Queensland Transport (QT) has selected three core technology suppliers for the state's chip-embedded drivers' licences, which will use public key infrastructure (PKI) to encrypt drivers' biometric information.
Provisions against digital rights management in a draft update to the General Public Licence could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in e-mails reflecting the Linux leader's pragmatic philosophy.
An anti-spam technology that focuses on identifying forged e-mail addresses has been proposed as a standard by Cisco, Yahoo and partners.
A coalition aiming to erase junk e-mail unites behind the law but stumbles over technology.
Internet company Yahoo and software provider Sendmail said Tuesday that they will jointly develop a system for authenticating e-mail, with the goal of mitigating spam.
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.
Your users probably understand the importance of safeguarding the data on their computers. But they don't always realise that some of that data is contained in Outlook. Here are a few suggestions you can share with them to help them protect that Outlook data.
E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?
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Version 9.0 of Ipswitch's WS_FTP Professional is one of the most complete, effective and secure FTP applications available.
PGP 8.0 is an industrial-strength encryption program with all the features necessary to protect your files and online communications.
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The more we use the Internet to search for information and communicate, the more we make personal information public.
Security-conscious companies with limited budgets and small IT staffs should consider Axent Technologies VelociRaptor firewall appliance to provide powerful network security with straightforward setup and management.
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