IRS Laptop Logic   07 May 2007 04:50 GMT
Letter: A little bit of math would suggest the odds favor ID theft associated with missing IRS laptops.
Source: Computerworld

Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft   07 May 2007 04:50 GMT
Opinion: Ben Rothke says life without Microsoft wouldnt improve security in any meaningful way. Only effectively training your users can do that.
Source: Computerworld

Global Dispatches   07 May 2007 04:50 GMT
Global Dispatches: TruEnergy awards a 10-year outsourcing contract to IBM Australia; the U.K.s House of Lords launches probe into the governments data-collection techniques.
Source: Computerworld

California county agrees to share data in e-voting suit   04 May 2007 13:00 GMT
A controversial Alameda County election in which the county is being sued for improper management of e-voting machines continues its trek through the courts, with the county now agreeing share data stored on computer voting machines with plaintiffs.
Source: Computerworld

Computer issues delay Scottish election results   04 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Scotland's elections for Parliament and local government posts have been thrown into chaos by technical issues with the new e-voting system selected last year. Some English systems also reported trouble. The firm resonsible disputes the scope of the problem.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft promises DNS patch Tuesday   04 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Among the patches Microsoft will release Tuesday is a fix for the DNS server bug in Windows first acknowledged by the company three weeks ago.
Source: Computerworld

Trojan impersonates Windows activation to snatch credit card numbers   04 May 2007 13:00 GMT
A Trojan horse making the rounds online poses as a Windows activation program to dupe XP users into entering credit card information to reanimate their computers.
Source: Computerworld

Senate committee OKs bills on personal data breaches   03 May 2007 22:31 GMT
Overlapping measures prescribe new rules for government agencies and private firms that experience break-ins. Will they become law?
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft to patch zero-day DNS flaw   03 May 2007 20:00 GMT
Seven security bulletins planned for release on Patch Tuesday, including "critical" fixes for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk.
Source: ZDNet

Is disaster recovery testing putting your company at risk?   03 May 2007 19:44 GMT
Commentary--Bus Tech's Jim O'Connor says businesses must have a way to ensure continuous data replication, even during disaster recovery testing.
Source: ZDNet