IDM May/June 2004
Cover
story - Breaking the bank
The technological age has brought with it a number of challenges
as well as tremendous advances. Stuart Finlayson talks to some of
the leading proponents of information security in the banking industry
in Australia and around the world to find out what financial institutions
are doing to minimise the risk to sensitive customer information
posed by fraudsters, as well as examining the steps banks are taking
to combat new threats to our finances and our very identities.
Virgin
Setting the records straight
After being forced to fly its aircraft within one hour of an airport
at all times, following its admission to regulators that its maintenance
records were in disarray, Virgin Blue has set about the massive
task of getting its records management house in order.
Heading
for a wipeout?
CD and DVD storage is still heavily relied upon as a source of
back up for critical data in large organisations throughout Australia,
despite research claiming that these discs are not secure as long-term
storage devices. Are these organisations taking a major risk or
do they have every reason to feel confident?
Latham
regrets leaving his mark
How a recent IT glitch by the Labor party exposed some of the
secrets behind their real motives on important policies in Australia.
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Protecting
the penguin
The recent free trade agreement between Australia and the United
States has been the subject of much debate as to whether Australia
got a good deal out of it. Michael Davies, committee member of open
source organisation Linux Australia, argues that Australia's future
as a developmental hotbed for open source software hinges on how
the terms of the deal are interpreted and imposed.
Rescue
me
Despite living in an age of heightened vigilance over the importance
of storing data and keeping it easily accessible, there is still
not enough insurance in the business world to recover that data
once it has been lost. Unless you have recovery specialists close
by.
Special feature: Security
IDM's annual information security guide.
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