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Awareness Month: Just a Fading EchoPlenty of Talk but Not Much ActionEric ChabrowMy mailbox the past month has quickly filled with messages from the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, not for profits and IT security vendors pro...
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12 Core IT Security ServicesGuidance to Safeguard Digital Assets in Fiscally Challenged TimesEric Chabrow, Executive Editor, GovInfoSecurity.comTo help states keep their IT security robust in these tough economic times, the National Association of State C...
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Don't Let Your Suppliers Limit Too Much Breach LiabilityOrganizations often end up paying the consequential costs of data breaches when third-party vendor contracts aren't scrutinizedBy Ericka Chickowski, Contributing EditorWhether it's from a vendor impr...
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Is Biometrics The Answer To The Authentication Question?Years in the making, biometrics still has not entered the mainstream of authentication options. Here's a look at where and when to use itBy Michael Cobb, Contributing Writer[Excerpted from "Get the B...
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U.S. CIO: Changing the Culture of Federal ITU.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel hopes cloud computing, Web services and a new IT culture of sharing can reap huge savings and prop up Uncle Sam.By Tom KaneshigeCIO — In his first public appearance as CIO of the U.S....
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UBS Admits Internal Fraud Controls Were Not EffectiveSystem deficiencies allowed unauthorised trades to go unchecked and unrecorded.By Anh Nguyen, CSOUBS has admitted that certain internal controls were not in place at the time that rogue trader Kweku Ado...
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Massive Swedish Hacks Leak 400,000 Account DetailsThe details of more than 400,000 user accounts have leaked onto the Internet in Sweden, following a series of attacks that have affected about 60 websites.By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News ServiceThe details of...
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Time To Automate Web Defenses?Tying vulnerability scanners and Web application firewalls together can help tighten Web security without developer pain -- but trust is still a problemBy Robert Lemos, Contributing EditorAttackers looking for a vulnerable we...
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The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will CreateConventional wisdom maintains that cloud computing will eliminate scores of IT jobs. CIO.com's Bernard Golden explains why that argument is flawed and describes the many IT jobs that will flourish in the age of cloud...
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Nasdaq Server Breach: 3 Expected FindingsWhile federal investigators remain quiet about the ongoing investigation, experts say that the Directors Desk data breach is even worse than thought.By Mathew J. Schwartz, InformationWeekRemember the Nasdaq breach?...
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New Tool to Help Small Businesses Plan for CyberattackThe online tool, developed by the U.S. government and security firms, will be available at the FCC's website next month.By Nancy Gohring, IDG News ServiceWith hackers increasingly setting their sights ...
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Offshoring and Security: IT Managers, Network Admins Divided on RiskA recent survey reveals that more than one-third of respondents whose companies offshore IT said the practice makes their organization less secure, while the same proportion said the oppo...
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Tech Insight: The Smart Way To Gather Security IntelligenceProper logging and correlation, reporting, alerting are key to handling security eventsBy Adam Ely, Contributing EditorThroughout the day, we focus on the task of the moment -- user inquiries, sto...
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IT 2012 Predictions: for One, Social Networks RuleThe evolution of social-networking capabilities in corporate systems, and technologies that dramatically boost productivity and reduce risk, are themes that dominate the "Top Ten Predictions 2012" from one...
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USTA Scores Cost Savings, Agility with Amazon Cloud ServiceUSTA CIO Larry Bonfante explains why his organization moved its back-office systems to the cloud, why he selected Amazon Web Services (AWS), and the many benefits the USTA has been reaping from th...
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Forget new threats: It's the old-school attacks that keep getting youPen tester Rob Havelt has found that the most egregious security lapses have nothing to do with the latest, most-hyped threats.By Taylor ArmerdingEverybody in IT knows it is a dangerous ...
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Amazon Answers Privacy Concerns About New Silk BrowserAmazon's new Silk browser, which has already raised concerns from security experts and legislators, got a mixed review from a major privacy advocacy group today.By Gregg Keizer, ComputerworldAmazon's n...
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Adobe to Fix Flash Flaw That Allows Webcam SpyingThe flaw is similar to one disclosed in 2008.By Lucian Constantin, IDG News ServiceAdobe is working on a fix for a Flash Player vulnerability that can be exploited via clickjacking techniques to turn on peo...
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Banking Trojans Adapting To Cheat Out-of-Band SecurityAs financial institutions adopt out-of-band security, attackers quickly adaptBy Robert Lemos, Contributing EditorIn 2007, security experts found a new Trojan capable of logging keystrokes navigating th...
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Gartner: the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012The technology that makes up many of the systems in the IT world today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social netwo...
