Tag Archives: Computer security

Target exec’s departure puts spotlight on CIOs

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NEW YORK (AP) — The departure of Target's chief information officer in the wake of the company's massive pre-Christmas data breach highlights the increased pressure facing executives who are charged...

Security Statistics Show That We Need To Reinvent Enterprise IT

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Often the conversation about the security of technology systems is parsed in terms that suggest the biggest risk vector comes from small organizations without the IT budget to ensure good security....

China’s president heads cybersecurity body

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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has put himself in charge of a new body to coordinate cybersecurity, in a sign of Beijing's concern over its vulnerability to online attacks and its desire...

Storing Data In Insecure Times

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The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) session at the RSA Conference in San Francisco brought together proponents of standardized security technology with interested technology developers and end users....

New Virus Spreads Like The Common Cold – Via WiFi

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It started in the laboratory of a university in England. An airborne virus was cultivated. One that could spread like the common cold in densely populated areas, infecting all it came into contact...

Security Experts At RSA Decry Government Hacking

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There’s an old expression, “I’ve met the enemy and he is us.” When it comes to cyber-security, “us” may just stand for “U.S.” I’ve attended the RSA security conference for many years years and am...

AP Exclusive: Health law cybersecurity challenges

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer...

Unofficially Fixing Apple’s ‘Gotofail’ Mess And How To Stay Safe

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Many of you by now will have read about the Apple security issues in iOS and Mac OS X. Whilst we all wait patiently for Apple to comment on the issue, or better yet to fix it, users are left exposed...

Israeli’s Cybereason: Sniffing for Malicious Operations

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Thankfully, in spite of the media buildup going into the Sochi Olympics of 2014, the Games looks like it will wrap up  without a serious a security hitch (well, if you exclude Russia losing to...

Sumo Logic Delivers Enterprise Security Analytic Product

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Sumo Logic is a company that has slowly and quietly been building credibility for its machine data platform. Essentially Sumo Logic ingests all the information that technology systems spit out and...