The Sun-Netscape Alliance and Equifax Secure have unveiled plans to create a joint ecommerce authentication and digital certificate service for businesses. Under the agreement, Equifax Secure - the online security division of Equifax - will use...
Winning consumer confidence through security is crucial to Visual Studio .Net's success. Code written needs to add business benefit and on average 50 per cent of code written doesn't add benefit and this is not an acceptable level," he said.
The flaw could let a website with a valid certificate issue a second, invalid one, which could enable unauthorised access to a computer as well as, among other things, the theft of user passwords or credit card numbers.
Software downloads, typically for browser plug-ins such as Macromedia Flash, are digitally signed and you can view the certificate and verify its CA for extra personal comfort. Finally, the security of the Certificate Authorities themselves may be...
Speaking on a conference call, chief executive Jonathan Schwartz said he is "very pleased" with the second-quarter results, which he said show turnaround progress and customer confidence, adding: "We are very optimistic, and we are operating from...
One in three bank customers would switch their account based on the condition of the bank's ATM network, research claims. According to a study sponsored by ATM software company Level Four, 38 per cent of the 1,000 respondents said they would...