Australian organisations' best efforts to secure IT systems are failing, according to an annual survey released today by the nation's leading IT security advisory body.
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The AusCERT 2008 security conference takes place in the Gold Coast this week. If you couldn't make it, here's what you're missing.
Cyber-criminals, God, the universe, mafia, aliens, Nazis and IBM -- these are just some of the subjects touched upon in a video interview I conducted with Richard Thieme at the AusCERT security conference in Queensland last month.
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Cyber-criminals, God, the universe, mafia, aliens, Nazis and IBM -- these are just some of the subjects touched upon when ZDNet Australia's Munir Kotadia interviewed Richard Thieme at the AusCERT security conference in Queensland last month.
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