Cyber Security

News: Cyber espionage report documents security failures

4th August, 2010
"Shadows in the Cloud: Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0" is a joint report by the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation which documents the cyber attacks on computer network systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama and the UN, among others.
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Securing your Information Assets

29th July, 2010 by Peter Tippett | ASM | July/Aug 2010
The challenge of safeguarding information assets is growing every day. Peter Tippett offers his top 10 predictions regarding information security over the next decade.
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‘Cyberwarrior’ shortage threatens U.S. security

23rd July, 2010 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
According to a report on US National Public Radio (NPR July 19th, 2010) there may be no country on the planet more vulnerable to a massive cyber attack than the United States, where financial, transportation, telecommunications and even military operations are now deeply dependent on data networking.
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New cyber security centre has job ahead of it

27th June, 2010 by Ernie Davitt | ASM May-June 2010
The Government’s new multi-agency Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) is now up and running, gathering intelligence and recommending ways to combat attacks on critical computer networks.
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Cybercrime needs to be fought through industry partnership

27th June, 2010 by Mark Goudie | ASM May-June 2010
As the IT security sector gathered for the AusCERT 2010 conference in May, Mark Goudie called for cooperation to defeat a common enemy: the cybercriminal.
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Cloud computing security strategy

27th June, 2010 by Eva Chen | ASM May-June 2010
Regardless of what you’re hearing, writes Trend Micro CEO and cofounder Eva Chen, cloud computing is here to stay – and it’s not a bad thing.
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Business as usual, says AusCERT, despite collapse of negotiations

27th June, 2010 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
Graham Ingram, General Manager of AusCERT has declared that it is ‘business as usual’ for his team, despite negotiations having broken down over plans for AusCERT to provide services to CERT Australia, the new computer emergency response team established within the Attorney-General’s Department.
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Combating cyber crime not child’s play

26th January, 2009 by Ernie Davitt, National Affairs Ed | ASM | Nov-Dec
No-one would say that combating cyber crime is child’s play, but the Australian Federal Police have enlisted help from children as part of a creative new arsenal to help them hunt down online criminals.
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