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Security spending remains steady in Asia-Pacific despite the global economic downturn, according to a new Gartner survey. Lawyers for Gary McKinnon, the hacker who broke into Nasa computers, have appealed to the Home Secretary in a bid to stop him being jailed in the US. Database of prosecutors, legal guidance and training to be available online.
Gary McKinnon, the alleged NASA hacker, has failed in his last-ditch appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to have his extradition to the United States quashed. Taiwan Police has swooped down on a ring of cyber-thiefs who had been targeting government and corporate data stores.
 

 

Looking for the board to invest in your security project? Learn to speak their language before you pitch, suggest Jessica Twentyman As the malware threat landscape continues to evolve, hackers are constantly changing techniques to counteract detection technologies vendors develop. SOX, HIPAA, Basel II, CobIT – the alphabet soup of industry and government regulations regarding information security seems to get bigger each year.

Lately there has been a lot of discussion about the difference between real security and compliance with data security regulations. The insider threat is the main security risk enterprises face -- insider incidents from using system administrator or privileged account access are responsible for nine out of 10 breaches in data security.  

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