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Hackers are losing the battle against security professionals, Gartner analysts have claimed. How misconceptions about data encryption are preventing A/NZ companies from effectively protecting data exchanged with employees, partners and suppliers.

Almost every day there is news of a company's security breach and, increasingly, many of these incidents are originating from an employee or other internal source. Voice over (IP) is a dream concept for companies and organisations all over the world. With voice calls being sent over the internet, money can be saved on long-distance calls and intra-office calls. A group of developers claims to have succeeded in breaking the iPhone's SIM-lock, allowing users to equip the phone with a SIM-card that allows them to operate the device on GSM networks other than AT&T. I found the feature on intrusion prevention systems in last month's issue ("Intruding on the bottom line", p30 ) very interesting. Send your comments, praise or criticisms to SCFeedbackUS@haymarketmedia.com. We reserve the right to edit letters. A security expert criticized the U.K. Home Office after a document outlining new terror measures was sent to opposition parties with amendments and deletions still within the document's hidden metadata. In a few short years, email has become a major part of the national psyche and a business-critical tool of communication. The virtual private network (VPN) is now a widely accepted feature of corporate IT security – and SSL is gaining on the established IPSec standard as the most popular VPN security protocol. How do they stack up? Open source software (OSS) is firmly entrenched in the infrastructure of the Internet, and is now making inroads into the security market too. But although the darling of techies everywhere, OSS has its doubters. In particular, many corporate managers have concerns about support, accountability, and longevity. Ensuring information security has never been more important. Is your company data an asset or a threat? Despite remaining a core issue for IT managers, a recent study by the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry indicates that as many as 78 percent of the U.K. companies surveyed have experienced at least one malicious security incident, with 44 percent experiencing them within the last year (2002/2001).