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News (27)

• Hackers target Ruddock's department

  The federal Attorney General's Department has weathered more than one million hacking attempts over the last four years, its chief information officer said.

• Cyberterror 'overhyped,' security guru says

  Fears of cyberterror could actually hurt IT security, a threats expert asserts.

• Spam outweighs terrorism as security threat: survey

  Viruses and spam have become a more significant security threat than terrorist attacks, according to a network security survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit for AT&T, with 92 percent of responding senior executives rating viruses and worms as the most major hazard to their business today.

• US vulnerable to data sneak attack

  A group of hackers couldn't single-handedly bring down the United States' national data infrastructure, but a terrorist team would be able to do significant localised damage to US systems, according to a recent war games simulation.

• eTerrorism: Assessing the infrastructure risk

  While warnings pervade government and the media, doomsday scenarios of cyberterrorism that result in massive deaths or injury remain largely the stuff of Hollywood scripts or conspiracy theory.

Features and Case Studies (4)

• Terrorism threat to Net overblown

  Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."

• Richard Clarke: Straight talking on terror

  Counter-terrorism adviser to four US presidents Richard Clarke discusses whether cyberterrorism is a misnomer or a real threat.

• Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

  Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

• E-passports to put new face on old documents

  Countries begin test programs -- get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.

Reviews (1)

• Security Visionary: The future is cybersecurity

  Howard Schmidt is convinced that post-Sept. 11, cybersecurity will transform the information technology world--for better or for worse. Do you agree?

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