The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

The need for strategic information by department and executive managers is driving the transformation of tactical departmental systems into enterprise solutions, regardless of the size of the company employing the solutions. 

With concerns over their VDI-enabled ATMs and an expiring security solution, Stillwater National Bank and Trust company (SNB) needed a new option. In this case study, uncover why SNB decided to go with Bit9 Parity and how it enabled them to lock down their ATMs, PCs and servers and to protect from emerging threats.    

In this article, we describe how some key Digital Britain proposals have been implemented in the Digital Economy Act 2010.