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Hammond Prepares for the Future of Aged Care With Cisco Systems
White Papers In an organisation with the spread and scope of Hammond Care's services and facilities, faulty communications not only reduce productivity but can also compromise the safety of employees, volunteers and clients.
[March 10, 2007, 0:00]
Cyberangels preach online safety to East London teens
News Underprivileged children in the London borough of Newham are being trained to teach other teenagers in Internet safety. The "Teenangels" project targets London's 'best-connected' borough, and aims to devise Internet safety and privacy policies for...
[January 23, 2002, 17:53]
Nominet to fund 'worthwhile' UK internet projects
News Online safety for children is one suggestion, as are community projects to increase internet access and use, and user training and education. The organisation that runs the .uk domain is to set up a foundation devoted to research and educational...
[January 17, 2008, 14:27]
Cyberterror threats dismissed
News And Matai remains bullish about the role the WSO could play in ensuring greater safety for internet users and world governments. DK Matai, the chairman of mi2g will address the Oxford University Internet Institute on Thursday evening with a...
[February 10, 2005, 8:45]
Bug-reporting guidelines get swatted
News The guidelines could form the backbone of the Organization for Internet Safety, a new group being formed by security companies and software makers interested in gaining breathing space to fix flaws before they are made public.
[March 19, 2002, 11:17]
Security group defends 30-day plan
News The Organisation for Internet Safety (OIS) held a panel discussion at the Black Hat Briefings security conference to field questions regarding its latest attempt to create a standard way for security researchers to report flaws to software vendors.
[July 31, 2003, 11:05]
Flaws don't die - study
News The data seems to support assertions by the Organisation for Internet Safety that companies need time to fix flaws and patch vulnerable systems. A study of Internet security flaws showed that for serious issues, half the vulnerable systems remain...
[July 31, 2003, 8:40]
US Senate restarts .XXX debate
News Baucus of Montana, introduced a bill called the "Cyber Safety for Kids Plans to create an Internet red-light district would be revived under a new US Senate proposal. He is also a sponsor of a legislative proposal to levy a 25 percent tax on...
[March 20, 2006, 8:35]
Maligned security industry gathers
News The Organisation for Internet Safety on Tuesday released its final guidelines for disclosure, a document that the group of software and security companies hopes the research community will adopt. The past two weeks have been typical of the current...
[July 30, 2003, 14:54]
Mixed signals on mobile phone safety
News Sponsored by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), the wireless industry's trade group and lobbying organisation, National Wireless Safety Week is intended to raise awareness about the safety benefits of owning a mobile...
[May 23, 2001, 10:07]
Government 'must increase spending' on cybercrime fight
News That's the view of Internet security lobbyist EURIM, which today released its recommendations for a long-term progress plan to improve Internet safety. The Government should be providing more money to fund the skills and infrastructure needed to...
[January 19, 2005, 16:45]
Jane Wakefield: Is it 1984, or just Lord of the Flies?
News Under debate at the Scrambling for Safety conference, which ZDNet co-sponsored by the way, was the question of state control over data and electronic information. Access costs are too high, she told delegates gathered at the fourth Scrambling for...
[September 27, 1999, 13:58]
IWF crackdown on Net paedophiles gets £100,000
News The candidate will need marketing experience to concentrate on presenting and publishing safety messages to parents, which will initially address the issue of Internet chat," said Kerr. The UK's online pornography regulator the Internet Watch...
[April 3, 2001, 15:13]
Microsoft to fund anti-phishing group
News It is basically a place to all get together to share information about consumer fraud and phishing," said Stirling McBride, a senior investigator in Microsoft's Internet Safety Enforcement group, the team from which the full-time analyst will be...
[July 22, 2004, 10:50]
US regulators turn on to power-line broadband
News That's in part because the idea has encountered resistance from amateur radio operators, who complain that BPL could disrupt their systems and those of public safety organisations if deployed without limits.
[August 4, 2006, 11:20]
Bush beefs up cybercrime spending
News The consequences of a cyber attack could cascade across the economy, imperilling public safety and national security. Cyberspace security is a key element of infrastructure protection because the Internet and other computer systems link many...
[February 3, 2004, 9:10]
Bug alert firm sets new guidelines
News The policy conforms with a draft set of guidelines recommended by the Organization for Internet Safety, a group formed by Microsoft and several security companies, among them ISS. In a move aimed at quieting critics, network protection company...
[December 3, 2002, 8:43]
Policing the unacceptable - Bringing paedophiles to justice
News The anonymity offered by the Internet has meant paedophiles online can exploit children in relative safety often masquerading as other children in the increasingly popular online chat rooms. Paedophiles hiding their preferences for child sex are...
[March 22, 1999, 12:25]
Should the UN administer the Internet?
News Countering spam is just one of many elements of protecting the Internet that include availability during emergencies and supporting public safety and law enforcement officials," Zhao wrote in December.
[March 30, 2005, 16:05]
Russia gets ready to gag online dissent
News It also adds new bans on some public demonstrations, the use of extremist symbols, and any activity or publication that could threaten the "safety" of Russia. Russia's parliament may give final approval this week to sweeping restrictions on using...
[June 25, 2002, 9:29]
