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1. Data Security in the Cloud

   [ Summary ] Topic: High-Performance Computing | Date Published: 02/27/2008

   According to this article, the silver lining of cloud computing might be a little tarnished. Storing data on someone else's hardware causes users to lose some control over the privacy and security of that data. While encryption shores up data safety, online information can still be out of the...

2. IM Prone to Getting Pwnt

   [ Summary ] Topic: Network Security | Date Published: 03/26/2008

   Instant messengers don't support encryption, says this blog post. It's also a key reason confidential information should not be disclosed over the technology. The post illustrates just how easy it is to eavesdrop via IM.

3. ING Direct Banks on Trusteer

   [ Summary ] Topic: Data Security | Date Published: 05/30/2008

   ING Direct is introducing a tool it claims will provide safe online banking even on infected PCs. ING partnered with Trusteer, maker of Rapport, which creates a "secure pipe" within the user's computer that encapsulates data as it flows into ING Direct's Web site.

4. GuardianEdge Tapped by University of Louisville for Data Protection

   [ Summary ] Topic: Encryption | Date Published: 10/30/2008

   The University of Louisville has selected GuardianEdge to safeguard sensitive information for it faculty and staff. The school, which is comprised of three campuses, will use GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption, Smartphone Protection and Device Control solutions. The university also intends to...

5. Shift from Data Protection to Loss Prevention

   [ Summary ] Topic: Data Loss Prevention | Date Published: 07/05/2009

   Many IT security professionals are shifting focus from just protecting data to preventing data loss. Many companies must also consider compliance with government-mandated regulations when working on a plan for data loss prevention. Successful DLP plans fit a range of disciplines and are supported...

6. Top Security Products for 2010

   [ Summary ] Topic: Anti-Virus Solutions | Date Published: 08/24/2009

   Quite a few security products for next year were released early this year. Of the ones out now, Norton Internet Security 2010 has scored high on reviewers’ lists, even though it’s still in beta. Also, BitDefender Total Security 2010 scored four out of five marks for this...

7. Open Security Foundation Watch-Dog Against Data Spills

   [ Summary ] Topic: Data Loss Prevention | Date Published: 02/20/2009

   The nonprofit organization Open Security Foundation scours news reports, the Internet, and other information daily for news on consumer data spills and leaks. The company serves as a watch-dog group, ensuring that the public learns of companies’ lax security practices and that these problems...

8. Phishing Fighters Develop E-Crime Report Tool

   [ Summary ] Topic: Phishing | Date Published: 03/11/2009

   The Anti-Phishing Working Group has developed a method for reporting e-crimes via a common data format that can be read by any Web browser or other applications. This will enable law enforcement agencies to search databases for certain types of attacks and to share their e-crime information with...

9. Survey Identifies Web Privacy as Dominant Issue

   [ Summary ] Topic: Privacy | Date Published: 03/16/2009

   TRUSTe, which monitors Web privacy practices for large companies, surveyed more than 1,000 Americans about Web-based issues. Of those surveyed, 90 percent said that online privacy was either “somewhat” or “really” important. However, 75 percent identified themselves as...

10. Imperva Boosts Capabilities of Database Monitoring Tool

    [ Summary ] Topic: Database Administration | Date Published: 03/18/2009

    Imperva’s SecureSphere database monitoring tool now has enhanced capabilities to assist users in detecting unauthorized operations or attacks. The company added the new functionality to the database activity monitoring tool to give auditors an easier way to correlate and analyze their data.

11. Conficker Virus Set to Strike on April 1

    [ Summary ] Topic: Viruses and Worms | Date Published: 03/26/2009

    With millions of computers likely already infected with the Conficker worm, people and administrators both fear for the worst on April 1, when it is set to go off. So far, no one can pinpoint what it will likely do. It could download personal information or take over your computer to perform...

12. FBI Reports Internet Crime up 33 Percent

    [ Summary ] Topic: Cyber Terrorism | Date Published: 03/31/2009

    Reports from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) reveal that Internet-based crimes were up 33 percent in 2008. The ICCC is a nonprofit group run by the National White Collar Crime Center and the FBI. Its report showed that losses due to cyber crime-related fraud totaled $264.6 million last...