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1. Definitions: Security Metrics

   [ Document ] Topic: Security Metrics | Date Published: 01/27/2009

   Definition Security metrics are measurements of key performance indicators that help  organizations establish relationships between different dimensions of their  security strategy. Business applications Security metrics are often used to justify security spending to C-level executives,...

2. Definitions: Security Appliances

   [ Document ] Topic: Security Appliances | Date Published: 01/27/2009

   Definition A security appliance is a low-cost computer system designed  to provide specialized security functions, such as a network firewall or e-mail  security. The appliance is a hardware component that includes all the required software , including a proprietary operating ...

3. Definitions: Application Security

   [ Document ] Topic: Application Security | Date Published: 01/25/2009

   Definition Application security is a collective term that refers to the  efforts throughout an application’s life cycle to identify and fix  vulnerabilities in the code that could put systems and data at risk. Various  procedures, hardware and software can be used to detect and fix flaws in the ...

4. GAO Calls for Improved IT Security Metrics

   [ News ] Topic: Security Metrics | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/30/2009

   The Government Accountability Office puts the blame on the government's current choice of metrics as the reason why agencies are reporting improved security compliance even while government investigators continue to find security gaps, reports FederalComputerWeek . Testifying before the...

5. Definitions: Network Security

   [ Document ] Topic: Network Security | Date Published: 01/27/2009

   Definition Network security is a collective term that refers to the  hardware, software and procedural methods used to protect a computer network  infrastructure and the systems on it. Computer networks can be vulnerable to  many threats, including unauthorized access, which can lead to...

6. Researcher Focuses on Security Threat of Parking Meters

   [ News ] Topic: Network Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/22/2009

   Parking meters a security risk ? Yes, says security researcher Joe Grand, who will be delivering a session at the upcoming Black Hat security conference, reports internetnews.com . "Why parking meters? It's a combination of everything, software, hardware, network connectivity and it's a physical...

7. Symantec: SMBs Ignore Basic Security Measures

   [ Blog ] Topic: Network Security | Author: Paul Mah | Date Published: 06/30/2009

   The findings of the 2009 Global Small and Mid-sized Business Security and Storage survey conducted by IT security firm Symantec has revealed what most of us have quietly known all along - that many SMBs do not implement basic security measures. Conducted in the first quarter of 2009, the survey...

8. Colleges Earn C+ for Network Security, Survey Shows

   [ News ] Topic: Network Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/03/2009

   According to a survey by the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education, most colleges score the security of their networks an average of 3.7 out of 5. NetworkWorld reports that most respondents see mobile devices as the most vulnerable...

9. Homeland Security Drops Data-Mining Tool

   [ News ] Topic: Security | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 09/06/2007

   Having spent $42 million on it, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has scrapped an anti-terrorism data-mining tool after it was revealed that up to two years of testing had been done with information about real people without the required privacy safeguards, according to an Associated...

10. Security Breach Exposes Sensitive Nuclear Site Info

    [ News ] Topic: Security Breaches | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/03/2009

    An inadvertent security breach resulted in sensitive details about hundreds of civilian nuclear sites across the country being posted online. The Washington Post reports that a draft declaration of U.S. nuclear facilities to the International Atomic Energy Agency was available for about a...

11. RSA Launches Security Community for Developers

    [ News ] Topic: Application Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 04/20/2009

    According to SD Times , RSA has launched an online community to help developers build security into the software they create. The RSA Share Project will offer free application security tools, as well as promote application security and encourage collaboration. At first, the project will...

12. Experts Worry About Security in Push for Open Government

    [ News ] Topic: Security Policy | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/16/2009

    The recent security breach that involved the U.S. Government Printing Office Web site that listed all U.S. civilian nuclear sites along with descriptions of their assets and activities illustrates the caution that needs to be exercised with the Obama administration's push for a more open...