Charles Mok, chairman of the Internet Society of Hong Kong, notes that the Hong Kong government remains reluctant to monitor Internet traffic due to the potential of this action to be misconstrued as invasion of privacy. He sees cloud computing as changing the way outsourcing opportunities are being approached in the Territory.

Attacking systems for sensitive information for the purpose of espionage or monetization is certainly not new. The new trend that we continue to observe involves the vehicles that are used for these attacks.

When Sri Lanka's Department of Education wanted to update its certificate printing process and hardware, security was at the top of its requirements. The aim is to eliminate fraudulent examination certificate results. The solution provided needed to be easy-to-use, compatible with the existing information in the DOE database and have the ability to create certificates bilingual in English and Sinhalese. This case study explains why the DOE selected the Lexmark Ultra Violet (UV) Secure Print solution.

Business and IT executives agree that security remains one of the top three priorities today. Security takes top precedence, particularly as organizations connect themselves to the Internet. The Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications for securing certain kinds of information provided by the Domain Name System (DNS) as used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Peter Silva of F5 Networks explains the importance of DNSSEC.

Cloud computing has become another key resource for IT deployments, but there is still fear of securing applications and data in the cloud. This F5 white paper discusses the need to secure the cloud and discusses how with F5 devices, you can keep your most precious assets safe, no matter where they live.

Educational institutions should optimize existing resources to provide a richer, faster and more secure university network. The goal is to manage recreational network use so it does not interfere with academic and administrative priorities, rather than prohibit it. Social networking applications can thereby be permitted while academic freedom remains protected.

Without proper security, valuable and private records could be accessed, networks could be compromised. Even with no malicious intent at all, people introducing equipment from home (like a low cost access point) could introduce a gaping hole in the network’s security defenses. Thus, proper security should be designed in from the start. This article set out to explore some of the concerns, anxieties and misconceptions around security in the healthcare sector.

Dr. Helen Chan, assistant director, Information Systems with the Hong Kong Immigration Departments discusses the approach the Government faced in the late 1990s to define a new strategy for ensuring the safety and security of Hong Kong citizens and residents. She recalls the challenges that the Department faced in identifying the operational issues of the aging identification card system and how going digital was the way forward for Hong Kong.

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa promises worldwide coverage like never before, with the BBC Sport website offering live video streaming of all matches. The success of the iPlayer and YouTube has led to an assumption on the part of users that the quality will be good to the desktop.

Almost 20 years since the commercialization of the Internet, no business or individual could possibly function without it. But the World Wide Web is not without its flaws. The online threat environment has intensified in the last few years due an increasing pool of sophisticated fraudsters and the availability of new technologies that has facilitated such criminal activities. In this article, Geoff Haydon, Vice President, Asia Pacific, RSA, identifies the Top 8 forms of online attacks to watch out for in 2010.