Nick Barron

 
 

Recent Articles

Businesses need a range of techniques to trap dishonest employees

June 25, 2009

Polygraphs and speech analysis are not the solution - you need a range of techniques to trap corporate liars

BBC purchase of a botnet was probably illegal

May 07, 2009

The BBC's purchase of a botnet added little to our knowledge and was probably not legal either

Twitter is the new hot technology but can pose a security threat

April 02, 2009

As the current hot technology, Twitter has many admirers - but its security problems need handling with care.

Patching is too important to be neglected

March 02, 2009

You can work around it or do it by criticality, but patching is too important a topic to be neglected

A hole in the PKI highlights importance of protecting data in transit

February 03, 2009

A hole in the PKI has highlighted the importance of underpinning trust with sure technical implementation.

They're jammin'

January 05, 2009

Mobile phones and GPS are all too easy to block, while a blanket Ofcom ban saps efforts to combat jammers

Getting a fix on the WPAs

December 03, 2008

As attacks on wireless systems become more prevalent, the need to secure WPA is imperative

A hacker bible is born

November 04, 2008

No self-respecting security professional would want to be seen without a copy of hacker bible The Best of 2600

Briefing: Making sense of PKI

October 08, 2008

The Public Key Infrastructure solves many security problems, but also introduces risks that require careful management. Nick Barron reports

Words will never hurt me?

October 07, 2008

Misuse of language is turning 'ordinary, decent computer criminals' into 'cyberterrorists' who menace world peace
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