Stories by Sandra Rossi

Crying wolf: false alarms hide attacks

Intrusion detection systems (IDS) set off so many false alarms they can cause more trouble than they are worth, according to chair of Australia's Information Security Interest Group (ISIG) Mark Ames.

Parliament reviewing IT access

The Federal Department of Health needs to review and strengthen its IT access policies to prevent former ministers from using e-mail after they leave office.

Spam costs a motza

Spam's intrusion on corporate networks is not only polluting the Australian workplace, it is emerging as a costly problem.

Photo database gives mugs a go

End users will inevitably avoid a system if it is too complicated and time consuming to use, but this problem can be critical if it involves information used by police.

Celluloid heroes mirror IT's dilemmas

Investigative agents, nuclear warfare, identity authentication and plans by rogue terrorists to detonate bombs were all RSA Security senior VP Scott Schnell wanted to talk about during a visit to Australia this week.

Battling the Code Red worm

The global cost of the Code Red worm has topped $2.6 billion, according to Computer Economics.
An estimated $1.1 billion was spent cleaning infected servers and another $1.5 billion has been attributed to downtime and lost productivity.

Cyber terrorism may spawn Y2K-style legislation

The Federal Government is considering legislation similar to the Y2K disclosure act, that was introduced in the run-up to the year 2000, to facilitate information sharing with the private sector.

Technology doesn't fail business, people do: Furini

It is not technology failing business but information and communications technology (ICT) practitioners who fail to meet professional standards, according to Australian Computer Society (ACS) chief executive Dennis Furini.

The good, the bad, the ugly

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The payment's in the SMS

Australian companies are assessing SMS technology as a bill payment alternative to drastically reduce communication costs.

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