“Careless talk costs lives” was one of the slogans on posters displayed during the Second World War. It was a warning to people to avoid discussing confidential matters in public places, where spies could eavesdrop on vital secrets. Many people also know the saying “wall have ears”. Yet in enterprises and other organizations, too few…
In the old days, there was a physical cable running from A to B. One server ran just one application. Auditors could see the boundaries and could assess IT security accordingly. But today, matters have changed considerably. The virtualisation of X applications over Y servers, and the use of the cloud make it impossible to…
Printers print. By definition, that is their function. Wads of printed paper, transparencies, continuous feed printouts, presentations stapled together, and so on. Many people are aware of the security risks of leaving printouts lying around, or throwing them out without shredding them. Thirty or forty years, tales of hackers going through refuse were rife. Now…
Mobile computing devices used to be the challenge for many enterprises. IT departments found themselves tugged in several different directions at once. Employees insisted on using their tablets and smartphones to access company applications, while security officers threw up their hands in horror at the idea of unknown and uncontrollable devices having a way in…
The world is a dangerous place and a simple firewall just won’t cut it when it comes to this generations highly advanced weaponry, the weapon of knowledge, the knowledge you have turned against you. Warfare is no longer only on the battlefield but on the Internet where anyone with some knowledge of hacking becomes a…
They last a lifetime and they never change. Fingerprints, irises and even gaits (as in walking) are immutable, if you discount the use of surgery. That is what makes them such reliable identifiers and the basis of different biometric security systems. From science fiction and spy films, we now have smartphones (iPhones for example) that…