My Top Ten Corporate Security Threats

by: Hugo Harber

Security threats are more than just a distraction. An attack directed at financial or personal records or business-critical applications is potentially devastating. But even indiscriminate attacks can result in the loss of valuable data, high repa...

24 November 2009

A multi-layered approach to security works best

by: Hugo Harber

Security is a management problem with a technology solution. It isn’t a check-list of do’s and don’ts - it’s a discipline covering the business’ IT infrastructure. When it comes to security, a multi-layered approach works best. For instance, worms...

20 November 2009

Agile software development meets the shopping list

by: Hugo Harber

Every software development project has a shopping list of tools and infrastructure and your list is typically sent to the internal IS team where they start to go through a purchase and provision process. You hope to be given an ETA so you can star...

19 November 2009

Waiting until it is too late, costs more.

by: Hugo Harber

Security spending is a cost that’s notoriously difficult to justify in traditional cost/benefit terms: you spend a lot on security and in the best-case scenario nothing happens! But it’s important to remember that reactive security spending is...

16 November 2009

Are you bailing out a leaking boat!

by: Hugo Harber

Over the years the threat to your data and network has changed and evolved though it still might feel a bit like bailing out a leaking boat. The threat no longer comes through a single point like the rogue USB, but from multiple points of entry to...

06 November 2009