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SC caught up with Harry Archer, principal security consultant and head of security practice at BT Australia recently to discuss the current state of security in Australia, or it seemed, the lack of it.

The Information Security Forum (ISF) has revised its good practice guidelines. The anti phishing working group (APWG) launched a new best practice guide for registrars today, aimed at making it more difficult for online criminals to register domains for purposes such as creating phishing sites. Webster defines security as, "the quality or state of being free from risk of loss and that measures [are] taken to guard against espionage or sabotage, crime, attack or escape." Icann president launches new best practice guide for business leaders Survey paints a grim picture. The Symark PowerKeeper is a hardened appliance. It comes with a sealed operating system that provides a secure privileged account access management process to replace the human approach to granting privileged access. Managing firewall rule sets and policies is a complex and messy business. Simply following a few best practices can go a long way to simplify your life, cut costs, and improve security. Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business, says Deloitte's Mark Steinhoff. A global security study discusses what has improved around information security over the past year and where there is room for improvement. Integrated technologies the way forward, says McAfee. The scale of electronic crime is incalculable because of inadequacies in the reporting system, according to the European Union's IT security unit. NetIQ's Secure Configuration Manager (SCM) is a combination of client server and web-based components to help organisations manage configurations of workstations and servers. Security researchers should stop publishing vulnerabilities in the traditional way because cyber-criminals are using the code to generate zero-day exploits at record speeds, says a recent report. Security experts have expressed skepticism that recent recommendations from ICANN for combatting fast-flux hosting will do much to stop the practice, which is utilised by criminal bot herders to mask their activities. New powers will increase maximum jail sentences for hackers. Looking for the board to invest in your security project? Learn to speak their language before you pitch, suggest Jessica Twentyman When facing up to a data breach, first contain it then evaluate the associated risk, says the Office of the Privacy Commissioner which released a new guide on handling breaches, today. A new industry alliance promises to pave the way for more secure software. Is SAFECode what we've been waiting for? The introduction of mandatory data breach disclosure laws in Australia has been set in motion.