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Protecting against identity theft
Insight perspective There are practical, easy to implement steps you can take to keep your personal data from cybercriminals. Microsoft India's CSO offers some tips.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security, Identity Theft, Password, virus protection, spyware protection, Computer
Inventor: SSL not to blame for security woes
Insight newsmaker The Secure Sockets Layer has remained relevant since its release in 1995, says Taher Elgamal, and so-called 'broken' SSL has little to do with protocol.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Web browsers, Certificate, Microsoft Corp., Cookie
British banks in talks to fight ID theft
News RSA Security is in high-level discussions with all the big U.K. banks, as concern over ID theft and data protection rises.
Tags: Data security
Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
News Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in denial of service attack leading to outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger and LiveJournal, says Facebook CSO.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, LiveJournal, Twitter, Blogger, Attack, chief security officer, denial of service, Facebook
Security experts advise caution in the cloud
News Cloud computing is on the rise, but handing responsibility for your data over to a third party brings new security considerations, experts say.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Network security, Security Management, Business security, Security, IT Professional, Europe, ERP, chief security officer
Tips to make your apps more secure
Techguide Find out what Microsoft's security chief says, developers need to do better to make their applications more secure.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Security Management, Data security, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Training, Microsoft Windows Vista, Developer, operating system
Conficker infected critical hospital equipment, expert says
News Hundreds of PCs and medical devices at hospitals in the U.S. were found to be infected with the Conficker worm recently, a security expert says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Access Control, removable storage, computer, SCADA, Hospital, Worker, Marcus Sachs, network, Microsoft Windows
Crypto pioneers differ on cloud-computing risks
News During an RSA panel, world's top cryptographers disagree on the risks inherent in cloud computing and downplay the possibility of a digital Pearl Harbor.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Cloud computing, Security, Cybersecurity, computer science, 9/11 commission, computer, Cloud computing, phone, virus
Sun creates new security posts
News In an indication that Sun--like Microsoft--wants to elevate the importance of security, the company has created two high-ranking computer security positions.
'Risky' remote workers fuel security spending
News An international Cisco survey reveals 62 percent of IT decision makers plan to increase spending to mitigate the risks posed by remote workers.
Tags: Security, Budgeting/cost control, Remote management, SMB
Oracle sets schedule for patches
News Releases dates of quarterly bulletins for 2005 to allow companies to better plan system updates.
Tags: Business applications
VeriSign: DoS attack could shut down Internet
News The .com administrator has warned that networks made up of compromised computers are so powerful, an attack against VeriSign's servers could bring down the Net.
Security expert flags twin terrors of the Net
News ASN.1 and IPv6--those still unfamiliar with these two terms should start checking up on what they are and evaluate their impact on security, warns an industry guru.
Tags: Network security, Programming languages, IPv6
Skype to partner for security in the workplace
News Partnership with instant messaging security specialist is meant to help organizations gain control over usage of the Net telephony tool at work.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Security
Silicon Valley given call to arms
News Policy-makers, security experts, and network protection companies told Silicon Valley executives Thursday that it's time to concentrate on new, high-tech weapons against terrorism.
