Performing a Cyber Security Risk Assessment: Why? When? and How?
White Papers This webcast discusses about developing a common language, explains the importance of performing Cyber Security assessments, when to perform a Cyber Security risk assessment and how to perform a Cyber Security Risk assessment.
[January 17, 2005, 23:00]
Cyber Liability & Higher Education Aon Professional Risk Solutions
White Papers Due to the nature and complexity of operations and the academic culture of open access, educational institutions, and in particular, large research-oriented universities, face unique exposures related to the internet and information security and...
[October 6, 2009, 1:22]
Management group warns CEOs of data-breach risks
News In a report entitled Cyber Attack: A Risk Management Primer for CEOs and Directors, launched on Wednesday, the British-North American Committee (BNAC) said that chief executives underestimate the scale of data-security problems and fail to...
[May 8, 2008, 14:22]
Cyberattacks target UK's national infrastructure
News The use of cyber-techniques is relatively easy, cheap and low risk in terms of being caught. However, he added that the UK government feels the risk of a cyber-terrorist attack is low due to a "lack of capability and difficulties with understanding...
[October 30, 2008, 6:30]
Government hacker warning is a sign of the times
News The more systems that are based on common interfaces and the more they use common mechanisms to interoperate, the higher the cyber-terrorism risk will grow, added Hare-Brown. Attacks and payloads are getting more sophisticated all the time and so...
[June 16, 2005, 16:45]
Freeserve's trading bet could be risky
News Gartner group analyst Alexander Drobik, thinks the future of cyber trading is a positive step for consumers willing to take a risk. While Freeserve accepts there are pitfalls in cyber trading, a company spokesman was keen to highlight the firm's...
[August 17, 1999, 15:45]
Bulger injunction ridicules British Internet law
News The current legal system can't cope with such leaks -- there are traditional laws dealing with traditional media," said Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties. Legal experts believe there is a high risk of a foreign Web site or...
[June 25, 2001, 14:50]
US easy target for Chinese cyber-spies, says report
News China is actively conducting cyber-espionage as a warfare strategy, and has targeted US government and commercial computers, according to a new report from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[November 25, 2008, 13:45]
TOP SECURITY CONCERNS 2009
Talkback With the emergence of consumer technology in the workplace, coupled with social networking and Web 2.0 technologies and the increased sophistication of cyber criminals, truly securing an organisation's IT environment is an uphill battle In the...
[December 24, 2008, 18:51]
Q&A: Australia's 'Luddite' IT minister
News Do you believe Australia is a target of cyber-terrorists? I understand that the Government will soon announce some anti cyber-terrorism measures. More than half the population lives in Seoul, more than half the population of Seoul lives in highrise...
[November 29, 2002, 10:19]
NERC gets Aurora slap on the wrist
Blog US Representative James Langevin, chair of the House Subcommittee on cybersecurity, took the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to task over its efforts to mitigate a cyber vulnerability known as 'Aurora'.
[May 28, 2008, 16:49]
Cyber terrorism 'merely a theory'
News Gartner's information security and risk research director has dismissed cyber-terrorism as a "theory". The director, Rich Mogull, told journalists that despite the incidence of high-profile digital attacks, cyber terrorism is a phenomenon that has...
[November 11, 2003, 8:10]
Nato: Cyber-terrorism danger equal to missile attack
News Anil said: "Cyber-war can become a very effective global problem because it is low-risk, low-cost, highly effective and easily globally deployable. Nato's cyber-defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to...
[March 10, 2008, 8:06]
Project Trawler: Cyber crime in the UK
News Project Trawler -- the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) three-year study into cyber crime in the UK -- has found that paedophiles and criminals using the Net for secure communication are the two biggest problems facing law enforcement...
[June 22, 1999, 17:05]
Schneier: Cyber-extortion on the rise
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure organisations.
[January 23, 2008, 16:28]
Report: US air-traffic control systems hacked
News Cyber-incidents are not effectively monitored or fixed quickly, the report concluded. In 2008, more than 870 cyber-incident alerts were issued to the organisation responsible for air-traffic control operations and, by the end of the year, 17...
[May 8, 2009, 8:53]
Security Risk Assessment and Management in Web Applications
White Papers Corporations face increased levels of risk almost daily, from software vulnerabilities hidden in their technology systems to hackers and cyber crooks trying to steal proprietary corporate intellectual property, including sensitive customer...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Trend Micro Enterprise Security: Lower Security Risks and Costs by Minimizing the Time to Protection
White Papers Today's cyber attacks harvest sensitive corporate data and expose companies to the risk of losing revenue, employee productivity, customer relationships, and market reputation. The enterprise threat landscape has dramatically changed with the...
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
Implications of Outsourcing Web Application Security
White Papers As cyber criminals have flourished and the number of attacks on the web application layer by hackers continues to grow unabated, it is incumbent on organizations to ensure web application security. Total web security can never be guaranteed, but...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Webcast: How to Mitigate Outsourcing-Related Security Risks
White Papers How the risks inherent in outsourcing expose your company to cyber-crime. Without this holistic approach, an organization's overall security posture is at risk. Outsourcing is growing in popularity due to the efficiencies and cost savings that many...
[March 12, 2007, 11:10]



