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.
Analyst group Gartner has recommended that companies using US-based service providers should prepare plans to move their data to the UK or Canada because of the risk that records could be passed, without authorisation, to US Intelligence agencies.
A government project to use passenger and intelligence databases to track and screen travellers entering and leaving the UK is set to begin trials by the end of the year.
Gartner's information security and risk research director has dismissed cyber-terrorism as a "theory".
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Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."
Counter-terrorism adviser to four US presidents Richard Clarke discusses whether cyberterrorism is a misnomer or a real threat.
IT directors are more concerned about the security threat posed to systems by staff than by terrorist attacks, according to new research.
Australian company directors and officers are being warned of the damaging impact cybercrime can have if they don't address risks effectively.
The latest in Symantec's annual threat assessments seems to suggest that we are more vulnerable, but better protected than we have ever been.
While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the "feeling" and "reality" of security, says security guru Bruce Schneier.
Despite her unpopular stance on encryption, Dorothy Denning's dedication to security has earned her respect. What does she think is in store for security?
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