security: Security administration/management
Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?
If a full-on cyber war breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton?
Twitter Two-Factor Authentication: Too Little, Too Late?
Two-factor authentication is a good step. But for securing many sites, Twitter included, it's not enough.
Android Smartphone Sellers Should Patch, Refund Or Perish
FTC should crack down on wireless carriers and smartphone manufacturers that put their customers at risk by failing to update Android devices.
CISPA 2.0: House Intelligence Committee Fumbles Privacy Again
Cybersecurity bill's backers portray threat intelligence sharing as a panacea, but yet again ignore the potential privacy and security downsides.
Spamhaus DDoS Attacks: What Business Should Learn
What should your company take away from this week's attacks? Lock down unsecured DNS repeaters being exploited by attackers and prep DDoS response...
Unpatched Remote Access Tools: Your Gift To Attackers
Three-year old "TeamSpy" espionage campaign should be a wake-up call. Lock down your remote-access tools, or else.
Accenture's 7 Tech Trends Driving Digital Business
From customer relationships to cloud, and why mobile isn't one of them.
Password Police Cite Evernote Mistakes
Evernote used the wrong security method to store passwords, cryptography experts say. Unfortunately, it's a common error.
Kill Passwords: Hassle-Free Substitute Wanted
Passwords keep proliferating, but do new technologies and approaches offer an alternative? Maybe.
Security Tools Show Many Dots, Few Patterns
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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Data Breaches: 8 Most Common Causes
May 22, 2013Why do bad breaches happen to good companies? Here's a look at the most frequent causes.
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FBI Arrests NYPD Detective On Hacking Charges
May 22, 2013Detective accused of hiring hackers to obtain webmail access credentials for 30 targets, accessing federal crime-information database without...
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Amazon Cloud Gets Federal Stamp Of Approval
May 21, 2013FedRAMP compliance means federal agencies can now access Amazon Web Services almost immediately, without spending months on their own...
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APT Attacks Trace To India, Researcher Says
May 21, 2013Multi-year hacking campaign targeted mining companies, legal firms, Pakistan, Angolan dissidents and others in Pakistan, the U.S., Iran, China and...
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Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons?
May 21, 2013If a full-on cyber war breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton?
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Yahoo Japan Data Breach: 22M Accounts Exposed
May 20, 2013Yahoo breach could have compromised 10% of all Yahoo user credentials. Meanwhile, Syrian Electronic Army targets The Financial Times.
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How Password Strength Meters Can Improve Security
May 20, 2013Color-coded password-strength meters nudge users to improve the strength of their important passwords, but have little effect on unimportant ones,...
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Who Is Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Facts
May 17, 2013Syrian hackers claim to battle American imperialism, media bias and Angelina Jolie.
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LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In London
May 16, 2013Group's 50-day hacking spree compromised websites run by Sony, CIA, Arizona State Police, Westboro Baptist Church and more.
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DHS Eyes Sharing Zero-Day Intelligence With Businesses
May 16, 2013DHS proposal would give private businesses access to the government's stockpile of zero-day secrets for a fee. But some say the program may...
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