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  • Oracle issues critical patches

    Patches fixing over 50 flaws, including some in PeopleSoft products, have been released by the database giant

  • Microsoft--forget PR, clean up the code

    Have you noticed that Microsoft is on the offensive? After countless months of reading press clippings about the pathetic state of Windows security, the folks in Redmond have decided to fight back with one of their strongest weapons--public relations.

  • Most Oracle database admins don't apply patches?

    Around 70 percent of Oracle database professionals say they have never applied a security patch, according to database security firm Sentrigo.

  • Security escapes from the lab

    As security threats increase, HP's researchers concentrate on management and active countermeasures.

  • Ex-cybersecurity czar issues gloomy report card

    This year alone, cyberattacks have shut down an ATM network, slowed the railroads, cancelled airline flights, and forced a nuclear power plant offline. If current trends continue, the cybersecurity situation will worsen exponentially.

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  • Security--why don't we get it?

    Zone Labs CEO Gregor Freund says a run of software worm outbreaks has exposed a broken security philosophy.

  • Ex-cybersecurity czar issues gloomy report card

    This year alone, cyberattacks have shut down an ATM network, slowed the railroads, cancelled airline flights, and forced a nuclear power plant offline. If current trends continue, the cybersecurity situation will worsen exponentially.

  • Symantec and Sophos ANZ square off

    The men at the helm of two of Australia's largest security software companies check each other's defences. Additional reading: Microsoft launches Australian security effort

  • Internet worms and critical infrastructure

    Did MSBlast cause the Aug. 14 blackout? The official analysis says "no," but Bruce Schneier, one of the world's foremost security experts, isn't so sure.

  • Is your data centre up to scratch?

    With the combination of self-management, virtualisation, and other technologies, vendors are promising an end to server administration drudgery. But is the vision really possible?

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Reviews (2)

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

  • D'oh and un-d'oh: 4 disaster recovery solutions

    Everyone needs backups, but how do you recover a server quickly? We look at some of the options available for snapshot backup and other disaster recovery techniques.

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