Photos, fingerprints, iris scans: e-passports Secure or risky? At the breakfast meeting of the NZISF (Information Security Forum) http://www.security.org.nz/NZISF_breakfast_meetings/ Ajit Narayanan from AUT presented “What does your passport say about you?” Border controls are moving towards biometric measurements to enable verification of individuals (not just identification), ease and speed of passage and therefore increased efficiency. [...]

The pace of technological change is growing faster by the day and Software as a Service offerings like Google Apps and Microsoft’s Azure platform will bring with them new security challenges.

Vodafone launched a new service to assist people access their call centre if they don’t hve $1 credit, aimed at text harassment and bullying issues.