Joan Goodchild - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Joan Goodchild

Article | 23/06/2010 Why security needs to catch up to Web 2.0

Security managers can keep blocking Facebook, refusing to support mobile devices and vetoing cloud-based services, but they aren't going away.

Article | 25/05/2010 Data breaches not among top concerns for tech firms

Data security and breach prevention ranks low as a risk factor for most big technical companies, according to new research that identifies the most wi...

Article | 23/04/2010 How investigators work to combat data theft

In almost two decades of work in the financial services industry, Brad McFarland has spent most of that time heading up fraud investigations. McFarlan...

Article | 22/04/2010 A private investigator's tricks of the trade

In 1993, Private Investigator Joe Seanor had wrapped up employment stints in the CIA and the Department of Justice, and was looking for something new ...

Article | 26/02/2010 ATM skimming: how to recognise card fraud

In Boston, law enforcement officials arrested three men in January accused of being part of an international crime effort to steal money from ATMs aro...

Article | 20/11/2009 3 basic steps to avoid joining a botnet

Banging the drum for security awareness never gets old. As much as CSOs try to get folks to bone up on safe practices (both online and in the office),...

Article | 22/09/2009 Is your office printer secure?

Hackers may be using your office printer as a conduit for criminal activity. Think about it: A printer in today's office environment often saves on it...

Article | 16/04/2009 Report: Security Tops IT Budget Priorities

Security is on the minds of companies and many are still making room in their budgets to invest in IT security initiatives, according to a survey rele...

Article | 17/02/2009 9 Dirty Tricks: Social Engineers' Favourite Pick-Up Lines

What the average guy might call a con is known in the security world as social engineering. Social engineering is the criminal art of scamming a perso...