Fran Howarth on IT-Analysis.com

Just who is sharing your sensitive information?

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:11:53 +0100

Businesses are increasingly reliant on electronic collaboration, requiring that teams can collaboratively create, manage and share documents on which they are working. Those teams may not only be... [Read More...]

More woes from the finance sector

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:05:47 +0100

In gloomy economic times, organisations across the board look to cut costs-and one key way of doing this is to contract out business functions to partners through outsourcing. Research just... [Read More...]

The value of business networking

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0100

Web 2.0 gets a lot of attention these days. While the term encompasses many types of interactive technologies and user applications, one particular application that has taken off fast is that of... [Read More...]

Digital DNA

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0100

As the threat landscape shifts from defending perimeters to a focus on protecting the information contained within, organisations need to develop effective information governance capabilities. [Read More...]

Virtual answers to real-life ills

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Although their use by organisations is just at the beginning, virtual worlds can help companies not just to showcase their products, but to reach out to new customers, improve brand recognition and potentially increase revenues. [Read More...]

Navigating the minefield of e-discovery

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0100

e-discovery is one of the fastest growing areas in corporate litigation, but few organisations are adequately prepared. What they need is to develop an information governance strategy. [Read More...]

From zero day exploit to zero day fix

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0100

With vulnerabilities and targeted attacks on the rise, two vendors offer a method of remeditating problems without application downtime. [Read More...]

Remote access - made easy

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:00:00 +0100

VPNs have become the de facto standard for remote access. This article describes advances made recently in IPSec VPN technology. [Read More...]

The changing face of application security

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:00:00 +0100

It has long been known that security is an important consideration when developing software applications, but new practices are making security even more imperative [Read More...]

How to ensure outsourced software development is secure

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0100

As organisations increasingly rely on developing their own software applications, more are choosing to outsource. This article provides guidance on what steps organisations can take to ensure those applications are developed securely. [Read More...]

Managing risk with application security

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0100

Flaws in software applications make ideal vectors of attack for hackers. But what are organisations doing to protect themselves? [Read More...]

ID tech tightens up compliance

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:05:00 +0100

Organisations are using identity management systems to cut the risk of data security breaches. That's a step in the right direction but they still need a number of other measures. [Read More...]

Avoid data leakage in a Web 2.0 world

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Losing data such as intellectual property can harm an organisation competitively and, if it can be proven how the loss occurred and what party benefited, can potentially lead to expensive litigation. [Read More...]

Getting the balance right: investment in compliance versus business benefit

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Does complying with regulations just add cost to the business, or do they provide companies with business advantage, such as improved customer service? [Read More...]

Web 2.0: next-generation web threats

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Web 2.0 technologies have much application for businesses, but they also bring with them heightened levels of security risk. [Read More...]

Regulations upping the ante on electronic data management

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Both industry and government regulations are forcing companies to examine their electronic data management practices. This article provides some insight into current best practices. [Read More...]

A turning point for biometrics?

Fran Howarth, Quocirca — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0100

The weak link in identity and access management systems is effective, secure verification of user identities. New personal biometric authentication devices aim to solve this problem in a cost-effective manner. [Read More...]