IT security company CA (formerly Computer Associates) has made 31 staff redundant from its Melbourne-based research labs.
McAfee plans to acquire Reconnex, a company that specialises in data leakage prevention, which is the second company it has acquired in as many years.
The general manager of security and emergency management for Woodside Petroleum has publicly accused government staff of leaking commercially sensitive information that was provided under the Trusted Information Sharing Network (TISN).
Google has released as open source a web application assessment tool, Ratproxy, that was designed to root out potential security flaws.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have designed chips that use 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 per cent less in active mode than comparable processors, putting an end to overweight battery syndrome.
Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
If Australia is going to take information security seriously, we need more people like the ATO's CIO, Bill Gibson.
It's an inevitable consequence of sitting in a lot of enterprise presentations: sooner or later, the phrase "data leakage" is going to come up -- and when it does, you can't help but think of nappies.
Chief Security Officers face a challenging quandary at budget-time because the traditional return on investment (ROI) model falls apart when it is applied to security products but as that is the only language budget-approvers speak, what is a CSO to do?
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a three-part exclusive video interview with Westpac Bank chief information security officer, David Backley, in addition to tips and reviews for businesses to thwart security attacks.
Intel's Pat Gelsinger on the future of Itanium, technology in the developing world and the one-chip blade server of tomorrow.
Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS -- attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office.
This is a selection of short interviews with executives from Salesforce.com, Intranet Dashboard, McAfee and IBM, which were conducted at the CeBIT exhibition in Sydney last week.
Wondering which endpoint security suite keeps your clients the most protected? Enex TestLab racks them all up and puts them through their paces.
The HP w2408h is an excellent monitor that's suited to graphics or gaming, but it has its flaws and competitors offer more for your money.
The ViewSonic VX2025wm may not win the gymnastics event in the monitor Olympics, but this 20-inch wide-screen LCD offers excellent performance and built-in speakers, making it the best deal in its category.
Intel's latest mobile platform, now officially christened Centrino Duo, introduces the Core Duo (Yonah) chip with dual CPU cores. This and other developments should deliver useful -- if not revolutionary -- increases in notebook performance and battery life.
Although the X2 is a powerhouse of a projector that is the brightest in its class, it's heavy and big, and it can be frustrating to use.
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