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Austin Energy CIO: Security is a business enabler, not just a cost
As the enterprise slowly emerges from the recession, most IT shops would say security has been a necessity--something that was not severely affected by the downturn, partially out of fear. But Karl
Eight indicted in $22 million ID theft scam
A company can never let its guard down. A new indictment in a case in New York makes that pretty clear. Eight people were indicted last week for allegedly using the stolen identities of AT&T,
Section of Kaspersky website compromised
In an ironic twist, a section of Moscow-based security vendor Kaspersky's new U.S. support site was compromised by someone using an SQL injection attack. What that means is a malicious SQL-based
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
ChoicePoint's security turnaround
ChoicePoint's CIO Darryl Lemecha knows a thing or two about security problems. Three years ago, a thief fraudulently obtained access to the company's customer information and ChoicePoint has since
Aligning business and technology goals
The only way to effectively know whether technology decisions are being made with business needs in mind--not to mention whether your business is using technology efficiently and protecting
Wells Fargo suffers another data loss
You almost have to start feeling sorry for Wells Fargo. After experiencing several embarrassing data security breaches, it's once again notifying customers that a PC housing customer information
Anti-spam effort ignites spammer retaliation
All Blue Security wanted to do was thwart spam attacks. But the Israeli security firm ended up becoming a spam target, and its list of users who signed up for a "do not spam" list ended up being
Citibank under fire for not disclosing data breach
In the latest news related to data breaches and loss of confidential customer information, Citibank is under fire for not disclosing which third-party partner is responsible for the data breach
Spammer gets big jail sentence
The increased attention to spamming, and the devastating effect of data theft, is clearly impacting criminal penalties for those caught and convicted. An Arkansas judge just gave a spammer eight
