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Using the cloud to dodge IT controls

Are cloud-based applications helping employees evade controls set by IT and gain access to data they're not supposed to see? According to a recent survey on trends in access governance by the Ponemon

Microsoft means business with Azure

Windows Azure, the cloud-based operating system that Microsoft announced just last year, is coming. Impossible to fathom just a couple of years back, Microsoft says Azure will be ready for

Forrester: Greater scrutiny needed for Cloud security versus traditional IT outsourcing

A new report released by Forrester noted that the security gaps in cloud computing demands greater scrutiny than that required of traditional IT outsourcing models. In a report titled, "How secure

Microsoft issues massive security updates

Microsoft has released patches for 26 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and other software. It is the largest update in 18 months and includes 11 bulletins,

Protect your network from rogue employees

With every business and government organization dependent on their IT networks, full protection from both outside intruders and inside mischief makers is absolutely essential. The City of San

Private corporate networks obsolete?

By the end of the decade, private corporate networks will become obsolete relics of the early information age. And so will the security technologies and procedures that are used to protect them.

Un-integrated security can be dangerous

Perhaps the only thing that enterprises find more threatening than security vulnerabilities are the potential penalties for falling out of compliance. There is a consensus emerging that these two

Department of Homeland Security CIO comes under fire

Department of Homeland Security, CIO Scott Charbo, has not been setting a good example and hasn't shown he's serious about fixing his departments vulnerabilities. That, at least, is the position

Making Web 2.0 work for you

Before entering the world of Web 2.0, follow this advice. First, build on a SOA framework, making sure that your Web 2.0 applications can speak SOA fluently and comes with a UDDI. Second,

Avoiding insider attacks

Many CIOs have done as much as humanly possible to keep hackers from penetrating their networks from the outside, but what about the trusted insider? Insiders don't have to bypass the physical and