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Police to investigate Linux desktops
News Project Valiant, launched by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) last June, will create a systems strategy for UK police forces. Valiant's work includes looking into desktop software, and has commissioned a report into Linux desktops...
[January 23, 2002, 10:03]
Google reveals $3m bonus plan
News Google said the bonus plan will be tendered to all of its executive officers except for co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and chief executive Eric Schmidt. Typically, only executive officers or directors of a company must file their trades...
[February 23, 2005, 10:35]
Tech staff need better sales pitch
News Whether chief information officers have poor communication skills or quantifying the payoffs of IT investments is inherently difficult, many business managers have a "murky view of technology," according to the study.
[April 16, 2003, 13:23]
Haxdoor Trojan claims thousands of UK victims
News The email contains contact details for officers involved in the operation. The Met will not ask for data or banking details, and security validation is already contained in the email. Over 2,300 people have been infected with a variant of Haxdoor...
[October 11, 2006, 16:15]
CDT to file complaint over Intel ID chip
News We believe that such a claim [that the ID feature is turned off] made under current circumstances could constitute a material misrepresentation of the sort prohibited by federal consumer protection laws and regulations," according to the letter...
[February 26, 1999, 16:57]
Zero-knowledge adds privacy tool
News Zero-Knowledge's P3P Analyzer lets chief privacy officers use a Web address to analyze, monitor and report on implementation of P3P throughout the site. Security software maker Zero-Knowledge Systems on Tuesday introduced a Web-based tool that lets...
[March 6, 2002, 9:00]
VeriSign's redirection will resume
News Its own expert group -- including the chief technology officers of Brightmail and Morgan Stanley -- reviewed Site Finder and decided that most issues were "minor or inconvenient," VeriSign said. VeriSign said its own re-evaluation of its Site...
[October 16, 2003, 10:05]
NSPCC calls for better online crime reporting
News The partnership between agencies in the UK including police, children's charities, industry and government is one of the best in the world," said Stuart Hyde, a spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers.
[December 2, 2004, 12:15]
US Study: IT salaries take a tumble
News Benchmark salaries for chief information officers fell the fastest, down 37 percent, to $317,699, from $434,416 (£228,432 from £312,384) during the last half of 2000. IT positions involved in e-commerce and security continue to see steep salary...
[June 14, 2001, 12:27]
Criminals hunted down by... software?
News When the Australian Federal Police asked their computer system to find Australia's 'baddest' people -- those involved in the most investigations -- one name on the list surprised officers. It has a rigorous, complex security architecture.
[August 18, 2000, 9:50]
Businesses urged to harness staff Web 2.0 skills
News In a recent silicon.com CIO Jury, however, several chief information officers revealed that they have banned the use of social-networking sites in their office. Uploading/downloading can be a security risk.
[September 25, 2008, 11:55]
Survey: IT budgets still in flux
News A Merrill Lynch survey of more than 100 American and European chief information officers found 56 percent saying that "meaningful improvement" in IT spending would not happen until 2003. Not all tech markets are expected to be hit as hard: Goldman...
[May 23, 2002, 7:31]
RightNow says no to SunGrid
News When George Westinghouse suggested to a potential electrical utility customer that he could run a grid better than they, the chief electricity officers back then said, 'We need control [of our dynamos or generators] to get that kind of reliability...
[March 14, 2006, 8:10]
The future of IT security is fewer walls, not more
News The roving gang of European chief information security officers claims the key to better security is less walls not more - a concept they call deperimeterisation. When you get chief information security officers from 50 global 200 companies, we’ve...
[April 7, 2005, 17:35]
Firms to splash cash on IT security
News IDC's European Corporate Infrastructure Survey 2002 has found that security is the top priority for European chief information officers, due to growing concern over security breaches. Concerns over the security of their computer systems will force...
[November 26, 2002, 16:24]
Superb write up..
Talkback It is time for data security to be given proper emphasis, which means custodial sentences for chief executives, chief information officers and senior civil servants who wilfully disregard the law. Totally agree with this one hundred percent well...
[September 26, 2009, 4:18]
Nortel launches softly, softly security up-sell
News Nortel's strategy, which it launched under the umbrella term Unified Security Architecture, is a set of planning tools aimed at chief information officers and network planners, together with a commitment from Nortel that its products will include...
[September 24, 2002, 6:27]
European information security specialists 'justifying existence'
News Out of 595 respondents, the majority were security consultants, with 29 percent IT directors or managers.percent of the respondents were chief information or security officers. Information security professionals in Europe spend most of their time...
[October 17, 2005, 18:05]
RIM wants clearer pricing for mobile data
News Speaking to delegates earlier in the day, Eggberry had identified pricing and security as key barriers for IT managers and chief information officers when it came to making decisions on mobile data. Senior representatives at Research In Motion (RIM...
[October 18, 2006, 17:20]
IT will spend on security, but not services
News High-speed data transmission is also a top priority for Europe's chief information officers, with a 6.5 percent increase in spend planned on such technology. While IT spending on security and virtual private networks (VPNs) is expected to increase...
[January 10, 2003, 11:43]
