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- Why Breaches Happen... and What to Do About It
- For companies with critical information assets such as customer data, intellectual property and proprietary corporate data, the risk of a data breach is now higher than ever before. In order to reduce this risk, it is essential to understand why and how data breaches occur. The attendee of this webcast...
- Tags: Risk, Symantec Corp., Breach, Intellectual Property, Security, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts 2009-10-28
- Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar
- Data breaches represented the most important category of IT failure during 2007. The year 2007 saw spectacular failures, ranging from improperly-paid teachers at Arizona State University ASU and the Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD, to a massive implementation problem at the UK National Health Service NHS,...
- Tags: Breach, Information Technology, Data Breach, Disaster Recovery, Strategy, Data Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-29
- Most security breaches caused by careless human error
- Security expert David Litchfield analyzed data breaches during 2007 and came up with interesting results: Word documents and spreadsheets mistakenly left on a web server or indexed by a search engine account for 20.6% of the 276 breaches, both physical and digital, recorded up to the 23rd...
- Tags: Breach, Data, Productivity, Web Servers, Search, Security, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- TJX. Un-answered questions.
- Repercussions from the biggest reported data breach incident in history are still being felt. Last month's arrest of a dealer in stolen credit cards in Istanbul is just one example of how information stolen from TJX Companies is still being used by criminals. As I prepare for a talk...
- Tags: Security, Breach, Credit Card, Arrest, Florida, TJX, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
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- East Anglia: Chapter 3
- Of course we are"The global warming skeptics are perfectly happy to overlook the illegality of the hacking and theft of private emails, according to this blogger."Sure, how else would this information have been made public. Many of the emails highlight to obfuscation of information, others point to the planning to...
- Tags: Litigation, fraud
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Who's afraid of the big bad cloud?
- Not even hybrid apps?Right, got it. You hate everybody who doesn't buy your religion, which doesn't even allow for hybrid applications."I ask why I?d entrust sensitive data to a user with a laptop."You're right, companies can't even trust their own employees. Heck, let's send everybody home and dissolve the whole...
- Tags: Desktops, desktop, Google Inc., bad cloud, Desktop Application
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Microsoft, former employee settle over spying claims
- Microsoft and a former employee have settled over claims of fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Claim, Litigation, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
- In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...
- Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-11
- Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?
- Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...
- Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Psystar releases 'build your own Hackintosh' kit
- there a few brain who will throw a fit big time Will nice i really wanna see what will happen on the legal side .but its a bit too late how many people already have the appz .... Well like many people ask for so long osx...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, EULA, EFI
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development
- You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Like frequent flyer points, but for energy reductions
- This post is related to the "carrot" side of the carrot versus stick theory, suggesting that people need to be rewarded before they will substantially change their habits. If you or someone you know is already looking for ways to cut electricity consumption in your household, there...
- Tags: Credit, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- CyberThreats: Complacency abounds
- Gartner security guru John Pescatore gave his 2010 cyberthreat assessment Tuesday and not a lot has changed---other than the complacency levels of companies that are supposed to be protecting your data. Threats have become more targeted, but the bulk of attacks are using the same techniques found...
- Tags: Technique, Cyberthreats, Attack, Productivity, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Google Voice mails exposed for all to see and hear
- If you believe the "explanation"then no problem, though honestly, I think we just witnessed another reason why "living in the cloud" is not for those with anything of importance that needs protecting.I doubt that Google intended for all of those private voice mails to be made public.RE: Google Voice mails...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Voice mail, voicemail
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- GAO report: NASA at 'high risk' of data breach
- What kind of 'sensitive data' would they have?I mean, I don't think that they are still working on experimental planes for the DoD, are they?Well...NASA has done, and continues to do some pretty freaky stuff. Also, lest you forget, they're big into big/fast rockets, and they are the people who...
- Tags: Strategy, NASA, risk, General Accounting Office
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- GAO report: NASA at 'high risk' of data breach
- An audit of the space agency's computer systems found weaknesses in several critical areas, especially in the way NASA implemented access controls like user accounts, passwords and the encryption of sensitive data. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: NASA, General Accounting Office, Security Administration, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Free WiFi from Google - On airplains
- WTF is an "airplain"?Is it the air above Kansas?It is for reasons like your comment......that you are no longer allowed in Kansas !!!RE: Free WiFi from Google - On airplainsWill this be safe... they ban phone and communication devices with a well known reason... and Internet on Plane can be...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, WTF, phone, cell phone, Wi-Fi, Free Wifi, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Quicken Deluxe 2010
- Some Quicken thoughts...I have used Quicken for many years and yes, it can be a little buggy and cryptic at times. Overall, It's a real time saver and VERY convenient. BUTT...Things to think about: Usually never considered until that fateful day comes.My entire financial life, banking accounts (4) investment accounts...
- Tags: Backups, Notebooks, Workstations, Overall IT, Quicken
- Discussion threads 2009-10-18
- Gartner: Windows 7 is 'all but inevitable'
- Completely Disagree with Gartner's Recommendations...I would be skipping Vista at this point, and aborting all Vista deployment plans. Why? Simple...Any IT staff that is deploying Vista en mass to their enterprises bought it with Volume Licensing, which means they probably bought it with Software Assurance... better to use those support...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), gartner, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
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