July/August 2007 issue

Interview: Colin Clark
The head of security for UK supermarket chain Somerfield is a careful shopper when it comes to infosecurity, with his purchase of an email retention system allowing him to save on staff training, writes Eleanor Dallaway... more

Armchair warlords and robot hordes
Paul Marks, IT security journalist of the year and chief technology correspondent of New Scientist, on the danger that robot warriors might be hacked and how the National Security Agency plans to exploit social networking. Read the latter in full on New Scientist's web-site

PCI: here to stay
Dan Ilett hears that the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, which requires retailers to keep card details secure, can be expensive to meet – and is regarded with cynicism by some... more

Four means to an end point
Protection of specific end points – the machines we use to do our work – has become a popular option, but integration with other systems can be problematic. Steve Gold looks at four approaches to end point security

Using data to distribute defences
The biological ‘danger model’ used by our immune systems provides a natural way for networks to defend themselves, writes Morton Swimmer of IBM’s Zürich Research Lab

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