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Software flaws will triple downtime by 2008 

Software flaws will triple downtime by 2008

By Rob Jaques, 15 September 2004 9:59 AM
Organisations that do not include security as a criterion when building or buying software will see system downtime caused by security vulnerabilities treble from 5 per cent to ...
US Army Medical Command takes aim at Active Directory 

US Army Medical Command takes aim at Active Directory

By Rob Jaques, 15 September 2004 9:55 AM
The US Army Medical Information Technology Centre has implemented an upgrade to improve the security, performance and availability of its global Microsoft Active Directory ...
Analysts herald arrival of smart security patching tools  

Analysts herald arrival of smart security patching tools

By Rob Jaques, 14 September 2004 11:42 AM
IT security managers can look forward to the arrival of enhanced patching technology which will automate and reduce the cost of installing software security and maintenance ...
Cisco snaps up NetSolve  

Cisco snaps up NetSolve

By Rob Jaques, 14 September 2004 11:35 AM
Cisco Systems has reached a definitive agreement to acquire publicly held NetSolve, a Texas-based provider of corporate remote network and IT infrastructure management ...
"Give us a job", say MyDoom authors 

"Give us a job", say MyDoom authors

By Rob Jaques, 13 September 2004 9:52 AM
The authors of the latest MyDoom email worm variants have embedded a secret message inside their malicious code that asks for a job in the anti-virus industry, security ...
Updated: Hundreds of products fall through MIME security flaw 

Updated: Hundreds of products fall through MIME security flaw

By Rob Jaques, 13 September 2004 9:45 AM
Serious security flaws that potentially affect hundreds of email gateway products have been discovered in the widely deployed MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions) ...
Spam volumes reach record-breaking 90 per cent 

Spam volumes reach record-breaking 90 per cent

By Rob Jaques, 10 September 2004 4:02 PM
Global spam volume peaked at a record-breaking 90 per cent in August 2004, topping the year’s previous high of 85 per cent set in June, a recent analysis of over 3 billion ...
Las Vegas’ Venetian Resort Hotel Casino bets big on IPS 

Las Vegas’ Venetian Resort Hotel Casino bets big on IPS

By Rob Jaques, 10 September 2004 3:55 PM
The Las Vegas-based Venetian Resort Hotel Casino has added an extra layer of IT security with the installation of an intrusion prevention system (IPS) behind its network ...
Portugal’s largest email provider rolls out Linux AV 

Portugal’s largest email provider rolls out Linux AV

By Rob Jaques, 9 September 2004 12:33 PM
Media Capital Group, the largest web portal and email provider in Portugal, has deployed an antivirus system designed to protect its Linux infrastructure from worms, viruses ...
Enterprises turn to firewall/VPN appliances 

Enterprises turn to firewall/VPN appliances

By Rob Jaques, 9 September 2004 12:30 PM
Fuelled by strong demand from the enterprise sector, global firewall/VPN security appliance shipments bucked a stagnant technology market in 2003 to record growth of 27 per ...
Patent granted for automated intrusion protection updates 

Patent granted for automated intrusion protection updates

By Rob Jaques, 9 September 2004 10:39 AM
McAfee has been granted a patent for technology designed to automate anti-intrusion software updates.
Kier Group plugs password security vulnerabilities 

Kier Group plugs password security vulnerabilities

By Rob Jaques, 9 September 2004 10:31 AM
International building and civil engineering contractor, Kier Group has revamped its global network security by ditching a password-based based remote access system which had ...
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