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  • PKI is failing, say Sun and Microsoft

    Microsoft and Sun seem to agree on one thing, and it all has to do with a worldwide network of bodies authenticating digital signatures and certificates

  • RSA tackles PKI

    RSA Security aims to tackle the PKI market by unveiling new software that attempts to remove two of the major deployment barriers: application integration and end-user invisibility.

  • PKI in Australia: Govt. leads the way

    Although the Australian Government's Gatekeeper initiative to implement PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) technology for electronic transactions was established just over three years ago, there hasn't been much headway in seeing its acceptance in the wider business community.

  • Skype to address identification concerns

    Skype plans to address the concerns of some IT managers by improving its identity authentication process.

  • Tax Commissioner: E-tax doesn't make tax less taxing

    After announcing that 1.9 million Australians lodged their tax in 2007 using e-tax, the Tax Commissioner has said that online initiatives can only go so far to ease the burden of an overly complex tax system.

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  • PKI's alive and kicking?

    Once, Public Key Infrastructure was hyped as an almost magical solution to almost every IT problem. Then reality set in.

  • Government CIO spotlight on: Security

    How do four of Australia's largest government agencies protect their networks from attackers? To find out, ZDNet.com.au went to Canberra and spoke to the CIOs of Customs, Centrelink, Defence and the Australian Tax Office.

  • Web services security gets boost

    International standards consortium OASIS has expanded to include security advocacy group PKI Forum, a move which is being touted as a key driver for the use of public-key infrastructure.

  • Department of Defence: Greg Farr, CIO (part one)

    Australian Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr spoke to ZDNet.com.au about how the organisation's networks are kept secure and why virtualisation and green issues are high on the agenda.

  • Who guards the guards: Security

    Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

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