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An analysis of 100 security tests carried out over the past five years shows that application level weaknesses are up by 50 percent. In spite of [UK] government moves to tighten data security in the public sector, there is still much to be done, according to the information commissioner. Security experts have developed a hybrid file type that looks like an image but can also run a Java applet surreptitiously in a browser.
The presidential candidates envision America's cybersecurity infrastructure. A new law in Congress would require every U.S. citizen to have electronic health records by 2014. Local authority races to upgrade its system security as the second teenager in five months breaches its network defences, copying 55,000 records IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division has launched new services designed to help smaller companies improve their overall IT security systems. Hackers are increasingly spreading malware via the web rather than email, according to new research. Educating consumers about the internet risks is a dicey proposition, one security expert said during a panel at RSA Conference 2007 in San Francisco. U.S. House Democrats called on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) this week to tighten employee access restrictions after the VA announced that the personal information of as many as 26.5 million veterans was stolen in a home burglary. While it may not always be politic to point out, the genius of markets lies in their ability to generate value in the aftermath of even the most horrific tragedies. In the wake of 9/11, for example, the security sector became - almost overnight - a productive and patriotic destination for venture and other forms of capital. Even while the sector's "15 minutes" appear to be ticking toward a close, relatively constant market dynamics within the security space ensure that opportunities will continue to abound for those who know where to look for them. Are intrusion prevention systems worth the effort of managing them? Or can you get away with a good firewall? Rob Buckley investigates A laptop that had stored on it the personal information of more than 26.5 million veterans was reportedly stolen in May from the home of an employee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The event was not made public until nearly three weeks later. The massive data breach resulted in a shakeup at the department, including the resignation of a deputy assistant secretary and a class action lawsuit. The stolen data may also have included information on 1.1 million active-duty service members, 430,000 National Guardsmen and 645,000 members of the Reserves. SC Magazine is providing an exclusive look at abridged versions of various chapters included in the just-released Larstan’s The Black Book on Government Security, as part of an agreement with Larstan Publishing. A rule change proposed by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has come under fire from privacy advocates who have taken issue with a clause allowing tax preparers to sell tax-return information to third parties. At the start of the year, most of the talk centered on how IT security would be affected by new federal legislation, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But as it turned out, it was a California state law that had the most dramatic impact. Cutting the global piracy rate by 10 percent over a four-year period could generate 2.4 million new jobs, $400 billion in economic growth and $67 billion in tax revenue worldwide, a new published study has claimed. Many firms are paying online gangs protection money rather than putting in place systems to fight off DoS attacks, according to an IBM security researcher. Citibank’s UK arm is introducing a new on-screen keyboard in an attempt to tighten online banking security. Fear of legal action is driving companies to comply with new legislation, but there are positive benefits, too, as David Quainton discovers