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1. 10 Essential IE Security Settings

   [ News ] Topic: Application Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 03/24/2009

   Although Internet Explorer slid in market share last year, it continues to be the dominant Web browser. However, it has had its fair share of security problems, such as an IE7 flaw that was being exploited even though the flaw was addressed in a Patch Tuesday release. And Microsoft isn't...

2. Slowly, Database Security Moves into the Spotlight

   [ Blog ] Topic: Network Security | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/29/2007

   This commentary at CNET by Sentrigo Executive Vice President Dan Sarel on the importance of database security tracks well with a couple of recent items: my Q&A with another company executive and my related commentary . We're linking to the new piece because the point bears repeating:...

3. Humans Biggest Security Weakness

   [ News ] Topic: Managed Security Services | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 04/24/2009

   According to Brian Truskowski, general manager of IBM's Internet Security Systems business, the human element is still the key weakness in any system, reports vnunet.com . Speaking at the RSA 2009 conference, Truskowski said, " Humans are an infinite threat to security . This is why security...

4. Survey Says New Massachusetts Data Security Compliance Isn't Cheap

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Security | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 09/29/2009

   As of March 2010, businesses and organizations that have access to personally identifiable information of Massachusetts residents will have to undertake "comprehensive measures to protect" that information. And , such measures include express contract provisions with service providers that...

5. Welcome to My ITBE Security Blog

   [ Blog ] Topic: Network Security | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 11/26/2008

   Dear Friends/Colleagues old and new, Welcome to my new security blog at IT Business Edge. I know that many of you get a lot of reading material that comes across your desk on a daily basis and I thank you for choosing my blog to read. This blog will cover the security issues that security...

6. Security Updates, Compliance Key as 2010 Approaches

   [ Blog ] Topic: Managed Security Services | Date Published: 08/07/2009

   The need for , says IT Business Edge guest contributor Carl Herberger. As hackers figure out ways to bypass the latest and greatest security tools, businesses are consistently upgrading their protection measures in an attempt to stay ahead of their attackers. Herberger lists 10 areas of...

7. McAfee Offers New E-mail Security Strategy

   [ News ] Topic: E-mail Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 10/20/2009

   McAfee is offering a new e-mail security strategy to offer the broadest range of delivery options possible, according to V3.co.uk . The model consists of software-as-a-service, on-premise applications or a combination of the two. The SaaS option filters inbound and outbound traffic in the...

8. Survey Finds Recession Hurting Data Security

   [ News ] Topic: E-mail Security | Author: KachinaShaw | Date Published: 08/11/2009

   More than 34 percent of U.S. companies that responded to a Proofpoint survey on e-mail security and data loss prevention reported that they had had a leak of sensitive data in the last year, according to this Dark Reading piece. The recession's effect on budgets and layoffs of both IT and...

9. HSBC Gets Record Fine for Data Breach, Security VARs 'Bank' on Continuing Trend

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Security | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 07/24/2009

   The Financial Services Authority recently fined three HSBC firms a total of $5 million dollars for inadequate security controls, or a complete lack thereof. It's the largest such fine in the UK, according to Hunton & Williams' Privacy & Information Security Law Blog . The record...

10. IM Security Policy

    [ Document ] Topic: IM | Date Published: 04/27/2009

    This document is brought to you from our partner, Info-Tech Research Group. Click here for an example of other content provided by this partner . There are many security threats associated with instant messaging (IM) in the enterprise that increase a company’s vulnerability....

11. Feds Still Struggling with Data Security

    [ Blog ] Topic: Data Security | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 02/21/2008

    Despite repeated embarrassing and potentially damaging incidents, the federal government is still bedeviled by security shortfalls and, it seems, turf wars over how to improve the situation. This Unbossed story on a report released earlier this month by the Government Accountability Office...

12. Are Good Security and Web 2.0 Incompatible?

    [ Blog ] Topic: Application Security | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/04/2007

    There are far too many numbers in this TechNewsWorld story, which reports results of a survey on Web 2.0 threats conducted by Forrester Research for Secure Computing. The survey, released in conjunction with the introduction of the vendor's Secure Web 2.0 Anti-Threat (SWAT) initiative, shows...