The world's first professional institute for information security practitioners received its offical launch yesterday (Monday 27 Jan.) with support coming from both UK industry and government.
As usual, the SC Magazine readership survey has proven to be a most revealing exercise. Now in its fourth year, the end-of-year survey gives an insight into the mood and daily lives of our readers.
Growing concern over security threats has increased demand for specialists in IT security, and forced up salaries by up to 25 percent over the last year in the United Kingdom.
Israel's airline El Al has replaced all its intrusion detection systems with intrusion prevention appliances - a move it says has cut the threat of worm and denial-of-service attacks.
Vulnerability management company Qualys has been adopted by IBM Global Services as its standard service for tracking and fixing vulnerabilities in its customers' networks.
