Information and communication technologies continue to pervade our lives in various aspects which include health, education, entertainment and ecommerce. People need to be able to trust computer systems as the dependence on them increases. The Trustworthy Computing vision (CRA, 2003) refers to computer systems that are intuitive, controllable, reliable and predictable and that ensure availability and security. Secure cod- ing is not trivial and poor code security management may leave the developed web application vulnerable to attack or turn the application into a launch pad for serious attacks.
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Nearly all Web 2.0 applications started life as consumer-focused services, only later finding their way into the enterprise. But unlike many consumer ‘toys’, Web 2.0 actually delivers impressive benefits to the enterprise, including:
Streamlining collaboration within and beyond the enterprise
Accelerating search and information retrieval
Capturing knowledge assets and facilitating knowledge transfer
Speeding application development and deployment
Communicating with stakeholders in new ways
Some of these benefits are ‘soft’. Others are quantifiable. But all have combined to earn the attention of line-of-business managers and IT strategists alike. Web 2.0 is here to stay.
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Whether we like it or not, Web 2.0 technologies are profoundly changing the way we work and interact. User-generated Web content—hosted applications, blogs, wikis, social networking sites, RSS feeds—is rapidly creeping into organizations, offering users new ways to collaborate and communicate.
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Two leading network access control standards — TCG’s Trusted Network Connect (TNC) and Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) — will now interoperate, providing enterprises with simpler, more cost-effective, scalable, and interoperable endpoint integrity and network access control.
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F-Secure Anti-Virus for Firewalls provides unsurpassed detection and disinfection for internet-borne viruses and malicious code passing through corporate firewalls. By aumatically scanning HTTP, FTP and SMTP for malicious code as the data comes through the firewall from the internet, F-Secure Anti-Virus for Firewalls stops viruses before they can compromise corporate security. Powerful Protection Against Malicious Code. To minimize the costs and damages caused by viruses and other malicious code, virus scanning should ideally be performed at the perimeter of the corporate network.
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Introduction Studies have shown that over 90% of computer viruses spread by e-mail. Virus writers often take advantage of the most commonly used e-mail and groupware systems in order to maximize the speed and effects of viruses. By discovering vulnerabilities in different e-mail systems, they are able to create viruses that are more and more complex and destructive. F-Secure Linux Server Security can be utilized with an existing Mail Transport Agent (MTA) to effectively protect computers against viruses and other malicious content. It protects your corporate network, and also ensures that your company does not send out infected e-mail messages to customers or business partners.
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