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We all know that black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Traditionally, it's the start of the Christmas shopping season and the day that retailers go from being in the red, or l... More >
Earlier today, this blog contained a post about an e-mail purporting to be from Intuit. That e-mail was part of a phishing scam, and the post contained a link to a site hosting malicious software. As... More >
The netbook is dead and thank God for it. So what will take its place? The notebook, of course. Netbooks are those small-footprint systems that can fit in your coat pocket, or almost. They have been... More >
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McAfee recently released one of my all-time favorite publications, its quarterly threat report . This report is for Q3 and covers spam, social engineering, Web threats, cybercrime and malware. &nbs... More >
It was bound to happen. The first worm has been detected that affects the Apple iPhone . The worm, known as Ikee , really only affects iPhones that are running the Secure Shell utility, where the d... More >
Google has announced that it will begin to offer free Wi-Fi to travelers in 47 airports across the country . Google has partnered with Time Warner, Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, and othe... More >
Maybe it's old age or maybe because the holidays are just around the corner, but I don't want to beat up the White House Office of Management and Budget too badly for not knowing how much it's spend... More >
Cisco and EMC announced this week that they are collaborating to provide private cloud computing services. The new partnership includes Cisco, EMC, VMware, and Intel, and will develop virtual produc... More >
Many of you know that I teach in the security and technology program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. When I heard that the University of Pennsylvania, a competing school in Philadelphia, wa... More >
In a recent survey of over 7,000 CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, CISOs and CSOs by Price Waterhouse Coopers , 85 percent of respondents said that they now have a security executive, a Chief Information Security O... More >
I wanted to wait until all the hype around Windows 7 died down a bit before sharing my thoughts with you about the recently released OS. I have heard some good things about Windows 7, but then again ... More >
According to a recent NetworkWorld article that I T Business Edge blogger Ann All wrote about, companies are still making IT pay cuts and forcing unpaid furloughs. These companies are even cutting ... More >
With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I would post something with a scary theme. A cookie tracks where you have been on the Internet. Every time you visit a site, you most likely create a... More >
This is the final post in my series on IT security policies. The other two posts examined good e-mail and Internet policies . Today, I look at the software policy, which I call "the forgotten poli... More >
In my first post this week, I covered what a good Internet policy should look like. In this post, I plan to cover an e-mail policy. This policy has evolved quite a bit throughout the years. I don't w... More >
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