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How to really know your security risks

The more precisely a risk can be assessed, the more easily it can be prioritized. However, the traditional model of assessing risk by multiplying potential loss by the likelihood of occurrence is too Read more...

Don't expect a federal anti-breach law

California was the first state to pass a data breach law in 2003. Now, 44 states have laws that lay out a variety of different requirements for companies to notify consumers and businesses when Read more...

10 Big Tech Problems

It was a very good year in many ways for technology. But it was a bad one too. There were a number of issues that did not turn out well, and they must be revisited in 2008. One involves the ongoing Read more...

Cybercrime on the rise

The FBI recently announced the arrest and prosecution of several cybercrime cases against individuals accused of defrauding banks, companies and consumers. It is part of an FBI probe called Read more...

Insider hacking is serious business

Disgruntled staff members abusing technology or network resources is a serious concern for businesses, but it's one of the most difficult to resolve. There are four reasons staff may act Read more...

ALSO NOTED: BPM yields great benefits; Outsourcing will eliminate IT jobs;

> Business performance management (BPM) yields great benefits. Article > Outsourcing will eliminate many IT jobs. Read more...

Remote security issues loom

Cisco is issuing a startling new report about the security risks related to remote users and company networks. The vendor says that unsafe behavior of just under a dozen remote workers in a Read more...

Black Hat event cites IBM vulnerabilities

The Black Hat conference spawned another security risk alert before it ended last week, and this time it is IBM's database vulnerabilities that came under fire. As Read more...

WiFi flaws put laptop data at risk

Everyone's been predicting that increased wireless networking deployments would bring in a slew of new security risks and headaches, and this past week's news illustrates how right everyone was. Read more...

Making compromise work to your benefit

A huge part of good management and business operations is tied to the art of compromise--finding good middle ground with everyone from staff and clients to customers, partners and vendors. But Read more...

Press Releases

Browser Bloat, Privacy Concerns Among the Top Tech Predictions for 2012 from SlimWare Utilities

D'IBERVILLE, Miss., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An increase in browser-based bloat and malware, and growing concern over online tracking technology, will top the technology trends in 2012, according Read more >>

CallMiner Launches Eureka 8 with a Fully Automated Quality Solution

Eureka 8.0 transforms traditional Quality Monitoring Systems with 100% coverage, objective and immediate assessment and results complemented with easily configurable dashboards and scorecards LONDON, Read more >>

FireEye Presents ‘Next-Generation Threat Protection’ at Interop New York Conference 2011

Industry veteran Stuart Staniford’s track session reveals strategies to counteract advanced security threats, such as APTs and targeted attacks that compromise today’s networks MILPITAS, Calif.--( Read more >>

Monitor Scout Launches a Global Cloud Monitoring Service

KARLSTAD, Sweden, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Monitor Scout today releases an unique cloud monitoring service for websites, servers and applications. The service is both extremely advanced and also Read more >>

CloudPassage Joins the Cloud Security Alliance

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudPassage, Inc., a pioneering security SaaS provider, announced today that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit Read more >>