July 2010 Issue of SCMagazine UK

Features

SC Magazine interview: Selva Selvaratnam, CTO of HID Global

After two decades running his own business, he saw it taken over by HID Global, eventually becoming HID's senior vice president and chief technology officer. ...

The difficulty of utilising information security in a business

Implementing information security in a business is hard, with hidden questions and unexpected costs, say Steve Marsh and Fred Piper.

Making sense of compliance and governance

Whether it is one big Sarbanes-style law, or by many tiny amendments, compliance is here to stay. Don't let it faze you, says Rob Buckley.

Analysing the brave new cloud world

By 2013, cloud services will be dominant, especially in SMEs. Best to start preparing for the future, says Andrew Donoghue

Survey: State of the information security nation

SC Magazine took the temperature of the security industry last year, revealing some startling facts. Blue Cube returns to see how the patient is faring.

SC Think Tank: Security in a virtual world

Our Think Tank experts tackle the challenge of implementing virtualisation in a rapidly changing world

Opinion

A lack of security on social networking sites causes problems for businesses

Without a careful security policy in place, the benign face of social networking could turn quite nasty

Don't hide the security risks your business may face

To be open in your annual report about security risks facing the company is now a determinant of corporate success

Technology can help criminals to rob houses

Get out the tin foil: canny burglars are using wireless sniffers to suss out the homes worth paying a visit to

Professional Monitor: in association with (ISC)2

At last, the broader business is beginning to 'get' information security. John Colley reports on a project that seeks to help information security professionals to ...