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  • Europe to develop guidelines on RFID

    The European Commission will develop guidelines for the use of radio frequency identification, or RFID, in businesses and government.

  • Gartner: 'Wake up IT, you work in business'

    To remain relevant, IT managers need to wake up and admit they work in business, not IT, Gartner's leading analysts said at the keynote address at the Gartner Symposium in Sydney.

  • Queensland's plan to end Nigerian scams

    A national event aimed at stamping out so-called Nigerian scams will be held in Queensland, Detective Inspector Brian Hay, who heads up the Queensland Police Corporate Crime Investigation Group, said.

  • With GreenBorder, Google gets deeper into Net security

    Google's purchase of GreenBorder Technologies -- a browser virtualisation software company -- follows on the heels of the search giant announcing a blog from its antimalware team.

  • Chinese crack US$2bn Microsoft piracy ring

    Chinese authorities, with the assistance of the FBI, have cracked a piracy ring allegedly responsible for manufacturing and distributing more than US$2 billion-worth of counterfeit Microsoft software.

  • Are standalone security firms doomed?

    Within a few years, companies that offer only security products will have been relegated to the history books.

  • Federal government to toughen information security

    The scope of a closely watched survey of computer crime and security in Australia has been expanded with critical infrastructure providers in particular urged by the Attorney-General's Department to participate.

  • Microsoft security: Opportunity or threat?

    Can Microsoft turn security from a liability to an asset?

  • Centrelink nullifies Net security risk

    Centrelink will implement a new intrusion prevention system (IPS) to counter a security threat heightened by its increased use of the Internet and connections to external partners.

  • Cisco unveils new security products

    Cisco Systems introduced on Tuesday new security products designed to shore up networks against malicious attacks.

  • Privacy becomes a strategic asset

    The Privacy Amendment Act was put forward at the end of last year to ensure that the personal information kept by the private sector was both secure and accessible to individuals. But with a deadline of December this year, are companies ready or aware of what's needed to comply?

  • Security work

    Putting all your security eggs in the one basket can leave you open to risk. But taking the layered approach does take dedication.

  • Australia to get biometrics security from IBM

    IBM's security update will offer several new security measures when it comes out in Australia, including support of a fingerprint reader and proximity badge.

  • Bring on RFID -- if you must

    Compared to the hype over the consumer privacy implications of radio frequency identification (RFID), the potential of the technology for business in Australia has received scant attention.

  • Why security's no longer IT's ugly stepsister

    Hey, have you noticed it yet?

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