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    Verification gadgets range from tokens to mobile-phone-based systems, but cost keeps them from catching on.

  • Finally, a sensible security scheme

    Industry veteran Jon Oltsik says Visa's "defence in depth" approach to security proves this is not mission impossible.

  • Securing all fronts

    Managed security service providers are gaining momentum in Australia. Can outsourcing security secure your company?

  • Watching the detection

    They may not be perfect, but intrusion detection systems should be a part of your enterprise security arsenal.

  • Stop wasting money on security

    While viruses, worms and hacking attacks continue to evolve, the costs of security failure have about doubled for each of the last five years.

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  • AusCERT 2008: Behind the scenes

    ZDNet.com.au's Matt Oxley takes you behind the scenes at Australia's largest security conference. Find out why Microsoft's head of product security was afraid of being arrested, watch delegates swing at sheep on the driving range and discover who thinks security is like being chased by a bear or is it a dog?

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  • Aust customers should not fear wireless security: Microsoft

    Microsoft wants customers to "overcome their fear" regarding security and proceed with wireless implementations.

  • Watching the detection

    They may not be perfect, but intrusion detection systems should be a part of your enterprise security arsenal.

  • Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

    Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

  • Mozilla burns to prove Firefox worthy

    After eight months of rapid growth, Firefox approaches its 1.0 release with new challenges in converting IE users. Additional reading: IE is evolving, but is it enough?

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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