CONTENTS - Emerald

041333 `US government board to create \New Security Order" '
W Madsen, Computer Fraud and Security Bulletin (Feb 95) pp 8{9
The author discusses the US Security Policy Board, which was established by President
Clinton to harmonise the classi ed and nonclassi ed approaches to information
protection, and to lay down policy on the e ects of sexual orientation on clearance,
surveillance countermeasures, Tempest, and the training of security personnel. He
claims that it will subordinate NIST to the NSA for this purpose.
041334 `Who's Guarding the Till and the CyberMall?'
L Marion, Datamation (15/2/95) pp 38{41
The author discusses the security concerns of electronic commerce, and contrasts
the EDI and Internet approaches.
041335 `Understanding Backups | A Business Perspective'
JMaynard, Computer Audit Update (Dec 94) pp 15-18
The business goals of backup often get obscured by the technology; many rms
spend most of their e ort backing up multiple copies of applications code rather than
actual business data.
041336 `Secure Unix for Enterprise Computing'
RJ Melford, Datamation (1/3/95) pp 55{58
The author discusses the basics of Unix security.
041337 `The economics of network security'
D Moreley, International Security Review (Winter 94/5) pp 23{26
The author, a general manager at Cylink, describes a number of computer security
products from his own and other companies.
041338 `Development of Security Policies'
J lnes, Computers and Security v 13 no 8 (94) pp 628{636
The author discusses how togoaboutdeveloping an organisational security policy.
041339 `The court's perspective on defective computer systems: lessons
to learn'
RParry, Computer Audit Update (Feb 95) pp 3{6
In a recent case (The Salvage Association v CAP Financial Services Ltd), the court
set aside a clause limiting damages to $25K on the grounds that the defendant had
insurance for $500K while the plainti had no means to insure against the risk.
041340 `The Enigma of Bletchley Park | World War II Codebreaking to
Museums Campus'
AJ Sale, Cirencester 93 pp 73{81
The author gives a brief history of British codebreaking at Bletchley Park during
the second world war, and describes current moves to set up museums of cryptology,
computing, radar and electronics on the site.
041341 `Electronic Monitoring Poses Email Dilemma'
S Saxby, Network Security (Jan 95) pp 17{18
The Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has recommended that rms respect users'
email privacy, and in the USA, Federal guidelines on employee monitoring have been
proposed (but failed to get through Congress). The EU's data protection directive will
have similar e ects. Thus monitoring will increasingly require notice and/or consent.
041342 `How Hackers Do It'
RSchifreen, Network Security (Oct 94) pp 17{19
The author presents a list of thirty nine techniques which hackers have used (or
could use) to defeat network security.
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