http://viewfromthebunker.com A blog about security and availability from some of the folk at Symantec Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:15:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en viewfromthebunkerhttp://feedburner.google.com So the new head of MI6 has been caught on a Social Networking site - just being himself. What's wrong with that you may well ask... well, apparently it's all to do with national security. Whether it is, or not, I leave to you but there is a lesson in ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/hvrOlpe0nfE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/hvrOlpe0nfE/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/07/08/who-are-you-part-2/ With summer in full swing, travel plans are on the horizon for many of us!    As much as sunscreen and books are travel necessities, so are laptops and Smartphones – and to get online, people are increasingly taking advantage of wireless (Wi-Fi) networks - at airports, hotels, even while in the ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/1BVDuNVX57g" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/1BVDuNVX57g/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/07/01/summertime-make-sure-you-have-your-protection-for-your-skin-and-your-laptop/ The spammers have been out in force once more with the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett providing the bait for unwary consumers - cyber-criminals just love celebrity gossip as a hook for phishing. Additionally, Twitter accounts have also been hacked with the Britney Spears rumours being one of ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/NIUqCGQ04DA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/NIUqCGQ04DA/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/30/who-are-you/ Today is the first day of the ENISA (European Network & Information Security Agency) face-to-face meeting on cloud computing security. There is an eclectic set of people in the room, from across Europe. One thing everyone agrees on is that the cloud is coming and security is the biggest issue. It ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/bJVpr2w_7ig" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/bJVpr2w_7ig/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/30/enisa-cloud-computing-meeting/ A year after the UK’s worst floods on record, it is clear that businesses, as well as consumers, cannot take potential risks such as natural disasters lightly. In the same week we have seen the Government unveil its National Security Strategy. The news agenda is all about protection and prevention. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/VxOnPJhfU8Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/VxOnPJhfU8Q/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/30/dont-let-the-recession-blind-you-to-disaster/ Recently Microsoft released a BETA of its ‘Morro’ free anti-virus product. They also announced the name for the product, hence forward, it will be called Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft Security Essentials is a slightly modified and stripped down version of the OneCare product it pulled from the shelves recently.  At a ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/S2ojhsgytjQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/S2ojhsgytjQ/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/29/microsoft-and-free-security/ What was most interesting from the Security of the Future event which Symantec ran yesterday was that businesses are unclear on how to handle cloud technology. The event brought together security and privacy experts from across Europe at a roundtable discussion to debate the benefits of cloud computing to businesses worldwide, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/jKU3RRVS2jU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/jKU3RRVS2jU/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/25/businesses-unclear-on-how-to-handle-cloud-computing/ Data, data everywhere - or so it seems. It is tough to imagine living our lives without email and the internet, but that accessibility and flexibility comes with risk. It seems like hardly a day goes by without the media reporting a cybercriminal hacking into a database, or a company losing customer ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/o1zoNZYsWAQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/o1zoNZYsWAQ/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/19/whos-got-your-data-in-this-digital-world-stay-safe-online/ Later this week the UK Government is set to unveil the Digital Britain Report and at least according to some reports, at the heart of it will be a commitment to put broadband at the centre of British life, ensuring that by 2012 everyone in the country will have access to ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/5Jp-O-Kvo7Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/5Jp-O-Kvo7Q/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/16/roll-on-digital-britain-as-long-as-we-all-get-educated-to-the-risks/ Google released their latest whitepaper on the future of the datacentre - and it lives in a warehouse. In a play on the famous Sun 'the network is the computer', the Google view is that 'the datacentre is the computer'. For them, it makes sense, massive virtualization on thousands of computers ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~4/D_FSkge6xv4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/viewfromthebunker/~3/D_FSkge6xv4/ http://viewfromthebunker.com/2009/06/16/warehouse-scale-computing/