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  • Users are the security problem: DSD

    Educating staff about IT security risks and measures they should take to avoid compromising system integrity is a critical enterprise activity, according to a senior federal government security official.

  • Federal government to toughen information security

    The scope of a closely watched survey of computer crime and security in Australia has been expanded with critical infrastructure providers in particular urged by the Attorney-General's Department to participate.

  • CBA service levels lag transformation programme

    Customer service at the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is still not making the grade despite an AU$1.5 billion, three-year transformation project nearing the end of its life, according to new CBA chief Ralph Norris.

  • CommBank launches new NetBank pilot

    The Commonwealth Bank today launched a pilot for the new version of its Internet banking product NetBank, Australia's most popular online banking service.

  • NetBank pilot glitches anger users

    Glitches in the Commonwealth Bank's pilot of an upgraded NetBank service are infuriating users.

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  • Australian businesses more than comfortable with Linux support

    While UK businesses worry that Linux lacks the technical support options to make it an enterprise player, Australian businesses believe the open source operating system already enjoys the robust support they need to put it to work.

  • An eye for an aye

    Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?

  • Part II: Most popular security issues

    Critical security questions answered in the second part of this series include holding data to ransom, scaremongering, Internet law, spammers making money, the uber-virus, and spyware at home.

  • Part I: Most popular security issues

    Executives under arrest, charging for e-mail, rogue staff, e-mail spoofing, spyware: it's all here in your first raft of questions to our panel of experts. Additional reading: Beat malware with Firefox, others

  • Part III: Most popular security issues

    In the final part of this three-part special, our security experts tackle questions ranging from stopping spam and spyware liability, to hijacking e-mail addresses and Web site spoofing.

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  • Office XP vs. bugs, round two

    Microsoft has released its second collection of bug fixes, or service pack, to Office XP, the company has confirmed.

  • Patent creates IM wrinkle

    America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.

  • New Outlook to give spammers the boot

    The first test version of the new email software blocks external content in Web-based email.

  • Sun to give StarOffice Java flavour

    Sun Microsystems is building a Java-based development kit for its StarOffice software to help corporate programmers customise desktop applications, a move that better pits it against Microsoft's dominant Office.

  • Storage: The inside story

    Few managers consider it a sexy area, but well-planned storage systems are critical to the functioning of businesses of all sizes. How has storage technology evolved and how can you plan the right system at the right price?

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