In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II.
Two Australian software firms are laughing all the way to the bank after inking separate deals with the US and Australian defence departments.
NATO's cyber-defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack.
A technical contractor may have started a chain of events that led to security professionals divulging classified information
Governments have had to target themselves with phishing attacks in order to highlight weak points in their security and protect national secrets from espionage, according to a report published this week by Sans.
Two Australian software firms are laughing all the way to the bank after inking separate deals with the US and Australian defence departments.
The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.
The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.
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Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.
Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.
Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.
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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