This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

A look at alternative approaches to managing energy for cost and/or sustainability reasons in data centres. 

While fixed-function devices such as point-of-sale (POS) systems, ATMs, mobile devices and more are subjected to the same threats and compliance requirements as regular endpoints, they also have their own innate security challenges. This paper uncovers a 3-pronged approach to securing fixed-function devices and how to effectively implement them. 

This resource presents an overview of the principles of personnel identification and describes the basic elements that should be used in any security system. 

This paper examines the numerous ways that syslog messages can be used to enhance the secure deployment of an infrastructure of equipment from Cisco®. Syslog can not only be an essential auditing tool for network and administrative events, but also can be an effective troubleshooting tool. 

<p>Most companies do not have time to thoroughly investigate all of the potential attack targets inside an application. This white paper explains how the use of software security analysis (SSA) and path methodologies can help you identify vulnerable code and improve application security.</p> 

This report provides an overview of the inherent risks when operating an insecure print environment and discusses the current market landscape while recommending some best practices for adopting an integrated information and print security strategy. 

As today’s databases continue to grow in size, complexity and importance, organizations struggle to find the most appropriate strategy to keep them secure. In this Gartner report, uncover the essential controls and best practices for adequately protecting data bases and enterprise data. 

<p>This test report evaluates two leading servers and their ability to support increasing communications requirements. Find out how each of these platforms performed under a variety of conditions and explore the advantages of consolidation.</p> 

With the growing complexity of DMBS environments, malicious threats and compliance mandates, organizations often struggle to effectively safeguard their databases. In this brief demo, learn how you can protect your sensitive data in distributed DBMS environments with a holistic approach to data security and compliance.