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The fact that this survey was conducted by a network- access control (NAC) vendor clearly raises a yellow flag, but doesn’t mean that the results shouldn’t be considered at all. In a survey that Mirage Networks commissioned through Opine Consulting found that 86 percent of respondents said that controlling network access is a high priority, […]

One of the most frightening things about identify theft is that the perpetrator doesn’t have to be a computer whiz to pull it off. All he or she has to be is resourceful, reasonably clever and persistent.

This Scientific American piece was written by a software developer who had the permission of a friend to try […]

We hope that the results of surveys released by Arrow Electronics and AMI Partners this month hold true for the bulk of medium-size businesses, and that one released last month by McAfee do not.
The Arrow survey found that a majority of respondents told them that the most important issue for their companies’ future success is […]

It’s good to see that the government is taking the topic of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) security seriously. This SC Magazine piece, which notes that RFIDs are getting more attention as their use increases, says that the Federal Trade Commission will host a free workshop on the topic next month.
One example cited in the story […]

If the claim in this release that Promisec’s encyclopedia of internal threats is the first to be released is accurate – and there is no reason to think it isn’t – it is a surprise. It has become generally accepted during the past couple of years that internal threats are a massive danger to corporate […]