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News (75)

• Credit card breach exposes 40 million accounts

  In what could be the largest data security breach to date, MasterCard International on Friday said information on more than 40 million credit cards may have been stolen.

• Auditor loses McAfee employee data

  An external auditor lost a CD with information on thousands of current and former McAfee employees, putting them at risk of identity fraud.

• Stolen e-passports worth millions

  Thousands of UK e-passports stolen this week are likely to sell for up to 20m on the black market, privacy experts have said.

• HSBC loses 370,000 customers' data by courier

  HSBC faces possible investigation by the UK's financial watchdog after admitting losing a CD containing the details of 370,000 customers.

• Number plate cameras signal auto peep show

  CrimTrac, the federal government's criminal information and intelligence agency will be taking the initial steps towards developing a national automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system for to capture the vehicle details of suspects and citizens alike.

Features and Case Studies (20)

• Establish a strategy for security breach notification

  Even if your organisation takes every possible precaution to protect its data, a security breach is often inevitable. What do you do if it happens? Mike Mullins offers some pointers for notifying those affected.

• Technology alarmism in spades

  ID management expert Phil Libin says critics knocking an upcoming government security program miss the point.

• Two sides to privacy

  Could monitoring Web surfing habits of employees be used by HR managers as a staff morale barometer?

• Where did Microsoft's DRM vision go?

  Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.

• Australia sweeps security breaches under the carpet

  Australian Federal Police agent, Nigel Phair, said most Australian organisations sweep security breaches under the carpet to avoid public scrutiny in the courts.

Reviews (8)

• To catch a spy: Anti-spyware tools reviewed

  Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.

• Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

  In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

• Helping the public travel smarter

  Smart cards are anticipated to be the next generation in public transport ticketing systems. What are the obstacles faced in implementing them?

• The laptops that come in from the cold

  For those organisation who lose hundreds of thousands dollars worth of laptops to thieves each year, the humiliation of the loss is possibly as infuriating a burden to bare as the financial costs associated with it. However these organisations can assuage some of their distress knowing that their problems are shared by one of the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies. In May, thieves reduced the size of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's laptop fleet by 182, in one operation. If the FBI can't keep its laptops safe from thieves who can?

• Frequent fliers: The biometric guinea pigs

  Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.

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