Barbara Mori

The WikiLeaks saga revealed a new enemy - sympathizers able to be mobilized globally yet not known or seen by those they attacked. But what about US Defence Departnent? How did they make the initial theft so easy to do?

The cost of complying may seem high but non-compliance can be over twice as much, by the time you add disruption, and productivity and revenue loss.

80% of all fraud is attributable to people working in the accounting, operations, sales, customer service and purchasing departments of lender or financial services businesses, but putting a box at the gateway, like the DLP approach, isn't the answer.

If your company holds Intellectual property, production techniques, processes or formulas, R&D, customer databases, prices and bids or similar valuable information , you could be a target and you mightn't even know.

It's not just governments that are at risk of data theft by e-espionage. Victims now include researchers, manufacturers, law firms and even non-profits so, if you hold information of value, you need to take the threat seriously.

Even though departing employees pose a higher risk, few companies try to mitigate it. The smart approach is to have and enforce robust security processes, and use intelligent security systems to alert to suspicious changes in employee behavior.

Just because you don't deal in diplomatic communiqués about trade and wars doesn't mean you're immune to a WikiLeaks-style data security breach. You only need one disgruntled employee like Bradley Manning of the US Defence Force.

When Windows Vista was first launched, a number of new features were introduced that were lacking in XP.

Across much of Australia now we have the freedom to choose our electricity or gas suppliers. However, with a range of different electricity rates and gas rates available, making an informed choice is not easy.

Online computer support is the one of most refreshing change to have happened in the world of PC and desktop support.