Sandra Rossi - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Sandra Rossi

Article | 14/08/2003 Microsoft plans security roadmap for enterprise

The next step in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative is the release of a security roadmap in 2004 for customers deploying and integrating a b...

Article | 13/08/2003 ISPs get draft code of conduct

After 18 months of deliberation the Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) has released a draft code of conduct for Internet service providers...

Article | 6/08/2003 Key loggers, ISPs may breach Act

Private sector organisations are conducting their own cybercrime investigations with little regard for legal sanctions including the Telecommunication...

Article | 25/07/2003 RFID set to take off in Australia

The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will be widespread in Australia by late 2004 with more than 15 local companies implementin...

Article | 17/07/2003 Cybercrime investigators plead for extensive powers

Law enforcement agencies want more powers in cybercrime investigations so that "any person", even though not a criminal suspect in a case, can be forc...

Article | 10/07/2003 Toughening IT types for soft skills

What do free falling and jumping through hoops have to do with IT? Ask IT managers – they do it all the time. Do they want to polish those skills with...

Article | 9/07/2003 Telstra blames IT system for poor performance

Telstra has blamed the introduction of a new technology regime for a drop in its fault repair performance in the March quarter.

Article | 13/06/2003 Banks, police form secret task force

A tight-fisted approach to IT security spending by Australian companies is making the battle against the escalating problem of computer crime even tou...

Article | 12/06/2003 BugBear mauls financial institutions

BugBear, the first virus to target financial institutions specifically, had Australian banks on high alert this week after it was launched against 120...

Article | 23/05/2003 High-tech crime centre to open in July

Australia's high-tech crime centre is set to open officially in July following a meeting of Police commissioners in Melbourne last week.

Article | 22/05/2003 Spam plans may fail on legal front

Antispam legislation expected to be introduced in Australia next year will do little to assist IT managers in coping with a burgeoning problem that th...

Article | 21/05/2003 Fingerprint access gets a trial run

Fingerprint access systems are currently being trialled at a number of Australian sites including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), ...

Article | 20/05/2003 On the trail of a telco hacker

Poor old Stephen Dendtler - aka the Optus hacker - who is being held up as an example of the government's tough new computer crime laws.

Article | 20/05/2003 ACCC joins global spam war

Australia's consumer watchdog and other global agencies have appealed to Internet service providers (ISP) to block spam.

Article | 12/05/2003 AusCert survey shows computer crime rising

There is very little good news in the 2003 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey released today, which shows a rise in attacks and that the im...