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Analyse
business and help financial institutes
Sumesh Raizada
NOWADAYS
almost every commercial and financial activity is regulated and
controlled by computer-based solutions, whether in banks, financial
institutions, trading or manufacturing organisations. Earlier, huge
ledgers and lengthy accounting procedures were used to maintain records
in business activities. They not only consumed time but also had chances
of error.
Subversive
activities through cyber space
Satyabrata Rai
Chowdhuri
THERE
is a new buzzword called cyber-terrorism that is catching the attention
of governments, intelligence agencies, militaries and national security
analysts. There have been a number of cases of cyber attacks, cracking
of passwords, social engineering of important websites and the use of
information technology (IT) by terrorists to supplement their physical
operations.
User
photo ID to ward off cellphone thieves
Hannington
Osodo
SOUTH
African Edward Modisakgosi claims to have invented a security feature
that can help mobile phone users combat rampant theft worldwide. He is
now in talks to licence it in a variety of countries.
DNA-marked
paintings
Matthew Brace
AUSTRALIAN
painter Pro Hart has become the first artist to mark his work with his
DNA. Other artists are expected to follow his lead, to authenticate
their works beyond doubt. Hart, a 73-year-old former silver miner who
lives and paints in the outback town of Broken Hill, is determined to
stem the flood of fakes on the market.
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