Smart Cards Tokens

HMRC has radically improved its data security measures since the breach which caused it to lose 25 million child benefit records in October last year. Researchers have successfully cracked the security of the Oyster card used for fare payments on buses and tubes in London. Dutch Boffins at Radboud University in Nijmegen are developing new privacy-protecting smart cards for public transport, using good old open sauce. Oracle announced it plans to release patches for a number of products on Tuesday. Veteran IBM executive Val Rahmani, just six weeks into the post of General Manager of IBM Internet Security Systems, uses RSA keynote to appeal for end to siloed security thinking.  

 

For all the hype about the relative security of the two most popular browsers, is Firefox really any more secure than Internet Explorer? For that matter, is it even possible, as a British company with a “zero-footprint” browser claims, to develop a truly secure browser? A recent survey of 100 IT managers and CIOs from the financial services, health care, retail, manufacturing and government business sectors shows that despite a torrent of bad press on data-security breaches involving FTP (file-transfer protocol), its use is prevalent and growing. As we put the festivities behind us and fix our sights firmly on the year ahead, those criminal gangs involved in the nefarious activities of spam creation, phishing and virus attacks continue to engage new tactics that will take advantage of our relaxed, less cautious frame of mind. From keycards to mini bars, modern technology has equipped hotel rooms with multiple vulnerabilities. One of our consultants had his personal laptop stolen from a locked hotel room recently. There was no evidence of a forced entry, suggesting an inside job. Intel's latest processor has triggered a debate about the reliability of hardware. Where do you stand?  

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