Stories by: Bill Brenner

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    Why Security Matters Now 16/10/2009 05:06:00

    Social networking and cloud computing threats abound, our annual Global Information Security Survey finds, making information security important once again to business leaders.
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    Five Ways To Survive a Data Breach Investigation 16/04/2009 09:11:00

    Security experts say it all the time: If a company thinks it has suffered a data security breach, the key to getting at the truth unscathed is to have a response plan in place for what needs to be done and who needs to be in charge of certain tasks. And, as SANS Institute instructor Lenny Zeltser advised in CSOonline's recent How to Respond to an Unexpected IT Security Incident article, "ask lots and lots of questions" before making rash decisions.
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    Does Social Networking Require User Policy Changes? 16/04/2009 10:28:00

    IT security administrators have had a fairly easy case to make against such social networking sites as Myspace in the past. Myspace in particular tends to be a place for the mostly personal, and some profiles are simply front companies for online mobsters and malware pushers.
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    Botnets: 4 Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them 16/04/2009 09:20:00

    The perpetual proliferation of botnets is hardly surprising when one considers just how easy it is for the bad guys to hijack computers without tipping off the users.
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    Data breaches spark hard-drive shredding boom 11/09/2008 11:50:00

    Thanks to all the fear over data security breaches, a computer recycling operation has morphed into something much bigger - and potentially more lucrative - for the Saraiva brothers.
 
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