A new all-you-can-eat music download service that claims to take advantage of a loophole in Spanish copyright law is to launch today and will piggyback on a popular file-swapping network for distribution.
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has drawn up the code with the backing of data protection watchdog the Information Commission to because of the high risk of security breaches when real data is processed in system tests.
In a guide to patching a new Windows system, the Internet Storm Centre recommends that users turn off Windows file sharing and enable the Internet Connection Firewall. The Internet Storm Centre, which is part of the SANS Institute, calculated the...
Infosec was once again the venue for the release of the latest government-sponsored survey of information security breaches in the UK, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Worse still is the estimate of the total cost of...
The Windows Vista Security Guide is available for download at no cost. The NSA Information Assurance Directorate reviewed the Windows Vista Security Guide and provided comments that were incorporated in the published version, according to Microsoft.
The Information Commissioner's Office guide will help organisations feel their way through the requirements and comply so that no inadvertent breaches occur. But that doesn't mean that with a greater focus, individual organisations can't batten...