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  • Backley hangs up Westpac jersey

    Westpac's former chief technology officer David Backley has ended his 12-year stint with the bank, with chief information officer Bob McKinnon announcing Backley's resignation to staff last Friday.

  • Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO

    Companies are wasting money on security processes such as applying patches and using antivirus software which just don't work, according to Cisco's chief security officer John Stewart.

  • Cisco customers making themselves vulnerable

    Companies are refusing to update their router operating systems even though they contain known vulnerabilities, leaving their network full of security holes, according to Cisco's top security exec.

  • Westpac accepts no blame in security breach

    Westpac has admitted that the details of around 1,400 Virgin credit card customers were exposed last week when its system security was breached, but Australia's fourth largest bank has washed its hands of any blame.

  • Software should defend itself: Oracle CSO

    Applications will have to defend themselves from attack in the future, according to Oracle's chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson.

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Features and Case Studies (21)

  • Is the CSO a toothless tiger?

    In some Australian organisations the CSO is a toothless tiger and employed only to meet regulatory requirements, which can lead to companies limping from one IT security disaster to another.

  • Making the security ROI model work

    Chief Security Officers face a challenging quandary at budget-time because the traditional return on investment (ROI) model falls apart when it is applied to security products but as that is the only language budget-approvers speak, what is a CSO to do?

  • Tools for Chief Security Officers

    In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a three-part exclusive video interview with Westpac Bank chief information security officer, David Backley, in addition to tips and reviews for businesses to thwart security attacks.

  • Precision security fighting at Cisco

    Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS -- attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office.

  • VoIP handsets reviewed

    Voice over Internet Protocol, in some way, shape, or form, is a standard inclusion now with most business telephony systems. We review the latest offerings.

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