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• Timing is crucial when buying security: Gartner

  Investing in a new security product can be as damaging to a company as buying old technology, according to research group Gartner.

• 'Human firewall' a crucial defence: Mitnick

  Companies can better protect their confidential information by creating an incident response department to deal with suspicious queries, said infamous ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick.

• Gates called to account in Aust

  Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates, detailed his vision to Australia this week. However, he didn't have it all his own way.

• e-Bay vice president delivers Sydney launch of global security effort

  The former vice chairman of the US president's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (CIPB), Howard Schmidt, has announced the formation of a coalition tasked with fighting identity theft.

• Security group tackles vulnerability disclosure

  A security coalition has published draft guidelines for issuing bug alerts, a bid to temper a hot debate over when and how alerts should be released.

Features and Case Studies (16)

• 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.

• Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

  Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

• Securing all fronts

  Managed security service providers are gaining momentum in Australia. Can outsourcing security secure your company?

• Microsoft launches new Aust security effort

  Microsoft is gearing up to hold another series of security summits in Australia amid concern over a serious IE flaw and criticism of the time taken to deal with security issues.

• 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

Reviews (4)

• i-mate Ultimate 9502

  The i-mate Ultimate 9502 is the larger sibling of the i-mate 8502, and shares the honour of being Australia's first HSUPA phone. While we believe this phone is in the same league as a BlackBerry or the iPhone, be wary of Telstra's promised internet speeds.

• Mobile phone hacking set to spread: AU experts

  United States-based security company @stake (atstake.com) has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.

• Reviews news: CeBIT calamities

  Everything's on display at CeBIT, but what's actually new?

• 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?

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