St George is joining the ranks of financial institutions taking up two-factor transaction authentication to protect its customers from fraud.
The marriage between electronic mail spoofing and social engineering has resulted in a new, malicious tactic dubbed 'spear phishing', which security experts say can diminish users' trust in e-mail.
In the days before Christmas the amount of spam e-mail being sent and received looks set to soar as marketing machines and e-greetings firms go into seasonal overdrive.
A standardised test on knowledge of security programming may soon be on the way for software developers.
Venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) placed a US$100 million bet on Apple's iPhone on Thursday by creating the iFund. KPCB partner Matt Murphy talks about the iFund and the type of big ideas the fund is seeking.
Shares in iSoft, the troubled UK software developer which is playing a key role in the country's National Health Service's (NHS) massive IT upgrade programme, rose almost 10 percent on Friday in the UK amid speculation over its future.
SAP announced on Monday the acquisition of an enterprise communications software developer and the planned buyout of an identity management applications maker.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group is arguing that emerging e-mail authentication standards could take the sting out of "phishing" attacks.
With major changes to the Privacy Act set to occur next year, many organisations are exploring data leakage prevention (DLP) technologies.
Former Aussie Home Loans chief information officer Steve Lindsay will take a top spot in Citibank's consumer operation after leaving the mortgage specialist in late June.
Financial organisations are slowly embracing the notion of unified communications, but significant organisational hurdles remain
E-mail archiving is now a legal requirement in the financial and healthcare industries, especially in the US, but implementing it continues to pose logistical and security challenges. Is outsourcing the answer?
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The rise in online identity fraud has companies on the hook: Either educate customers or lose them.
Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.
Despite their role as the last gatekeeper of IT security, many employees lack training and understanding. Additional reading: Shed light on shadow IT groups
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Though still in its early days, grid computing looks to have a promising future -- if vendors can continue to educate IT departments about its benefits.
Two document management specialists talk about their business strategies.
March was another bumper month for spam. The latest figures reveal a continued increase in the amount of unsolicited e-mail traffic.
Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.
The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?
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In the Australian market, banks are the archetypal large IT customer: they've got lots of technology of differing vintages, have to spend a fortune on services to stitch it all together, and are also obliged to meet a super-strict regulatory regime which would make most lesser enterprises quake in their virtualised boots.
Telstra mobile code reader
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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