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Thomas Claburn

Watching Workers: Where's The Line?

March 18, 2013

Counting keystrokes might be called for in a data entry context. But tracing the location of a company-issued smartphone during a worker's...

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Rachel Dines

8 Tools Changing Business Technology Resiliency

March 12, 2013

Cloud gateways, emergency communications tools and disaster recovery as a service are changing the way businesses run their continuity programs.

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Mathew Schwartz

Password Police Cite Evernote Mistakes

March 08, 2013

Evernote used the wrong security method to store passwords, cryptography experts say. Unfortunately, it's a common error.

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Jonathan Feldman

Evernote Breach: What It Means To Enterprise IT

March 04, 2013

Cloud naysayers will insist that this incident shows why we should never use the cloud. Give me a break.

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Mathew Schwartz

Kill Passwords: Hassle-Free Substitute Wanted

March 04, 2013

Passwords keep proliferating, but do new technologies and approaches offer an alternative? Maybe.

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Mathew Schwartz

Security Tools Show Many Dots, Few Patterns

March 01, 2013

Today's security software wastes valuable time by delivering data dumps, rather than focusing on trends. But you can create your own visualizations.

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Mathew Schwartz

Don't Blame China For Security Hacks, Blame Yourself

February 25, 2013

Focus on the sorry state of your information security defenses before worrying about the Chinese, Russians, hacktivists or cybercrime gangs.

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Mathew Schwartz

Hacking, Privacy Laws: Time To Reboot

February 06, 2013

Recent cases highlight serious flaws in current privacy and cyber abuse legislation, allowing prosecutors to wield a hammer when a stick will do.

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Mathew Schwartz

Uncertain State Of Cyber War

January 21, 2013

Just what does "cyber warfare" mean? We're still figuring out tactics and capabilities.

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Mathew Schwartz

Java Security Warnings: Cut Through The Confusion

January 18, 2013

Recent warnings to deactivate Java are raising additional questions: What about JavaScript, EJB, JavaFX, Android and any other use of the...

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