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One in five employers may be snooping on their staff emails without informing them or gaining their consent, according to a new report.
Keeping an eye on staff e-mail exchanges, or monitoring their Web surfing activities, is an ethical and political minefield. How are Australian enterprises balancing this emotive issue?
A leading local lawyer has warned Australian business they could face a heavy cost if their electronic usage policy does not detail the extent they log employees' technology habits.
An Australian service that claims to know the whereabouts of your online correspondence with a new email tracking service may be imposing on end-users privacy.
Keeping an eye on staff e-mail exchanges, or monitoring their Web surfing activities, is an ethical and political minefield. How are Australian enterprises balancing this emotive issue?
A leading local lawyer has warned Australian business they could face a heavy cost if their electronic usage policy does not detail the extent they log employees' technology habits.
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This researcher has spent years analysing how spyware programs work. His findings have been published and has resulted in red faces and, occasionally, lawsuit threats.
With Windows Defender beta 2, Microsoft beefs up its free antispyware app with a new name, engine and tools.
Intrusion detection systems (IDS) have become indispensable in helping to manage threats and vulnerabilities, yet many companies have yet to implement one. Here are some tips and suggestions.
Commentary: Apple, Sony, and others have come out with laptops featuring big 17-inch flat-panel screens. The displays are beautiful, sure. But is there a solid business rationale for them?
Because networks increase the number of interdependencies among machines, they tend to magnify problems. As the saying goes, "Networking is when you can’t get any work done because of the failure of a machine you have never even heard of."
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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