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Bletchley Park restoration short on funds

Mansion and three huts used by World War II code breakers such as Alan Turing need millions of dollars of repair, director says.

May 30, 2008 8:43 AM PDT

Security perimeter? What security perimeter?

In the fight against security breaches, PGP Chief Executive Phil Dunkelberger cautions that encryption by itself is not the answer.

January 31, 2008 4:00 AM PST

If you thought 'Security '07' was hairy, just wait

Jon Oltsik says 2008 will bring a new cluster of headlines about information security and the workplace.

January 3, 2008 4:00 AM PST

U.K. government's lost data 'worth billions to criminals'

Politician attacks government over failure to use encryption technology to prevent breach that could impact millions of people.

November 29, 2007 2:13 PM PST

HP launches key-management appliance

Company releases a key-management product aimed at helping companies manage encrypted systems more efficiently.

October 30, 2007 12:29 PM PDT

U.K. commissioner blames CEOs for data breaches

"How can laptops holding details of customer accounts be used away from the office without strong encryption?" Richard Thomas scolds.

July 11, 2007 9:08 AM PDT

Gartner: Businesses struggling with ID management

Analyst says multiple types of software, business controls and processes are key to successful identity and access management.

July 11, 2007 8:31 AM PDT

Saving e-mail: It's all about trust

perspective Sendmail inventor Eric Allman says a new Internet standard promises to restore trust to e-mail.

July 4, 2007 3:43 PM PDT

Locking down laptops before it's too late

Seagate CEO Bill Watkins says the flaw with current legislation is that it does not specify how to encrypt data.

June 20, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

EMC acquires security company Verid

Acquisition of consumer-authentication specialist designed to augment services offered by EMC's security division, RSA.

June 4, 2007 12:06 PM PDT

Intel, PGP cooperate on selling encryption products

As part of the deal, PGP's products will be marketed through the chip giant's resellers and distributors.

May 11, 2007 6:32 AM PDT

PKWare releases free version of SecureZIP

Software aims to secure e-mails, attachments and information stored on hard drives.

April 23, 2007 2:23 PM PDT

Seagate ships hard drives with encryption

ASI will be the first to sell a laptop with Seagate's hard drive with built-in encryption technology.

March 12, 2007 6:30 AM PDT

Adobe eyes fraud-busting tools for Photoshop

If Adobe goes through with its plans, finding photo fraud will be far simpler.

July 31, 2007 10:28 AM PDT

Bug may expose encrypted e-mail

Weakness in open-source GnuPG cryptography technology could let miscreants tamper with digitally signed, "secure" messages.

March 8, 2007 6:08 AM PST

RSA: Standalone security firms are doomed

Security vendors have been 'too self-righteous and smug,' says RSA president Art Coviello.

February 8, 2007 7:19 AM PST

Securing the data, not the perimeter

RSA President Art Coviello's words may have fallen on deaf ears before, but this year he believes people are finally listening.

February 9, 2007 1:17 PM PST

Open-source identity projects connect with Microsoft

The Higgins and Bandit projects claim a milestone with technology that links their open-source identity technology with Microsoft's new Windows CardSpace system.

January 29, 2007 6:57 AM PST

10 things to know about info security in '07

Jon Oltsik offers his take on the top trends destined to affect the information security business this year.

January 5, 2007 6:47 AM PST

What threats does Skype face?

The Internet phone company's security chief takes stock of IM worms, encryption and other matters.

January 2, 2007 11:25 AM PST