Electronic Communication
121 Stories
Data leaks highlight need for security
Insight perspective High-profile data leaks with fat fines are causing businesses to take content security seriously. An analyst offers some advice on how to get it right.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Business security, Data security, PC security, Data, Security, Business, Policy, Quocirca
Online security growing concern for Indian banks
News Survey reveals 30 percent of India's top 40 banks were victims of phishing attacks in the past year. Only 57 percent have formal plan to drive user awareness about fraud.
Tags: Banking, Network security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, IT Budget, India, Survey, electronic communication, software
All data breaches must be made public
Insight perspective European legislators seem to be about to pass a directive that could make it obligatory to disclose data breaches--but not in every case. That selectivity is a mistake, says EU data tzar.
Tags: Security Management, Privacy, Data security, E-business, Security, Data Breach, European Parliament, e-commerce company, phone, electronic communication
How much of IT are you willing to give up?
Blogs A CNN report this week discussed the likelihood that the country's first tech-savvy president will have to give up the o...
US$39M cost of tracking e-mail and phone calls
News U.K. Home Office reveals multimillion-pound cost of monitoring kingdom's communications.
Tags: Security, Privacy, Government, data retention, communications service provider, Internet Service, phone, e-mail, electronic communication, Internet Service Provider
Aust police to get hacking powers
News The New South Wales Government plans to empower state police to hack into computers remotely, with PC owners remaining ignorant about these searches for up to three years.
Tags: PC security, Privacy, Police, European Union, computer, remote access, New South Wales Government, electronic communication, child pornography, security company
Mozilla launches Snowl messaging prototype
News The prototype Firefox extension will bring unified messaging to the open source browser, if early experiments are promising.
Tags: Web browsers, Software, Open source, E-mail clients, Message, Web Browser, Google Inc., Messaging, Mozilla Corp., social networking
And now...public relations in the blogosphere
Blogs The new media is growing mightier by the day, and bloggers are the new pressure group in the virtual world. That's also ...
CNBC invests in electronic trading venture
News
Short Take: Australia mulls cybercrime sentence
News Computer hackers, vandals and fraudsters could face up to 10 years in jail under a cybercrime law introduced in the New South Wales Parliament.
EC: Stronger protection needed for electronic networks
News Vital electronic networks need to be better protected to prevent the risk of a domino effect that could result in a major communications "collapse", says the European Commission.
Data leaks: Europe readies new rules
News The European Commission (EC) is considering tightening some regulations around when companies have to reveal security leaks--but rules will only cover a small number of companies and won't come into force for years.
Tags: IT Governance, Regulations
Google adds real-time stock, ride info
News With real-time quotes, search giant offers free what most portals charge for. Also, find out where that taxi is online.
Tags: Search
Tradescape buys trading network
News
Domestic firm overtakes Motorola in China
News A China communication products maker, Ningbo Bird, has just unseated Motorola to become the number one handset supplier in China.
