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October 13, 2009

Security Strategy Survey's Key Findings Positive

Dimension Data, an IT services and solution provider, working with IDC, commissioned a report titled, " 2009 Global IT Security Research Results Summary, " whose findings look positive for all indu... More >

October 8, 2009

Military Says Its Cloud Beats Google's Best

The government is telling Google that its cloud is superior. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has recently announced that its cloud network, code named RACE - Rapid Access Computing E... More >

October 6, 2009

IT Needs to Get Control over IPhone Security

Apple announced recently that it reached a new record. Users have downloaded two billion applications from the Apple App Store. A half-billion applications were downloaded this quarter alone. The n... More >

Software Forum: Information On Demand Virtual Experience

This interactive virtual forum presents leading IT experts providing the insights you need to turn your information into a strategic driver for innovation, business optimization and competitive differentiation.

Performance Under Pressure: The State of Enterprise Web Application Quality and Availability

This research study finds that Web application issues are an all-too-common problem and examines these Web-based enterprise application issues from two perspectives: that of an online customer and that of a site manager.

October 5, 2009

FBI, Internet Crime Complaint Center Warn on Social Network Scams

The FBI has issued a press release warning that there has been an increase in the hijacking of social networking accounts. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), cyber-criminals ha... More >

October 1, 2009

Lessons and Questions from a Poorly Handled Data Breach

I have followed many data breaches over the past few years, but none has made me angrier than the one at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . The UNC School of Medicine collected person... More >

September 29, 2009

Chrome Frame: Must Microsoft Sling Mud?

Google recently released Chrome Frame , a plug-in that runs under Internet Explorer and and provides support for HTML 5 and better JavaScript performance to Microsoft's IE browser. Now, Microsoft is... More >

September 28, 2009

E-Mail Security: There Is Enough Blame to Go Around

I found a very interesting article in Network World that I just had to share. A bank employee from Wyoming bank "accidentally" sent confidential information to the wrong Gmail account. The bank sen... More >

September 24, 2009

Improving Mobile Device Security

Mobile devices are embedded in enterprises. That's the way it is and that's the way it will be for the foreseeable future. Whether it's a laptop, netbook, thumb drive, or an iPhone, there is no bound... More >

September 22, 2009

Facebook Hacking Scheme Targets Users, Abusers

You can hire a Facebook hacker for $100. Well, that's what the advertisement says, anyhow. Is there someone on Facebook that you would like to get back at? PandaLabs has just discovered an online ser... More >

September 21, 2009

Fighting off Click Fraud

According to a recent posting at Click Forensics , a company that improves traffic quality for the online advertising community, a newly discovered botnet is capable of hiding itself as search ad t... More >

September 17, 2009

InfraGard: A Must-Join Organization for Security Pros and Civilians Alike

As a security professional, I need to share information with peers in order to work effectively. I also like to be able to share information about tools that help me do this -- with both peers and no... More >

September 15, 2009

Security Breach Brings Opportunity for Improvement

Americans are very reactive people. We wait for something bad to happen and then we throw everything we have at it to fix it, until the next thing happens and the cycle continues. CIO.com recently ... More >

September 14, 2009

Why Security Needs More Diversity

I found a very interesting article in Network World recently, " Why high tech needs women executives ." The article did a good job of discussing how companies are starting to realize the advantages i... More >

September 10, 2009

ISP Ordered to Pay Damages for Illegal Activity on Network

A judge in California ordered two ISPs to pay $32 million in damages to Paris-based Louis-Vuitton Malletier. The ISPs -- Akanoc Solutions and Managed Solutions, both owned by Steven Chen -- allowed... More >

September 8, 2009

Overcoming Virtual Server Security Risks

A server is a server, right? They are just made up of hardware and software. But virtual servers have different hardware and software and and bring different and very real security risks. Let's loo... More >