November 2003 – Page 3 – CyberSecurity Institute

Microsoft revs its automotive engines

Posted on November 26, 2003December 30, 2021 by admini

BMW, in particular, has gravitated to Microsoft systems, although the company has announced wins with Honda, Volvo and others as well.

Microsoft has kept its car talk to a dull roar in recent months, but is expected to talk more about its effort in January, when Chairman Bill Gates delivers a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Microsoft is just one of many companies offering an operating system for use in automotive electronics, competing against QNX Software Systems, Wind River and Linux makers, among others.

As of this summer, analysts said the company had just about 10 percent of the market for in-car electronics, an industry that itself has fallen short of early estimates. Only about 13 percent to 14 percent of cars are connected to a network today, Magney said, although other cars have systems for navigation or entertainment.

The latest version of its Windows for Automotive software supports Bluetooth connections, allowing in-car systems to tap the power of a cell phone to access information.

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Half Of Companies Surveyed Suffered Security Breach

Posted on November 25, 2003December 30, 2021 by admini

“Earlier this year, we saw the security budgets in large organization increasing,” said Mark Lobel, the senior manager for security and privacy services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the author of the survey results.

“But we’re seeing these fast-growing companies not spending as consistently as their more mature brethren.

According to the survey, 46 percent of the fast-growing companies polled said they had been the victim of a recent security breach.

Hackers were cited as the source of 61 percent of the attacks, followed by e-mail at 27 percent.

Attacks by unauthorized users and employees, former employees, and competitors, however, accounted for more than 1 out of every 10 attacks.

Of those companies which admitted to a security breach, 83 percent reported at least some monetary loss — ranging from network downtime and lost or damaged customer records to direct financial losses and identity theft.

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Computer security divides Europe

Posted on November 23, 2003December 30, 2021 by admini

It found that French and German firms are most prepared to deal with viruses and their pernicious kin.

But the UK leads the way among nations which see good security as a way of helping their business stand out.

Survey sponsor McAfee warned that many European firms were just reacting to virus outbreaks instead of preparing to beat back future threats.

The survey found that 48% of the European firms questioned see security as little more than a matter of fixing the security breaches that viruses, worms and malicious hackers attempt to exploit.

The damage and inconvenience that all these threats can cause prompted 84% of those in the survey to say that security is a critical concern for their company.

More info: [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3223887.stm]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3223887.stm[/url]

Cyber Crime Investigators Crack Down Illegal Internet Activities in Korea

Posted on November 23, 2003December 30, 2021 by admini

Recently the CCI arrested 11 members of a local hacking clan on charges of stealing personal information since July, 2000 from over 90 websites of mainly online shopping malls, universities and the National Tax Service security server.

Even at this moment these Cyber Crime Investigators are monitoring to track down any irregularities in cyber space to help provide Koreans with a safe and healthy online environment.

More info: [url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200311/200311230001.html]http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200311/200311230001.html[/url]

The Role of Identity Management in Information Security

Posted on November 23, 2003December 30, 2021 by admini

Defining accurately what identity management and information security really are for the enterprise and its IT organization – and then correlating those explicit functional definitions – can provide a starting point for initial planning decisions and approaches to both identity management and information security, and ensure efficient use of IT resources.

META Trend: The strategic approach to information security will transform from a monolithic set of controls to an evolving program of principles, behaviors, and solutions (2003-05).

The pervasive nature of information security will result in establishment of strategic programs – 40% of Global 2000 organizations in 2003, rising to 80% by 2006/07.

These will be managed via dedicated program offices and budgets, and led by a chief security officer or equivalent.

Proper planning for identity management in the context of information security can result from defining identity, identity management, and information security from a functional business and an IT organization perspective and from determining the relationships that exist in those definitions.

More info: [url=http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Identity_Management_Information_Security_Part_1.html?tag=tu.scblog.6673]http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/Identity_Management_Information_Security_Part_1.html?tag=tu.scblog.6673[/url]

IT security spending by Asia to grow sharply: IDC

Posted on November 22, 2003December 30, 2021 by admini

Singapore’s security solutions market is forecast to expand at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.2% to reach over US$430 million by 2007, said IT research house IDC in a statement.

Spending on security solutions in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, is estimated to hit US$1.7b this year and grow 25 percent yearly to US$4.1b in 2007, IDC said.

Countries such as Australia, Korea, China will constitute the largest share of the security solutions market in terms of market value and actual spending, according to IDC.

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