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Talkback If their defence security is that bad, then he deseves a medal for showing it up. Why isn't he staying here, in the UK, quoting his 'Human rights' like that recent Muslim Terrorist managed to do?
[January 16, 2009, 14:42]
Hackers attack Brazilian defence ministry
News On Wednesday, the Web site of Brazil's defence ministry became a hacking victim. For some 15 minutes, the hackers invaded the site, replacing its original content with pictures of Argentina's revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevera.
[January 12, 2001, 9:31]
Microsoft unleashes last-ditch defence: Part II
News Take me to Microsoft unleashes last-ditch defence: Part I. Throughout the day, Boies, Warden and Jackson sparred over the definition of technology tying, which is at the heart of the case. Microsoft has argued that Internet Explorer and Windows 98...
[February 23, 2000, 9:41]
Russian defence system not Y2K compliant?
News According to the report US military analysts fear that Russia's defence system may not be Y2K compliant and warn that it may be in jeopardy. It goes on to say that the Russians have allocated £2.3m for new hardware and software but the testing...
[March 3, 1999, 11:02]
Is this a 'Chewbacca defence' or something?
Talkback Explanation of 'Chewbacca Defence': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_Defense Um, this 'OOXML expert' is the chair of the BSI committee that reversed the BSI's decision, isn't he? I don't suppose this has anything to do with the action against...
[May 22, 2008, 10:42]
Nato creates cyber-defence command
News Nato is creating a cyber-defence command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructures. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber-defence among Nato allies after its formation was...
[April 9, 2008, 9:30]
Ministry of Defence criticised over EDS contract
News Last week, a consortium led by EDS won the contract for the second phase of the ATLAS project, the Ministry of Defence's information infrastructure, and at £4bn one of the largest public sector projects in the UK.
[January 11, 2007, 16:30]
Virus causes Ministry of Defence outages
News The Ministry of Defence's administrative system has been infected with a virus, the MoD said on Friday. Earlier this week the secretary of state for defence admitted that only 27 percent of MoD IT systems fully meet government security guidelines.
[January 16, 2009, 16:09]
New Zealand Defence Forces Achieves a Secure Standards-Compliant Messaging System With CA's eTrust Directory and BrightStor High Availability
White Papers In June 2003, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) issued a request for proposals for a multi-phase project to replace its existing military messaging system with a next generation, standards-compliant military messaging system.
[February 22, 2007, 0:00]
Trojan defence acquits British teenager
News Even though both the defence and prosecution acknowledged that the attack had originated from Caffrey's computer, the defendant claimed his computer had been taken over by a hacker using a Trojan Horse program.
[October 17, 2003, 12:58]
Linux gains acceptance in mission-critical defence app
News Lockheed Martin will use RedHawk real-time Linux in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation testing of strategic missile defence subsystems. In selecting Lockheed Martin for the THAAD programme, the defence contractor said it was because of "the...
[November 30, 2005, 15:50]
Expert undermines hacking suspect's defence
News The defence counsel for Aaron Caffrey, who is on trial at Southwark Crown Court, had said that his client's computer could have been compromised by a hacker who had altered the system's log files -- which record how the machine is being used...
[October 9, 2003, 15:10]
Newest anti-hacking defence systems? Speedier downloads
News Thanks to the recent attacks on Microsoft's Web sites, technology for speeding downloads has transformed overnight into the latest anti-hacking defence systems. But it turns out these companies' services are also an unexpected defence against...
[January 30, 2001, 8:31]
Indian president calls for open-source defence software
News Software maintenance and software upgrade is an important issue for defence," Kalam said at a meeting of Indian Navy's Weapons and Electronic System Engineering Establishment in New Delhi last week. Without naming any proprietary software products...
[July 8, 2004, 8:50]
performancesoft Case Study: The Ministry of Defence, London, UK
White Papers The Ministry of Defence is one of the largest government departments in the United Kingdom. In 2002 a Project Team within DESO established a requirement for an effective tool which would improve the quality and timeliness of performance information...
[May 20, 2005, 0:00]
Kazaa owner pins hopes on 105-year-old defence
News Sharman License Holdings may be resting its defence on a precedent set over one hundred years ago, according to statements made by its lawyers in court last Friday, as the company prepares to face alleged music copyright infringement charges...
[May 19, 2004, 10:40]
UK trailing USA in adoption of open source defence technology
Blog I am due to meet up soon with an open source enterprise content management (ECM) company called Alfresco whose success in the US may have lessons for us in the UK defence sector. Multifarious manifestations of Java and many other open source...
[October 19, 2009, 8:28]
Firewalls: Your first line of defence
Talkback I have to disagree, the first line of defence is NOT a firewall. First, you ditch, that fragment of excrement, known as windows and deploy Linux. Then, you can deploy a firewall for peace of mind. It would appear that securing windows is an...
[March 1, 2006, 12:44]
Open source defence centre launched
News A consortium representative said the same $10m legal defence fund that will be used to defend Torvalds from legal attack will extend to Tridgell as well. A prominent intellectual property lawyer in the open source movement is helping launch a...
[February 1, 2005, 8:45]
Microsoft unleashes last-ditch defence
News Boies did say that Microsoft has attempted to use copyright law as its third defence, but he claimed the company did not use this in its court appearances or in its proposed findings. Take me to Microsoft unleashes last-ditch defence: Part II.
[February 23, 2000, 9:02]
