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Google is in the news quite a bit, lately, but not all of that publicity is good… Google lists $350 fee for early Nexus One returns Update: Google may pull out of China because of cyber attacks Nexus One fiasco continues for Google Contrary to popular...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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Yes, you heard me correctly… We still think about personal and corporate security only as an afterthought. Despite all the regulatory and industry compliance that has been created and updated in the past 15 years, as we close out this decade, we are hardly...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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Earlier this month, I came across a provocative article in ComputerWorld that outlined some of the reasons why many organizations get inconsistent results from their Information Technology departments. Later, this article was made the source of...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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The prevailing wisdom says that technology is supposed to be getting simpler all the time. This belief appears to be pervasive with many corporate leaders who insist that there should be less of a need for expensive technology experts in an organization...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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There are several major challenges to the successful implementation of good information security in many organizations today. It is not because business owners do not think that security is important. No, the issues exist because they do not...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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I t has long been accepted that Information Security should be implemented in layers: Defense in Depth . The idea being that you should add overlapping protection mechanisms to either stop or slow down an intruder. To use a simple analogy, if you...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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I just finished reading a provocative Computer World article about the PCI compliance process, entitled “Will the Real Enemy of Security Please Stand Up?” , and it highlights a common misconception about the role of auditing and auditors in the compliance...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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As a technologist, I am always on the lookout for new and exciting products, solutions and discoveries which will be coming to a store near me at some point in the future. Whenever possible, I look to jump on the beta bandwagon and preview or test...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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Well, it’s been a while since we’ve had an active zero-day in Internet Explorer, but according to Microsoft Security Advisory 972890 , that’s what we’re looking at: a vulnerability in DirectX that allows for unauthenticated, remote execution attacks...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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Two of my favorite tools for online storage and collaboration are DropBox and Box.net . Because each product offers features that the other lacks, and because they appear to be attacking the challenges of collaboration different perspectives,...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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There is an excellent discussion taking place on the LinkedIn group for CIO magazine under the heading of: Some thoughts on IT-Business Alignment from the Chase Zander IT Director Forum (as influenced by CIO Forum members) So far, there are over 35 responses,...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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The Conficker worm continues to make headlines , not only because it has been so elusive over the past 5 or so months, but because it is configured to do something special on April 1, 2009. For a disturbingly large number of individuals and organizations,...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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Quite frankly, it’s even more important than it has been in the past. This morning, I was reading some articles on information security, including news about the Conficker worm . You know, we haven’t had a really good worm in 3 or 4...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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Since the middle of 2008, we have seen an increase in the types and complexity of information security attacks that organizations have been facing. The widespread worms of 2004 and 2005 gave way to the targeted attacks of 2006 and early 2007. Things...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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For many years, common wisdom suggested that the folks in technology were the ones who were least apt to see the whole picture about where the business was going, but were more interested in playing with cool, gee whiz stuff. And, there’s no denying...( read more ) Share Post: Read More...
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