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Comdex bans laptops
News In an effort to improve security after the 11 September terrorist attacks, the organisers of next week's Comdex trade show have banned the most ubiquitous of technology tools: laptop computers. Conferences were already suffering from a recession...
[November 6, 2001, 11:42]
Homeland Security Guest Address: Managing the Risk of Terrorism?
White Papers The threat of terrorist attacks in the U.S.continues to pose a risk to the insurance industry. Terrorism Risk Model provides a comprehensive analysis of terrorism risk in the U.S.quantifying risk from both foreign and domestic terrorist organizations.
[January 17, 2005, 2:00]
MI5 turns to the Web in hunt for terrorists
News The British intelligence service has launched an Internet investigation to appeal for information about potential terrorist attacks. An Arabic message has been posted in the discussion forums of several Muslim extremist Web sites, in the hope that...
[October 26, 2001, 13:28]
Apple cancels European event
News Apple Computer has cancelled its major upcoming conference due to last week's terrorist attacks. Several other conferences and business events have been cancelled in the wake of the terrorist attacks, including Red Hat Techworld and forums from Via...
[September 17, 2001, 17:02]
BP: Cyberterrorism threat is increasing
News As businesses move away from proprietary networks onto increasingly web-based systems, they are increasingly becoming targets for terrorist attacks, according to security chiefs at the oil company. BP has warned of an increasing terrorist threat to...
[June 21, 2007, 11:43]
Storage peddlers 'cashing in on 11 September'
News The horrific terrorist attacks of 11 September are being used as a crass marketing tool to peddle storage and business continuity systems, according to the chief executive of EMC -- one of the largest storage companies in the world.
[February 22, 2002, 13:40]
Anti-terror blitz hits privacy worldwide
News In the year that has elapsed since the 11 September terrorist attacks, the world's governments have moved to restrict privacy, boost surveillance and increase linking of databases, according to a survey released by a pair of advocacy groups on...
[September 3, 2002, 15:15]
Online crooks exploit WTC disaster
News Grieving people are flooding the Internet for solace and solidarity after Tuesday's terrorist attacks, but consumer advocates warn they may also find scams and spam online. Still, academics were shocked at the volume and immediacy of scams...
[September 14, 2001, 9:34]
Logica job cuts confirmed
News Logica has confirmed rumours that it is looking to make reductions in its headcount, but insisted that the US terrorist attacks have not affected its business. Some IT companies have found that the terrorist attacks of 11 September have had a...
[November 8, 2001, 17:09]
Hackers split over vigilante strikes
News Groups of online vandals and hackers are split over how to respond to this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with some Internet vigilantes calling for an assault on perceived terrorist sites and others pleading...
[September 17, 2001, 9:32]
Travel sites take off after US attacks
News Traffic to well-known travel sites has eventually returned to normal levels, after being hit badly by the terrorist attacks on the US last month. The webHancer report speculates that bargain-hunters may now try to cash in on the cheap fares...
[October 9, 2001, 16:20]
Companies rethink customer data privacy
News Companies are scrambling to ensure their online privacy policies do not run afoul of the sprawling investigation into last month's terrorist attacks, a move that could prompt some to rewrite their published statements, privacy experts said.
[October 2, 2001, 14:30]
Networks boost security against attacks
News An FBI warning has administrators of the nation's corporate networks double-checking -- and double-locking -- their systems in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Unisys' Misra said that while the attack against a...
[September 17, 2001, 10:39]
Attack on America: the security debate
News Rupert Goodwins' diary takes a look forward to some of the possible consequences of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks Friday 14th September The terrorist attacks in the US this week have prompted calls for all encryption software to have...
[September 18, 2001, 13:09]
Net offers lifeline amid tragedy
News People in New York City and around the globe turned to the Internet on Tuesday to communicate with their families and to grasp the horrific sequence of terrorist attacks that transformed the World Trade Center and the Pentagon into disaster zones.
[September 12, 2001, 10:58]
Straw blames 'naive' libertarians for weak encryption laws
News The former Home Secretary Jack Straw has attacked what he calls "naive" civil liberty groups for opposing Internet snooping laws which could, he believes, have prevented the horrendous terrorist attacks on the US last month.
[October 2, 2001, 17:40]
Dow off sharply as trading resumes
News US stock markets fell sharply on Monday after New York police officers and firefighters rang the opening bell, a sound that hasn't been heard since last Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Lehman Brothers strategist Jeffrey Applegate said the terrorist...
[September 18, 2001, 8:54]
Attorney general takes controversial Act on tour
News Enacted six weeks after the 11 September, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the law permits police to monitor email and Web activity without a judge's approval in some circumstances, to obtain court orders in order to conduct secret...
[August 21, 2003, 11:15]
UK police ask for traffic data from ISPs
News It is, however, unlikely that ISPs will stand in the way of attempts to gain intelligence on the horror of last week's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. American ISPs are already cooperating with FBI investigations into the terrorist...
[September 17, 2001, 14:02]
Apple puts final touches on OS X upgrade
News On Monday, the company cancelled its Apple Expo in Paris, in light of last week's devastating terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Apple had planned to brief industry analysts on the new OS last week but canceled the meetings after...
[September 18, 2001, 10:46]
