to revolutionise energy companies - Part 2

    Smart meters have a way to go. The recent 2010 Australian Smart Grid Study, a survey of 13 Australian utilities by sector consultancy Logica, showed an average self-reported maturity rating of just 2.14 on a scale of 1 to 5, and communications networks to support them rated 2.80.

    Written by David Braue • 03 May 11 10:29
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    Smart grids set to revolutionise energy companies - Part 1

    Like any entrepreneur, Andrew Dyer is excited about the possibilities for his clean-energy venture, BrightSource Energy. The company, of which he is a director, is this year partnering with energy giant Chevron to cover 1000 acres of the US desert with 4000 mirrors that reflect sunlight onto three boilers mounted atop each of three 100 metre towers.

    Written by David Braue • 02 May 11 11:28
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    Information security in 2011

    C-level executives are more aware than ever about threats to information security.

    Written by James Hutchinson • 19 Jan. 11 10:36

  • SOA security: good enough and getting better

    Security is not a reason to stay away from SOA. Although full SOA security maturity is yet to come, 30 percent of organizations now use SOA for external integration with customers and partners. For standard Web services using SOAP, WS-Security has achieved critical mass as a foundational standard. On the other hand, advanced SOA security - involving federation among partners, nonrepudiation, and propagation of user identities across multiple layers of service implementations - is in its early days.

    Written by Randy Heffner • 20 Aug. 09 05:35

  • Cyber chief: Gov't needs to work better with companies

    The U.S. government has significant work to do before it can better cooperate with the private sector and other governments to better protect cybersecurity, a government cybersecurity expert said.

    Written by Grant Gross • 13 June 09 07:10

  • Server Virtualization: Top Five Security Concerns

    In surveys of senior-level IT managers, security is consistently one of the top five concerns, along, specifically, with security related to the hot technology of the moment. Most recently those worries have included social-networking technologies such as Twitter and Facebook and other outlets through which employees could turn loose company confidential data. But the security of virtual servers and virtualized infrastructures also rank near the top of the list-and rightly so, according to analysts.

    Written by Kevin Fogarty • 14 May 09 10:50
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    How SCAP Brought Sanity to Vulnerability Management

    Orbitz CISO Ed Bellis explains how the proliferation of vulnerability assessment products and services has created chaos, and how SCAP may be the answer.

    Written by Ed Bellis • 12 May 09 00:10

  • SOA Security: How Irish Luck Went a Long Way

    From a security perspective, service oriented architecture (SOA) is a tricky thing. It's not hard for bad guys to compromise it with SQL injection, capture-replay and XML denial-of-service attacks, which they can ultimately use to bust through walls around a company database.

    Written by Bill Brenner • 07 May 09 09:25

  • Four Telecommuting Security Mistakes

    A look at some common security no-nos committed frequently by mobile workers, and tips on how to stop them.

    Written by Joan Goodchild • 26 March 09 09:16

  • Five Things You Can't See on Your Network

    How business practices have changed the risky activity on your network.

    Written by Jeff Prince • 19 March 09 10:05

  • Database Crime Scene Prevention

    Imperva's Amichai Shulman looks at database attack and defense.

    Written by Amichai Shulman • 23 Feb. 09 08:51

  • Security Challenges of Electronic Medical Records

    President Obama has made the widespread deployment of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) a priority in his latest stimulus plan. Feisal Nanji, Executive Director at Techumen, gives an overview of the security challenges this ambitious plan poses.

    Written by Feisal Nanji • 20 Feb. 09 09:42

  • 7 Deadly Sins of Network Security

    Companies that suffer serious security breaches have almost always committed one (or all) of 7 deadly security sins. Is your company guilty?

    Written by Bill Brenner • 11 Dec. 08 11:52

  • 5 Must-Do Cyber Security Steps for Obama

    As President-Elect Obama focuses on two wars and a hemorrhaging economy, security experts are urging him to address five weak security links in America's cyber infrastructure that threaten the nation's defenses and financial institutions.

    Written by Bill Brenner • 04 Dec. 08 08:50

  • Reining in Vengeful Tendencies

    In 1997 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's most critical IT system, the Secure Cable system, was still partially based on an IBM mainframe commissioned 18 years earlier. Its replacement ADCNET R1 was operational, but unable to do all the work.

    Written by Sue Bushell • 06 Nov. 08 10:38

  • Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth The Techies

    When Terry Childs locked down San Francisco’s data network, it sent shockwaves through the IT world. Think it can’t happen in Australia? Think again . . .

    Written by Sue Bushell • 04 Nov. 08 12:17

  • Inside Symantec's Security Operations Center

    The inside of the Symantec Security Operations Center looks like a scene out of the movie "War Games," and in many ways, the connection is fitting. The SOC, as it is known by Symantec employees, is in the business of detecting and analyzing network threats. And as malicious activity online gets increasingly more sophisticated, the war against cybercrime is definitely on.

    Written by Joan Goodchild • 16 Oct. 08 08:38
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