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    SMS-delivered two-factor authentication will be dead in three years, according to National Australia Bank's general manager of technology, risk and security, Gary Blair.

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    Smaller companies should back up their data if they want to avoid being held to ransom by hackers, a security company has warned.

  • Sun to unveil security offerings

    Sun Microsystems is expected to announce two security initiatives Monday in the United States, one introducing a form of encryption for its next-generation Sun Java System Web Server and another that re-slices the way it delivers security features for Solaris.

  • PGP defect reveals encrypted messages

    Messages encrypted with the Pretty Good Privacy algorithm could fall prey to a technique that fools senders into decoding their own secret messages, according to researchers.

  • .NET demystifies encryption

    .NET makes cryptography a little simpler by putting everything into one SDK. Find out how to encrypt and decrypt a text file with the System.Security.Cryptography namespace.

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    Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network.

  • New light shed on unbreakable encryption

    Scientists at Northwestern University say they have harnessed the properties of light to encrypt information into code that can be cracked only one way: by breaking the physical laws of nature.

  • Encryption packages: Beyond the code

    Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages.

  • Open-source group gets Sun security gift

    Sun Microsystems donates new cryptography technology to an open-source project at the heart of many secure transactions on the Internet.

  • PGP hints at secure instant messaging

    The chief executive of PGP, Phillip Dunkelberger, has hinted the company will release a secure instant messaging (IM) application following its re-launch of the brand in June last year.

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Reviews (10)

  • PC army tackles Xbox security code

    A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

  • Encryption packages: Beyond the code

    Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

  • PGP 8.0: Lock down your secrets

    PGP 8.0 is an industrial-strength encryption program with all the features necessary to protect your files and online communications.

  • PGP Personal Security

    PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a respected encryption mechanism for protecting email correspondence. PGPi is available for free, so the main reason for purchasing PGP Personal Security 7.03 would be to obtain the extra features that McAfee provides.

  • WS_FTP Professional 9.0

    Version 9.0 of Ipswitch's WS_FTP Professional is one of the most complete, effective and secure FTP applications available.

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