Latest News

• Microsoft lifts lid on security expansion
  Security outfits - stand by to be acquired!
• Infosec: Securetest to demo laptop insecurity
  Lock up your laptops.
• Infosec: Network Box debuts first 64-bit UTM
  No to ASICS, yes to open hardware.
• Infosec: ISS pushes "virtual patching" for exploits
  Patching window is now wide open.
• DNS servers hit by more denial-of-service attacks
  Second assault in a week.

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Latest Features

Insight

• Rejoice - security is evolving after all
  Infosecurity Europe has grown from a small show on the industry?s sidelines to perhaps its best event, replacing much bigger but less satisfying UK shows in the process.
• Infosec: New products to look out for
  The tradition of launching new products at shows has long since died a death, but this year's Infosecurity show still features a sprinkling of genuinely new or recently new products.

Blogs

Microsoft awakens

Did we forget anything this time?

First Bill underestimated the arrival of the Internet, then, having realised its mistake, his company ignored the obvious consequences of that moment in computing history. Yes, the Internet changes everything – and that includes security.

Microsoft suddenly got (ping!) the security issue two years ago or so, and this year’s Infosecurity show has arrived at a critical moment. We are living with the patched-over Windows XP on its last legs, and the company promising that Vista will answer the tough questions that have been thrown at its whole product philosophy in recent times.

Infosecurity Europe 2006 blog | John E. Dunn | Read more...

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Opinion

• Infosec: Keeping the VoIP house in order
  The emergence of voice over IP as an affordable alternative to traditional telephony has ushered in a new wave of network security considerations.
• Infosec: Data theft in the dock
  Vast quantities of data can be copied and stolen from inside corporate networks more quickly and easily than ever before.
• Infosec: The threat from cyber extortion
  Criminal gangs are increasingly using the Internet as a tool to extort money from businesses.

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White Paper Library

• The Rise of Greynets
  Greynets are everywhere - powerful network applications such as IM and P2P that aren't officially on the network.
• Meeting the Challenge of Email Security and Regulatory Compliance
  Email is not only a communications application. It is a record that compliance regulators will use to piece to together a company's legal identity.
• The Anatomy of IM Threats
  Instant messaging (IM) is an application blind-spot on many networks. A look at the worst the species can throw at a network.`
• A Proactive Approach to VoIP Security
  Using VoIP introduces new categories of security and service vulnerability. This white paper outlines the main areas of concern.
• The State of Spyware
  This white paper looks at the evolving techniques used by spyware writers to undermine businesses.

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