News (213)

  • NAB eyes three-factor authentication

    National Australia Bank is confident that it has the tools it needs to leapfrog rivals by adopting three-factor authentication, adding an extra means of security to the normal two factors most Australian banks offer customers to secure their transactions.

  • Rudd hiring security CIO

    Kevin Rudd's department has advertised for a top-level security-focused chief information officer to oversee the technology aspects of its national security strategy.

  • ASIC counter-spy to be a tough search

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will be hard pressed sourcing a single company for technical counter-surveillance activities, says a local counter-intelligence professional.

  • Cheaper quantum security coming soon

    Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology claim to have discovered a technique that will lower the costs of quantum cryptography.

  • Australia attacked: What happened at Cyber Storm II

    Communication between the private sector and government has been identified as the key lesson learned from the recent simulated cyberwar, Cyber Storm II.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Will IT security be easy in 2016 or 2046?

    Securing your IT infrastructure, whether you look after five, 5,000 or 50,000 computers, is a complicated process. But my calculations tell me that by 2016, tech security will be as easy as flicking a light switch or turning on a gas cooker.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Kevin Rudd is a cyber agent of KAOS

    This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.

Features and Case Studies (71)

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • San Francisco International Airport: John Payne, CIO

    The CIO of San Francisco International Airport talks to ZDNet about protecting the airport's network and providing new services such as passenger WiFi.

  • Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007

    Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.

  • Technology alarmism in spades

    ID management expert Phil Libin says critics knocking an upcoming government security program miss the point.

  • Wireless dilemma: Security isn't cool

    The wireless era continues to be plagued by insufficient security, and both corporations and users are being put at risk. But the priority goes to add more nifty features.

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