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    SAP announced on Monday plans to acquire Virsa Systems, a regulatory-compliance and risk-management software company.

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    What is better; a one page security policy that is clear and simple or a policy that is comprehensive and covers every conceivable risk? Security officers at two separate financial institutions argued their cases at a security conference in Sydney on Tuesday.

  • VoIP can be risky: KPMG

    KPMG has released a new white paper warning businesses to consider the risks involved in implementing Voice over IP (VoIP).

  • Start-up launches Linux legal protection

    Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.

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    Even simple implementations can fail due to poor planning or communication. Here's how to avoid common problems when you are ready to deploy your next project.

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    Risky business

    Businesses are notorious for resisting change, especially when it comes to technology, arguing that the risks of new investments aren't always clearly justified.

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    Burning down the warehouse

    Getting executive sponsorship for any kind of data clean-up project isn't easy. If careful reasoning, detailed budget plans and a touch of blackmail don't work, then there may be a simpler solution: arson.

  • Australian security: the lucky country

    Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Should security clearances be outsourced?

    Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Sticky situations for USB stick support

    There's an argument against the usage of USB sticks which has been discussed many times in this column: they're a potentially massive security risk. But there's another case you could make against having your business life stored in 4GB or so of flash memory it's a total support nightmare.

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  • SAP to buy risk-management software firm

    SAP announced on Monday plans to acquire Virsa Systems, a regulatory-compliance and risk-management software company.

  • Start-up launches Linux legal protection

    Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.

  • Uggh, the project's gone pear-shaped?

    It's that moment you've always dreaded--a project being managed by the IT department has gone horribly wrong. How can you set in place damage control so things don't get much, much worse?

  • CIOs: Can you resolve disputes?

    Quality control, operational controls and dispute resolution--what are the legal issues CIOs and IT Managers need to know about to minimise risk?

  • Deployment risk factors

    Even simple implementations can fail due to poor planning or communication. Here's how to avoid common problems when you are ready to deploy your next project.

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  • Patch management: 4 packages tested

    Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

  • Intel touts security with second-gen vPro PCs

    Chipmaker will release its "LaGrande" security technology in the second half of the year with the launch of its second-generation vPro business desktop technology.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • Surrendering security

    Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.

  • People are the problem: 3 HR management packages tested

    Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? We look at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.

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