With great cloud comes great responsibility
07 October, 2011Cloud computing is often treated as something of a black box: you put data into it, some magic goes on, and processed data comes out. But even though someone else is taking care of the heavy lifting, securing your data as it goes into the cloud is still your responsibility. So says Vince Lee, Regional Manager, Australia & New Zealand, SafeNet.
Netregistry acquires Distribute.IT following devastating hack
24 June, 2011Domain registrar and web host Netregistry has acquired web host Distribute.IT, following a hacking attack earlier this month which irrevocably destroyed the online assets of some Distribute.IT customers.
Understanding and preventing data breaches
17 June, 2011 by Merri MackWith reports coming out virtually every second day on serious data breaches around the world and in Australia, it’s time to add up the cost and take serious prevention measures. Merri Mack reports on the state of data breaches, and chats to the experts on ways to mitigate the damage.
Lockheed Martin breach linked to RSA SecureID attack
30 May, 2011Late last week, Lockheed Martin revealed that on 21 May it became aware of a significant attack on its information systems network. According to NSS Labs, a security advisory organisation, this attack follows directly from a breach at RSA Security in March, in which attackers may have acquired the means to crack RSA’s SecureID two-factor authentication systems.
RSA SecureID breach could put customers at risk
22 March, 2011EMC announced last week that its SecureID system had been breached. According to one security consultancy, this breach may have completely compromised the two-factor authentication product, exposing customers’ systems to attack.
internet filtering
22 April, 2009 byEnterprise Reporter v5 is a dedicated appliance for processing and displaying internet filtering logs without compromising filtering speed or performance, or impacting network functions.