Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:06 PM/CST
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and in IT security, that sometimes is the end user. A study by the Ponemon Institute has found that nearly half of those surveyed said security policies at their company were largely ignored.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:20 PM/CST
Aetna, one of the world's largest health insurance providers, had to do something special for its customers following a security "oops" reported May 26 involving its Website. It turns out that a number of human resource-related e-mails containing important personal...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:14 PM/CST
Think security pros don't know how to cut corners? Think again. A survey from Tufin Technologies found many security specialists cheat on their audit reports.
Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:12 PM/CST
The shocking events of Sept. 11, 2001, will always haunt us, but they're also helping the video security business big-time right now. As one might imagine, George Orwell's Big Brother is now well ensconced--make that accepted--in our daily lives, let's...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:23 PM/CST
A researcher from security firm nCircle accused Microsoft of gamesmanship in its description of a vulnerability in its IIS Web server software he contends is more serious than the company is letting on.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:26 PM/CST
This item is a bit strange. McAfee, the world's second-largest IT security company behind RSA Security, said May 18 that it plans to partner with storage giant EMC to offer online PC backup services. This is odd for this reason:...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:54 PM/CST
Elementary and high school districts are always under pressure from parents, school board members, teachers unions, truant trackers--you name it. My hat's off to district superintendents; this is no job for the faint of heart. Anyway, there's another headache for...
Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:06 PM/CST
Even with looming job cuts and larger numbers of remote workers, many companies are unprepared to adjust their security defenses, according to a new survey.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:20 AM/CST
Vulnerability management is a process that takes a good deal of upfront work and cooperation from business units, observed experts speaking at the SOURCE Boston conference this week.
Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:31 PM/CST
Expert panelists speaking at the SOURCE conference in Boston agreed that new IT security policies and procedures will be needed to handle the many emerging applications and architectures finding their way into business operations.
