Non-repudiation: the new security buzzword
Most fraud is committed by a company’s employees – the old cliché “It must have been an inside job” is right on the mark. Non-repudiation is the buzzword for security systems that discourage such practices and, if a fraud is committed, that enable companies to...Glass that bends, not breaks
In future, when you drop a glass on the floor it will bend and become slightly deformed – but it won’t break. Professor François Barthelat and his team at McGill’s Department of Mechanical Engineering have successfully taken inspiration from the mechanics of natural...Yahoo users compromised in new security breach
User names and passwords of some Yahoo users have been stolen and their identities could be compromised. Although Yahoo has about 273-million mail accounts, it is not known how many of them are affected by the latest security breach. Jay Rossiter, senior...Data shows causes of traffic congestion
The East Rand South of Johannesburg saw a 4% decrease in its peak time congestion levels from 22% to 18% according to the TomTom Traffic Congestion Reports for the second quarters of 2012 and 2013. This drop in percentile coincidently fell around the same time that...