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Can IT Be Trusted With Personal Devices?
Mobile device management as a path to security is a fundamentally flawed strategy. You must manage the data.
Has Anonymous Ruined Online Anonymity?
Anonymous, the hacktivist collective, has given anonymity a bad name. Yes, anonymous online services may be used to send bomb threats or abusive...
Google Wardriving: How Engineering Trumped Privacy
Blame the Street View data collection practices on a "more is more" engineering mindset. And rethink your notions about privacy for unencrypted...
After Flashback, Apple Walled Gardens Won't Help
Apple and other vendors will use the Flashback botnet as reason to move forward with desktop walled garden restrictions. Here's why that approach...
Mac Trojan Fallout: Apple Security Glory Days Gone?
Apple's reputation as an unattractive target for malware writers changed when the Flashback trojan hit more than 600,000 Macs. But Windows...
Anonymous Vs. DNS System: Lessons For Enterprise IT
A rumored attack on the world's DNS servers by Anonymous failed to materialize. But the many enterprises still ignoring persistent weaknesses...
Girls Around Me App: Not Today's Creepiest Stalker
Was the Girls Around Me app tasteless and juvenile? Of course. But we should be far more concerned about being stalked by law enforcement agencies...
Security Practices From The Front Lines
In the age of LulzSec, industrial espionage, and everyday breaches, it's more important than ever to be proactive about security. These security...
Google Big Tent: Regulation Vs. Personal Responsibility
Society should embrace the touch-the-stove approach when it comes to online common sense, explains 14-year-old Adora Svitak, author of no less...
Facebook Password Debate Stirs Deep Social Fears
Recent controversy over prospective employers requesting Facebook credentials has dredged up some big social questions.
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4 Ways To Find Real Enterprise Security Threats
May 14, 2012Companies re-prioritizing their defensive security efforts need to look beyond vulnerabilities. Here's advice on how to find the real threats to...
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Many Identity Theft Protection Services Promise The Impossible
April 20, 2012Consumer Federation of America report warns about ID theft service providers that offer vague, misleading, or incomplete assurances about their...
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Malware Writers Pack In Better Encryption
April 11, 2012Expert analysis finds the bad guys increasingly use stronger encryption to protect their malware and botnets.
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Dell Acquires Security Specialist SonicWall
March 13, 2012SonicWall's Unified Threat Management systems will let Dell compete more effectively with the likes of Juniper and Check Point.
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10 Lessons From RSA Security Conference
March 01, 2012Mobile, social, and cloud computing have changed the security equation.
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How To Evaluate Next-Generation Firewalls
February 29, 2012A host of new network threat-protection products will be introduced at RSA, but not all firewalls are built the same.
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What's Next For IBM Security?
February 23, 2012IBM's new security mantra for enterprises might be summed up like this: Think big, see small. It's marrying security monitoring, big data...
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8 Lessons From Nortel's 10-Year Security Breach
February 17, 2012Learn from Nortel's missteps. Security experts warn that more businesses have been hit by ongoing, difficult to detect exploits.
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2012 State Of Databases: Pricey And In Flux
January 16, 2012Our 760 respondents have gripes about licensing costs and more. Big data is big trouble, cloud is a no-go, and security's stuck in a rut. What now?
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CES 2012: Harrass Co-Workers With An iPhone-based Missile Launcher
January 12, 2012
Fun is always a major theme at CES 2012. For owners of iOS-based devices who want to declare war on their co-workers, Dream Cheeky's iOS-based,...
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