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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 297 days ago
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http://www.cio.com/article/179603By Thomas WailgumFebruary 05, 2008 CIO.comBy the end of 2007, The TJX Companies, which owns T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods and Marshalls stores, had reported that approximately 100 million credit and debit card owners' information had been compromised by hackers, possibly dating back to 2003. The size and scope of the breach, as well as the lack of adequate security controls to mitigate the criminal activity, were breathtaking.And yet Wall Street analysts didn't seem to care. In Jan read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 283 days ago
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When you're trying to hire a computer security professional to manage the network for one of the nation's largest counties, it's probably not the best idea to advertise to the world the precise digital defenses you have in place to protect the region's virtual castle. Take, for instance, the following ad posted to business networking site LinkedIn. The hiring employer in this case is Riverside County, Calif., which claims to be the 16th largest county...Please click on the title to continue reading this en read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
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Financial services suffer mostData breaches cost UK companies an average of £47 for every record lost.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 266 days ago
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As the threat of attack, both external and internal, continues to take root and as data-handling regulations continue to proliferate, the role of a chief information security officer appears to be growing more complex by the day. Many CISOs are doing an admirable job of stemming the tide of data loss and keeping their heads above water around compliance. But some IT security leaders are doing it better than the rest, according to a recent Forrester Research report, which has identified several characterist read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 250 days ago
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There’s a fine line between protecting a business’ network and sending end users into a help desk-haranguing rampage. ...Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Directory - Access Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts, Podcasts, and Videos. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 249 days ago
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The debate rages onCanSecWest VMware researcher Oded Horovitz got an earful when he told a group of security buffs his company's virtualization software was theoretically impenetrable. Speaking at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, his hour-long presentation, titled Virtually Secure, included a slide titled "VM Escape" that carried the following bullet point:… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 248 days ago
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The time to secure VOIP traffic is now, beforethe threats outweigh the benefits of this cost-saving communicationstechnology. ...Six Sigma Certification 100% Online-Six Sigma Certificate from Villanova - Find Out More Now. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 243 days ago
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Software that knows if you're mad - or a lonerWhen the president of a prestigious patent and trademarking firm began receiving emails threatening to bring down its operations unless he paid a $17m ransom, he knew he had to take action. He reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but agents were unable to identify the culprit.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 229 days ago
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Corporations are woefully unprepared to counter attempts at corporate espionage, say experts who perform vulnerability assessments designed to uncover security weaknesses. U.S. corporations lose as much as $300 billion a year to hacking, cracking, physical security breaches, and other criminal activity, according to Ira Winkler, author of Spies Among Us (Wiley, 2005) and president of the Internet Security Advisors Group, which performs espionage simulations and provides other services. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 206 days ago
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Opinion: An effort to develop standards to make it more effective and meaningful is under way....Download a VMWare LAB MANAGER STARTER KIT, FREE! Virtualize the test lab while cutting costs. Get your Free Virtual Lab Starter Kit today. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 187 days ago
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Certificate management in many enterprises is a surprisingly manual affair. This can lead to potentially disastrous errors.... read more »
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