http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco * Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:02 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-20T19:31:02Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/mcafee-releases-q3-report-on-threats/?cs=37665 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.   For the second quarter, spam is up. As a percentage cyber_crime data_security worms_and_viruses mcafee business_technology spam Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:52 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/mcafee-releases-q3-report-on-threats/?cs=37665 2009-11-20T19:54:52Z 14 hours, 24 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/mcafee-releases-q3-report-on-threats http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37665 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/iphone-worms-begin-their-attack-on-modified-devices/?cs=37460 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 default password "alpine" has not been changed. Ikee iphone data_security apple viruses_and_worms business_technology Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:36 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/iphone-worms-begin-their-attack-on-modified-devices/?cs=37460 2009-11-13T14:09:36Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/iphone-worms-begin-their-attack-on-modified-devices http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37460 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/online-security-free-wi-fi-isnt-really-free/?cs=37416 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 others to deliver wireless service. Wi-Fi will be offered cost_containment google wireless_networking wi-fi network_security mobile_workers business_technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:28:20 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/online-security-free-wi-fi-isnt-really-free/?cs=37416 2009-11-11T18:28:20Z 1 week, 2 days ago 9 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/online-security-free-wi-fi-isnt-really-free http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37416 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/omb-in-dark-about-security-spending/?cs=37361 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 spending on IT security .   However Vivek Kundra, the cost_containment cyber_crime government_agencies business_technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:04:33 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/omb-in-dark-about-security-spending/?cs=37361 2009-11-10T00:04:33Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/omb-in-dark-about-security-spending http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37361 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/joint-cloud-venture-brings-big-hopes/?cs=37290 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 products, while Cisco and EMC will partner under a venture cloud_computing cisco_systems emc business_technology vmware intel at&t Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:05:25 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/joint-cloud-venture-brings-big-hopes/?cs=37290 2009-11-06T04:05:25Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/joint-cloud-venture-brings-big-hopes http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37290 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/university-of-penn-deploys-dnssec-lets-see-more-adopters/?cs=37216 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, was implementing DNSSEC, I was a bit jealous. The business_technology dns dnssec domain_name_security_extensions network_security Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:18 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/university-of-penn-deploys-dnssec-lets-see-more-adopters/?cs=37216 2009-11-04T15:12:18Z 2 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/university-of-penn-deploys-dnssec-lets-see-more-adopters http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37216 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/chief-information-security-officer-a-new-spin-on-an-old-job/?cs=37172 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 Officer. This number was up from last year, when 56 business_culture legislation_and_regulation executive_suite business_technology ciso chief_information_security_officer risk_management Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:50:45 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/chief-information-security-officer-a-new-spin-on-an-old-job/?cs=37172 2009-11-02T18:50:45Z 2 weeks, 4 days ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/chief-information-security-officer-a-new-spin-on-an-old-job http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37172 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/thoughts-on-windows-7/?cs=37109 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 heard the same thing about every other version of windows_7 os_migration_and_testing microsoft viruses_and_worms business_technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:12:21 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/thoughts-on-windows-7/?cs=37109 2009-10-30T03:12:21Z 3 weeks, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/thoughts-on-windows-7 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37109 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/companies-still-making-it-pay-cuts-but-why/?cs=37041 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 the pay of key personnel, causing employees to jump cost_containment productivity business_technology work_force compensation Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:12:54 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/companies-still-making-it-pay-cuts-but-why/?cs=37041 2009-10-28T03:12:54Z 3 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/companies-still-making-it-pay-cuts-but-why http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37041 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/cookies--a-trick-or-treat/?cs=37005 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 cookie. Cookies are categorized as either first or privacy browsers security_policy cookies e-commerce business_technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:54:07 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/cookies--a-trick-or-treat/?cs=37005 2009-10-27T01:54:07Z 3 weeks, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/cookies--a-trick-or-treat http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=37005 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/dont-forget-about-the-forgotten-software-policy/?cs=36935 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 policy" because every time I have had to talk to an e-mail_and_web_policies business_culture software security_policy business_communications user_policies business_technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:50:11 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/dont-forget-about-the-forgotten-software-policy/?cs=36935 2009-10-22T23:50:11Z 4 weeks, 1 day ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/dont-forget-about-the-forgotten-software-policy http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=36935 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/companies-need-a-good-e-mail-policy/?cs=36890 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 want to date myself, but years ago, we didn't worry litigation e-discovery security_policy privacy business_communications e-mail_and_web_policies business_technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:08:47 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/companies-need-a-good-e-mail-policy/?cs=36890 2009-10-21T17:08:47Z 1 month, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/companies-need-a-good-e-mail-policy http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=36890 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/dont-forget-to-create-good-security-policies/?cs=36801 I am working on a presentation about IT security policies, in which I will cover three policy areas: Internet, e-mail and software usage. There is way too much material overall to cover in one post, so I am planning on three, one for each policy area. e-mail_and_web_policies business_culture business_technology user_policies Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:14:47 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/dont-forget-to-create-good-security-policies/?cs=36801 2009-10-19T17:14:47Z 1 month, 2 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/dont-forget-to-create-good-security-policies http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=36801 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/which-data-is-important/?cs=36727 A TechCrunch column published in the Washington Post just got under my skin. It takes off from the recent events involving Danger, a Microsoft subsidiary that provides mobile operators with end-to-end solutions to deliver mobile data and Internet backup danger sidekick microsoft business_technology data_security Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:35:06 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/which-data-is-important/?cs=36727 2009-10-15T20:35:06Z 1 month, 6 days ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/which-data-is-important http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=36727 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/linux-live-cd-boots-up-a-way-to-avoid-malware/?cs=36692 I found a great idea about avoiding malware that I just had to share with you . After I read it, I said to myself, "duh." We all know that much of the malware written today targets the Windows operating system, since it's number one on the desktop. malware data_security internet_explorer linux_distributions business_technology vulnerabilities_and_patches windows Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:05:29 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/linux-live-cd-boots-up-a-way-to-avoid-malware/?cs=36692 2009-10-15T14:05:29Z 1 month, 1 week ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/comment/linux-live-cd-boots-up-a-way-to-avoid-malware http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/defrangesco/feeds/comments?blogPost=36692