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TippingPoint goes public with Zero Day flaws
News Vulnerabilties can be publicly disclosed by researchers if they get impatient about the time taken between vulnerabilties being disclosed to the vendor, and patches being made available," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems...
[September 1, 2006, 15:45]
Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
News Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), said that the update procedure could be subject to hacking, just as other update procedures are. That's the scenario in any kind of update," said Starnes.
[July 27, 2006, 15:05]
Super-Asbos planned for cybercriminals
News It would be a good piece in the law-enforcement arsenal, if judiciously used," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). The judicial process is there for a reason — to prevent the State from abusing...
[July 18, 2006, 14:00]
NASA hacker debate rages on
News Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, believes that the US Government wanted to prosecute McKinnon in the US as "the UK has a long history of giving lenient sentences for computer crimes".
[July 14, 2006, 12:50]
IT security industry 'to be professionalised'
News Richard Starnes, the president of the Information Systems Security Association, said that the IT security industry needs a professional body similar to the Chartered Institute of Accounting and the Bar Council, which represents barristers.
[January 16, 2006, 9:15]
Sony rootkit prompts clampdown on CD use
News Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Starnes. If it's solely a Sony issue, it is easier for a company to make a decision that it will not allow particular Sony CDs, but if it becomes widespread then it becomes difficult to...
[November 14, 2005, 12:50]
Tsunami 'hacker' finds new job in security scene
News Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, acknowledged that the circumstance of Cuthbert's conviction should not automatically debar him from the security industry.
[November 11, 2005, 12:45]
Get Safe Online membership costs revealed
News Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, said he is concerned that industry bodies such as his own have so far not been contacted, though he added he would gladly work with Get Safe Online once it has been...
[October 28, 2005, 14:25]
Microsoft UK turns to FBI for security advisor
News Gibson's appointment was welcomed by Richard Starnes, president of Information Systems Security Association UK. He's well respected with a good international reputation," said Starnes. After a six-month search Microsoft UK has chosen a new security...
[May 23, 2005, 12:30]
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate
News Last year, the UK president of the Information Systems Security Association Richard Starnes said that cyberterror was not yet a reality. Cyberterrorism is a word that the press loves because it gets people to read stories," Starnes said.
[February 11, 2005, 13:25]
Security organisation's Web site hacked
News In mid-December we switched to a different server and upgraded the software," said Richard Starnes, president of the ISSA UK. The ISSA UK Web site, which is sponsored by security companies Sophos, (ISC)2 and Websense, was hacked on January 7th...
[January 24, 2005, 14:20]
Police to give cybercrime-fighting courses
News This way they might lose half the people they're looking to get, but the initiative is something I applaud.Richard Starnes, UK president of the Information Systems Security Association, was critical of the Metropolitan Police for not funding the...
[January 19, 2005, 12:20]
Court case shines light on security ethics
News This is a controversial subject," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association UK. Patches can be difficult to develop and often take between three and six months to perfect, Starnes said.
[January 13, 2005, 12:45]
ISPs raise the stakes on DDoS attacks
News Director of incident response for Cable and Wireless Richard Starnes agreed that customers should pay for DDoS protection. We get put into this position that ISPs should do more to promote anti-spam and antivirus," said Starnes.
[November 30, 2004, 11:45]
Microsoft acts on 'download warning' flaw
News Richard Starnes, an information security professional with around 20 years experience in information security, incident response and computer crime investigation, said that legislation could be used to force Microsoft -- and other software...
[November 23, 2004, 7:50]
Online protection rackets target clearing houses
News According to Richard Starnes, director of incident response for Cable and Wireless, hackers will start taking down the Web sites of these companies unless they pay a ransom. These attacks are only launched at companies that rely 80 or 90 percent on...
[October 21, 2004, 16:10]
Cyberterrorism a reality 'in two years'
News Yesterday at the conference, director of incident response for Cable & Wireless Richard Starnes said that cyberterrorism was an over-used term. Cyberterrorism could become a reality in 2006, a leading UK information security expert has said.
[October 21, 2004, 13:45]
419 spammers use Holocaust to boost credibility
News Thievery is bad enough, but doing it under the cloak of helping Holocaust victims, I really don't have the words for," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association UK.
[October 1, 2004, 17:40]
Why security is an information problem
News Also speaking in the panel discussion around the issue of hacking was Richard Starnes, Cable & Wireless director of incident response. Speaking at the ZDNet UK IT Priorities Conference held in the Park Lane Hotel, London, Simon Perry, VP security...
[September 28, 2004, 17:45]
Microsoft stands firm on SP2 downloads
News My concern is that firms will see this as an operating system upgrade rather than a patch," said Richard Starnes, president of the Information Systems Security Association, UK. Microsoft has reinforced its prediction that it will distribute 100...
[September 27, 2004, 17:30]
