http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25732782-3102,00.html By Daryl Passmore The Courier-Mail July 05, 2009 THE personal details of millions of Queenslanders are at risk from hackers and identity fraud due to poor security in State Government computer systems. The vulnerability, which could leave people exposed to identity fraud, was revealed in a damning report by the Auditor-General. The checks found that of eight departments in the so-called Smart State, only two had intrusion detection or prevention systems to monitor networks for security breaches. "Consequently, if a skilled attacker was to succeed with a network level intrusion, it's unlikely to be detected," said Glen Poole's report to Parliament last week. "The audit of IT network security found that except for one entity, the level of security is that of a medium-size business rather than a state government department holding and processing sensitive information." [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, July 25-30 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Network with 4,000+ delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Mon Jul 06 2009 - 02:22:09 PDT
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