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Michael Fitzgerald
Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?
May 21, 2013 09:06 AM
If a full-on cyber war breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton?
John Lucker
Big Data Alchemy: Turn Info Into Money
May 14, 2013 09:06 AM
Data markets could become a new market category. Here, companies buy, sell or trade data for mutual benefit.
Mathew Schwartz
Twitter Two-Factor Authentication: Too Little, Too Late?
April 26, 2013 12:37 PM
Two-factor authentication is a good step. But for securing many sites, Twitter included, it's not enough.
Mathew Schwartz
Android Smartphone Sellers Should Patch, Refund Or Perish
April 22, 2013 09:06 AM
FTC should crack down on wireless carriers and smartphone manufacturers that put their customers at risk by failing to update Android devices.
John Foley
Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure
April 19, 2013 10:05 AM
Video surveillance played a key role in identifying the suspects in Monday's tragic Boston Marathon bombing, setting a precedent for increasing use of sophisticated security IT systems nationwide.
Mathew Schwartz
CISPA 2.0: House Intelligence Committee Fumbles Privacy Again
April 16, 2013 09:06 AM
Cybersecurity bill's backers portray threat intelligence sharing as a panacea, but yet again ignore the potential privacy and security downsides.
Mathew Schwartz
Laws Can't Save Banks From DDoS Attacks
April 05, 2013 09:06 AM
A threat information-sharing bill wouldn't do much to help banks defend themselves against distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks.
Thomas Claburn
Indoor Location Tracking Has Lost Common Sense
April 03, 2013 09:14 AM
Technology to help people navigate indoors is all the rage. But unless you really want to be tracked through the mall, it's largely unnecessary.
Mathew Schwartz
Spamhaus DDoS Attacks: What Business Should Learn
March 29, 2013 09:06 AM
What should your company take away from this week's attacks? Lock down unsecured DNS repeaters being exploited by attackers and prep DDoS response plans.
Mathew Schwartz
Unpatched Remote Access Tools: Your Gift To Attackers
March 25, 2013 09:06 AM
Three-year old "TeamSpy" espionage campaign should be a wake-up call. Lock down your remote-access tools, or else.
Chris Murphy
Accenture's 7 Tech Trends Driving Digital Business
March 20, 2013 02:15 PM
From customer relationships to cloud, and why mobile isn't one of them.
Jonathan Feldman
Monitoring Vs. Spying: Are Employers Going Too Far?
March 18, 2013 01:00 PM
The email brouhaha that erupted at Harvard recently did not meet my definition of spying. If your company monitors, do it with reasonable cause.
Thomas Claburn
Watching Workers: Where's The Line?
March 18, 2013 01:00 PM
Counting keystrokes might be called for in a data entry context. But tracing the location of a company-issued smartphone during a worker's off-hours isn't going to fly.
Rachel Dines
8 Tools Changing Business Technology Resiliency
March 12, 2013 09:06 AM
Cloud gateways, emergency communications tools and disaster recovery as a service are changing the way businesses run their continuity programs.
Mathew Schwartz
Password Police Cite Evernote Mistakes
March 08, 2013 09:07 AM
Evernote used the wrong security method to store passwords, cryptography experts say. Unfortunately, it's a common error.
Jonathan Feldman
Evernote Breach: What It Means To Enterprise IT
March 04, 2013 09:24 AM
Cloud naysayers will insist that this incident shows why we should never use the cloud. Give me a break.
Mathew Schwartz
Kill Passwords: Hassle-Free Substitute Wanted
March 04, 2013 09:06 AM
Passwords keep proliferating, but do new technologies and approaches offer an alternative? Maybe.
Mathew Schwartz
Security Tools Show Many Dots, Few Patterns
March 01, 2013 09:06 AM
Today's security software wastes valuable time by delivering data dumps, rather than focusing on trends. But you can create your own visualizations.
Mathew Schwartz
Don't Blame China For Security Hacks, Blame Yourself
February 25, 2013 10:47 AM
Focus on the sorry state of your information security defenses before worrying about the Chinese, Russians, hacktivists or cybercrime gangs.
Mathew Schwartz
Hacking, Privacy Laws: Time To Reboot
February 06, 2013 09:06 AM
Recent cases highlight serious flaws in current privacy and cyber abuse legislation, allowing prosecutors to wield a hammer when a stick will do.
Mathew Schwartz
Uncertain State Of Cyber War
January 21, 2013 08:00 AM
Just what does "cyber warfare" mean? We're still figuring out tactics and capabilities.
Mathew Schwartz
Java Security Warnings: Cut Through The Confusion
January 18, 2013 09:58 AM
Recent warnings to deactivate Java are raising additional questions: What about JavaScript, EJB, JavaFX, Android and any other use of the programming language?
Mathew Schwartz
McAfee Takes Belize: Social Engineering Lesson
January 09, 2013 01:35 PM
Eccentric antivirus firm founder John McAfee says he tricked people with spyware -- using free laptops. Social engineering attacks remain cheap, easy and effective.
Imre Kabai
Reading This Column Will Cost You 0.4 Micromort
January 04, 2013 12:30 PM
It pays to assess risk properly in making IT and other big decisions. Here's what not to do.
Mathew Schwartz
S.C. Security Blunders Show Why States Get Hacked
December 14, 2012 09:06 AM
Governor blames data breach on Russian hackers and the IRS, but states' by-the-book IT ethos shows rules and regulations are the real culprit.