With the availability of the Internet, citizens are increasingly expected to search themselves for information on security risks in their living environment. Until now, however, too little was known about the willingness of citizens to do this and the factors that promote this information-seeking behaviour.

Former MessageLabs Executive Joins Webroot to Support Demand for Webroot® Security SaaS Solutions

Although rich in oil, gas, copper, iron, gemstones and other resources, years of deforestation, desertification, over-grazing and a quarter century of violence have ruined Afghanistan’s environment and economy. Additionally, security problems and a predilection for corruption at almost every level have led to it being ranked as the most difficult country in Southwest Asia to do business with.

We arrived at the FDA visitor parking lot at 7:45 AM ready to protest at 8:00. There were already many visitors parked there and the FDA lot was already full of cars. We walked across the street so we were right in front of the 5600 Fischer, the FDA Parklawn building.

Bloxx, the enterprise web filtering specialist, today announced the results from its first annual anonymous proxies security survey, revealing that 90% of respondents deem this kind of site to be a problem and 52% of these considered it a serious issue. The sample of over one hundred respondents was drawn from a cross section of business and education IT and Network managers. A copy of the report can be downloaded at www.bloxx.com/apsurvey.pdf.

Comsec Consulting Outlines The Challenge For Businesses To Stay ‘In Control’ Of Security At This Year’s Forrester’s Security Forum EMEA

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has laid out his vision for Australia's place on the global stage on the eve of his 17 day overseas visit.

Summary of feature
* Unstoppable move towards remote and mobile working
* Mobile working is not adequately secured.
* Organisations are concerned about security for mobile and remote workers and how to enforce company security policies outside the gateway.
* Companies want to protect against data leakage and data loss from such problems as stolen laptops.

New WatchGuard SSL VPN Stand Alone Security Appliances Give Remote and Mobile Workers Best in Class, Highly Secure Remote Connectivity

ArcSight inks partnership with Alpha Data, a leading security systems integrator in the UAE

Private investment in Afghanistan dropped significantly last year due to security concerns, and Australia's consumer watchdog is complaining about high gasoline prices set by international oil companies. Claudia Blume in Hong Kong has more on these and other stories in our weekly round up of business news from the Asia-Pacific region.

Egypt has increased security around its now open border with the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians poured into the country for a second straight day to stock up on food, fuel and household supplies.