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New tech in action at Singapore parade
News As nation celebrates its 44th birthday, new technologies are deployed to support operations at National Day parade and extend reach to public.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Wireless, Video, Singapore, Portal, entertainment, network, camera, team, Mobile platforms/communications
Banking on the IT-sales connection
Insight Shee Tse Koon, Standard Chartered Bank's CIO for Singapore, shares the bank's inner workings of the close relationship between sales, technology and operations.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Banking, IT Management, IT budgeting
Google develops Web app security tool
News Search giant is developing its own fuzzing tool code-named 'Lemon' to test its web applications, but has no immediate plans to release it.
Tags: Security applications/tools
Android security team appeals to bug hunters
News Security team for Google's nascent open source mobile platform has attempted to raise its profile with the security community.
Tags: Security, Smart phones, Open source, Mobile platforms, Mobile, Google Inc., Security Team, Vulnerability, RFC, software
Three security investigation pitfalls to avoid
Techguide Investigations are powerful tools for improving compliance--they should strengthen security controls and assure employees that the security team is a partner.
Tags: Risk Management, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Investigation Report, Security Team, Investigation Pitfall, Policy Violation, Tool, Intranet
10 qualities of IT greatness
Techguide CIO success depends on connecting the chaotic IT environment to high-level strategic and business priorities that matter to the broader organization. Here are 10 qualities of IT units that have successfully bridged the strategic gap.
Tags: Strategy, Security Team, Successful IT Group, Ace Hardware, Paul M. Ingevaldson, Michael Krigsman, CIO, software, allocation, CEO
Microsoft sues over IM spam, phishing
News Lawsuit alleges that two companies used its Live Messenger service to poach users' contacts for spam and to send them to phishing sites.
Tags: Legal, Instant messaging, Spam and phishing, Phishing, Security Team, Microsoft Windows Live, Spam, Attack, general counsel, Seattle
Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows kernel
News November's Patch Tuesday features fixes for holes in Windows, Excel, and Word, and a critical one affecting the Windows kernel that could be used in drive-by download attacks on Web surfers.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Office, Security, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, antivirus, patch management
Why automatic updates may be the next big threat
Techguide Michael Kassner discusses a potential problem--an attacker hijacking automatic updates and downloading malware onto users' computers.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Malware, Security, Michael Kassner, computer, Server, Wi-Fi, network, Wi-Fi network
IBM announces ID and access management service
News The company says the service will help companies counter the effects of rising cybercrime and falling security budgets.
Tags: Data security, Firewalls, IBM Corp., Security, Cybersecurity, Managed Security Service, Access Management Service, Internet Security Systems Inc., access management, strategy
Adobe promises fixes for Reader and Acrobat
News Critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat will be fixed in product updates in a week's time, the company has said.
Tags: PC security, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Unix, Apple Macintosh, software, Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript
Is the new Komodo 5 worth the upgrade?
Techguide The Komodo 5.0 toolset for developers is taken for a test drive to find out if its new features are compelling enough to make the software a must-have.
Tags: Linux, Security, Tool, ActiveState Tool Corp., TCL, CVS Corp., Mozilla Corp., Vincent Danen, Komodo 5, Komodo Edit
Using pam_mount to automount filesystems at login
Techguide Pam_mount can take a password entered at login and use it to mount an encrypted filesystem. It can also mount non-encrypted filesystems.
Tags: Linux, Infrastructure/architecture management, Configuration File, Authentication, File System, On-demand, Password, Mandriva, Network File System, Vincent Danen
The difference between threat and risk
Insight No difference you say? IT consultant Shannon T. Kalvar offered that threat is based on emotion, while risk is based on analysis. And it is important that IT managers learn to disconnect both concepts.
Tags: Operations
Mozilla fixes Firefox's flat add-on vulnerability
News New update for the Firefox browser could be pushed out soon.
Tags: Security, Web browsers
