Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering has received network security technology from Cisco Systems Canada to help train students on the skills that employers are seeking. How the Web is increasing the demand for security skills
From Britain comes disturbing news that the country's politicians seek to introduce wide-scale ''biometric'' identity registration for its citizens.On Feb. 11 that nation's House of Commons passed in a 224-to-64 vote the Identity Cards Bill, which calls for the use of biometric identification cards and passports. The bill still has to clear the House of Lords, where critics say it will likely face stiff opposition, but if passed it's expected that biometric identification will go into effect by 2010 and that the documents will become compulsory for all British citizens by 2012. That could set a disturbing precedent for the rest of the world.
The Sept. 11 attacks on the United States and continued fears of cyberterrorism are pushing many companies to include more money for security technologies in their 2002 IT budgets, according to the results of a survey conducted last month by Computerworld US and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
The Sept. 11 attacks on the United States and continued fears of cyberterrorism are pushing many companies to include more money for security technologies in their 2002 IT budgets, according to the results of a survey conducted last month by Computerworld and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.