It’s official. Intelligent people do dumb things. Earlier this month, an internet fraudster – who had cashed in nearly half a million pounds – was put behind bars for two years for his part in a gang running various web-based …

I had an interesting discussion with a couple of colleagues on the value of consumer security research to the business community. They argued that a business is not really interested in what home users do and, moreover, the security risks …

A scientific study of home Internet use by parents and their teenage children to better understand how they behave online, has been released by GFI. Designed and implemented by a noted polling expert, the nationally-representative 2011 Parent-Teen Internet Safety Report identifies …

By the time you’re reading this post, Kate and William will probably have tied the knot and are getting ready for the sumptuous post-service festivities. In the meantime, media outlets will be rushing to get their stories and video footage …

I’ll do it my way… a user’s perspective Thou shalt not… says the IT department! Another commandment, policy or order.  Really, don’t people in IT have anything better to do than impose, impose and impose? New Year resolutions… seen through …

An interesting legal case surfaced recently that highlighted the fact that technology alone will not help you prove your case. On the contrary, as the outcome clearly showed, technology is only a tool. How it’s used and how you interpret …

The 2010 World Cup is finally under way and millions of football fans around the world will be tuning in over the next three weeks to watch their favourite national team compete in one of the world’s most popular sporting …

The editor of Storage Newsletter created a few waves earlier this month when he wrote an opinion piece entitled ‘Backup is dead’. He made the point that backup today has no more interest and organizations only need replication. I won’t …

I came across a very interesting post by Peter Cochrane that should send shivers down the spine of anybody reading it. And if you are a security professional, I’d recommend grabbing the chair closest to you. It reads like the …

The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK, thanks to new powers that came into force last week, can now impose a fine of up to £500,000 on organizations that recklessly lose data. The three words, ‘of up to’ are significant …