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Over the next month, I'll be posting about identity and access management. Identity and access management is such an important topic today; I believe if we could come up with a successful solution, w... More >
Cisco Systems has released a patch to fix a critical vulnerability in its CiscoWorks Common Services product. The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access applications and o... More >
There has been a lot of press lately over the comments that have come out of Interop 2009, Las Vegas. Some data center managers have stated that they are looking to hire candidates that are energet... More >
The FBI and the U.S. Marshal Service have reported being infected by a computer virus . Neither agency knew what kind of virus it was, but both were shutting down Internet access and e-mail as a pre... More >
In a recent press release, Adobe Systems said it has decided to address its vulnerability issues by releasing quarterly patches as well as analyzing its current code for bugs. According to an Adob... More >
In a recent study by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University, researchers have found that the answers to the secret questions we use on Web sites to verify and protect our identity are fairly easy t... More >
Security experts are tracking an attack that targets Google search results. The attack, named Gumblar, works by targeting a flaw in Adobe's Flash Player to install a malicious program on the victim... More >
I recently had the opportunity to e-mail a few questions to Eric Raymond, author of " The Cathedral and the Bazaar ," and a driving force in the open source movement. In addition to his writing succe... More >
Gordon Peterson, the director of IT for the city of Carlsbad, Calif., raised some eyebrows at Microsoft when he started asking questions about how they did security. Carlsbad wanted to outsour... More >
I just received my complimentary copy of the 2009 U.S. IT Salary Report released by InformationWeek. I enjoy reading these kinds of reports; they remind me of the magazines you find at the s... More >
Last week I had the honor of presenting at SecureWorld'09 in Valley Forge, Pa. I thought the conference organizers did a great job in choosing the speakers and tracks. Topics covered included: Secu... More >
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) just does not seem to be working, and I don't see how it possibly could. Last year credit card numbers were stolen from major com... More >
Two security researchers, Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar, have decided to release the code that they used to take control of a Microsoft Windows 7 operating system at the Hack in the Box conference he... More >
The Debian Security Audit Project was started to focus on security issues in Debian packages. The project's goal is to audit applications that are included in a stable Debian Linux release. Since i... More >
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) currently operates under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The European Union ( EU ) stated on Monday that it would l... More >
A day before it was to start to enforce the Red Flag Rules , the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was extending the enforcement deadline again, until August 1, 2009. The rules went into e... More >
This week, a possible vulnerability was found in Adobe Reader software. Adobe Systems has confirmed that it is looking into a flaw that was disclosed Monday on the SecurityFocus site. The vulnerabi... More >
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