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Not asking risky questions is risky business
Asking risky questions can lead to discomfort or even embarrassment, and the business culture has conditioned people to avoid those outcomes. However, by sidestepping such questions, risk is
Sophisticated tools needed to manage today's risks
With expanding regulatory requirements, increasingly active shareholders, and general economic uncertainty, risk seems to taunt the corporation from every direction these days. As a result,
The double-edged sword of being on the cutting edge of IT
Being on the leading edge of IT can give a company a certain distinction and glamour, but is it really a sound business strategy? When it comes to information security technology, sometimes, it may
Yahoo: 1M users affected by email outage
Yahoo's email service suffered a minor outage last week that affected a "small percentage" of its users beginning at 7:30 a.m. PST on Thursday. Small is a relative term, of course, and in Yahoo's
Financial liability is one risk of cloud-based services
The string of high-profile IT and data services failures in recent weeks--including the Epsilon data breach, Amazon web services outage and the PlayStation Network problems--gives some credence to
How to secure your security budget
Getting money to invest in information security, in the absence of a major breach, has always been a challenge. Part of the difficulty can be overcome if information professionals learn to frame the
Flaw in Linux DHCP client could led to remote code execution
A new vulnerability has been found in a popular open-source dhclient software, says the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), a non-profit company that develops reference implementations of core
Millions of Americans risk ID theft via social networks
Millions of Americans adults run the risk of identity theft via social networks, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive. As reported by CNET, 18 percent of men would accept a friend
Are chief risk officers encroaching on your job?
With new risk management guidelines for federal agencies in place, chief information security officers may be challenged by risk experts in their organizations. The developments in the government
Three data breaches that underscore human error
Recent data breaches at three universities highlight the risk of human error when it comes to protecting confidential data. All three breaches were caused by employee mistakes rather than any kind of
