Stories about: Boeing

The devil of identity theft is in the details that follow: Russ Jones tells a tale of woe that isn't particularly dramatic -- or rare -- and yet it's exactly the kind of story that worries me enough to ignore my better judgment and buy identity-theft protection from my insurance provider.

Many analysts consider Web application vulnerabilities to be among the biggest security threats facing companies these days. A lot of attention has been paid to understanding risks such as input-validation flaws, cross-site scripting errors and other Java Web application security threats.

CSIRO says the preservation of privacy and data integrity will both be critical to the success of efforts to develop a new form of electronic service delivery for the Australian government.

As young adults who grew up on e-mail and online chat enter the workforce, they bring with them a set of newer technologies designed for rapid-fire communication and workplace personalization. Much of this technology may represent better, faster ways of getting a job done, but it also introduces a new round of security threats for corporate networks; and the decision to allow them or not must be made carefully.

EMC's RSA group plans to acquire data leak protection vendor Tablus.

Short of strip searching employees every time they walk out the door, there's probably nothing Boeing could have done to prevent the alleged data theft that has a former employee facing criminal charges, security expert Bruce Schneier says.

A unique demonstration showed user-centric identity software from major vendors, start-ups, one-woman projects and open source hackers all working in concert to replace passwords with validated identity-card access to Web-based resources.

Wireless LANs have grown in the workplace -- in size, number of installations and technology maturity -- to the point that many IT managers now expect to expand the uses of their networks in a new round of investments within the next year or two.

The old network security model -- perimeter defense -- was a lot like the old physical security model: Put your assets in a secure location, build a wall and use a gate to control who goes in and out. Many today say the perimeter model is obsolete; some even say the perimeter should be removed altogether. While today it's critical to understand the shortcomings of the castle-and-moat model, CSOs should be a long way from tossing their firewalls altogether.

Australia's Defence Force's new fleet of Wedgetail early warning aircraft will have more than an eagle eye when fitted with a CSIRO-developed, battlespace analytics program.

The sheer number of worms and viruses directed at Microsoft's Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser have many in the computer industry wondering whether we would all be more secure if more users relied on alternatives to Microsoft's products.