Nigel Stanley - Blog Archive for October (2006)

There were 6 blog postings during October (2006):

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IT Security is Complicated. Bears do what in the Woods?
Apparently research recently undertaken by Ipsos MORI on behalf of security vendor McAfee across 600 European countries has revealed that many are struggling with complicated IT security arrangements. I guess it also revealed what bears get up to in...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 3rd October '06

Scrap Cars and Exploits
Pop quiz. You run IE in your business and another flaw is found in the software, which could be exploited by hackers. Microsoft say they won't release a patch immediately, leaving your version of IE vulnerable to attack. Do you install a third party...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 4th October '06

Data Theft, Indian Style
I wonder how many regular visitors to this site caught the Channel 4 documentary the other night on data theft? Intrepid reporter Sue Turton went undercover posing as a business woman wanting to obtain personal details of potential marks, in an...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 9th October '06

Support Forums, Hackers and Security
Ahh, the internet. A most amazing place. One of the most compelling uses for the internet must be for technical support. After all, the internet is the place where cool techies hang out and provides an ideal market place, free or otherwise, for...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 16th October '06

IE 7.0 - Flawed or Fine?
I decided to take the plunge and upgrade one of the PCs chez Stanley to use IE 7.0 the other day. Like many people I had avoided using IE over the past couple of years in favour of Firefox, which appears to be more secure than IE even if that...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 24th October '06

Fred and Freda - you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
Following on from the blog I did a while back on data theft from Indian call centres, this piece here, highlighted on the Beeb's web site, shows how the problem is rearing its head in UK-based operations. With high staff turnover and sometimes...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 27th October '06