The nature of security and the growing realisation that the perimeter is dissolving means that a new approach to securing information systems is required. The problem is that the service-orientated approach can expose organisations to new risks...
This can only be kept in check by continuous evolution of defences by the good guys along with responsible, informed action on the part of us targets. Firewalls eventually become ineffective if they are progressively opened up over the course of...
In September 2003 the pair had a public falling out over the impact of CA securing an exclusive contract with former McAfee reseller Tolerant. Analyst house Gartner defines the evolution of spyware as rising from "occasional nuisance to something...
They will implement the popular firewalls and intrusion detection technologies, following the fashion of the day. They will introduce and maintain antivirus measures; buy an information security policy; recommend lengths and complexity of passwords...
These perimeters are maintained by dedicated firewalls. Security professionals have been advised to accept that organisations' perimeters are now open, and to start designing future systems architecture to account for this.
Although the perception of business benefit is emerging, the cost and risk is, from a policy standpoint, too high. Second Life - the business evolution Peter Pedersen, CTO of online womenswear retailer figleaves.com, said: "It will provide new...