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1. PC Security Handbook

   [ Document ] Topic: Desktops and Workstations | Date Published: 09/23/2009

   This document is brought to you from our partner, Windows Guides. Click here for an example of other content provided by this partner . This PC Security Handbook is designed to help you find ways to protect your Windows XP/Vista/7 PC and ensure your data is safe. I get countless emails from site...

2. Barracuda Acquires Purewire to Beef Up Its Web Security Services

   [ News ] Topic: Security Vendors | Author: KimMays | Date Published: 10/13/2009

   Barracuda Networks has acquired Purewire, a company that offers cloud-based security services, in an effort to boost its position in the cloud security market , says VentureBeat . Barracuda already offers its network security software to protect email, Web browsing, and instant messaging for...

3. VPN Breach Highlights Security Challenges

   [ News ] Topic: Security Breaches | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 06/02/2009

   internetnews.com reports that a former employee of Energy Future Holdings was able to log on to the corporate VPN and cause $26,000 in damages from lost business. The company has declined to comment on the breach due to an ongoing investigation, except to say that at no time was customer data...

4. Another Security Breach at Pfizer

   [ News ] Topic: Security Breaches | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 08/14/2007

   Health care professionals' personal data has been compromised in the second security breach at pharmaceutical company Pfizer in two months, reports InformationWeek . The company says two password-protected laptops owned by consulting firm Axia, Ltd., were stolen out of a car in Boston. The...

5. Government Gets "C" for Security

   [ News ] Topic: Network Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 05/21/2008

   The federal government has received its 2007 computer security report cards from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The government earned a "C" for protecting against cyber attack , which is a slight improvement over the "C-minus" it got in 2006, reports The Washington Post...

6. Should There Be a Security Industry?

   [ Blog ] Topic: Security Vendors | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 04/30/2007

   Comments attributed to well-known security researcher and consultant Bruce Schneier , which were reported upon in CNET coverage of Infosecurity Europe 2007 , were either misconstrued, naive, purposefully provocative or taken out of context -- or some combination of all these. Regardless, they...

7. 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...

8. 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 ...

9. Deconstructing Wireless and Mobile Security

   [ Blog ] Topic: Network Security | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/06/2006

   Like seat belts and motorcycle helmets (especially those belonging to Pittsburgh Steeler quarterbacks ), mobile and wireless security devices and systems often go unused by those who could most benefit from them.       A report on a study by In-Stat suggests -- perhaps a bit...

10. Security Landscape Fundamentally Better

    [ Blog ] Topic: Network Security | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 06/05/2007

    Forget about the past, it doesn't matter anymore. Perhaps that's too broad a statement. How's this: Remember the past, it does matter -- but don't use security spending totals to gauge a company's commitment to protecting its data. That's what we took away from this Dark Reading article ,...

11. Mozilla e-Store Closed After Security Breach

    [ News ] Topic: Security Breaches | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 08/05/2009

    According to Computerworld , Mozilla closed its online store after it found out that the firm it hired to run the backend operations of the e-store, GatewayCDI, had suffered a security breach. There is no information on what information hackers may have accessed or stolen. The store could...

12. Cyber Security Programs Get Boost from $2.7 Million Grant

    [ News ] Topic: Network Security | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 10/15/2009

    The Associated Press reports that the National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $2.7 million grant to a consortium of technology centers and community colleges in eight states that is working to stop cyber attacks and the loss of high-tech jobs in the U.S. The Cyber Security...