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Indian outsourcers shore up their defenses
Insight perspective The recent terror attacks in Mumbai are forcing Indian outsourcing companies to shore up their defenses more than ever.
Tags: Security, IT outsourcing, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company, Attack, Syntel Inc., security agency, Government
Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., software, Information Technology, CTO
Experts: Don't clamp down on social media
News Iranian news leaking out via Twitter shows that people will get around communication roadblocks, and experts say businesses can learn lessons from this.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Twitter, Security, Mobile, Howard Schmidt, Iran, Social Media, Mobile Device
Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency
News Organizations should be wary of vendor lock-in, according to European Network and Information Security Agency.
Tags: Cloud computing, Network security, Expert, Enisa, Security, Risk Management, network, IT Security, European Union, Information Security
US President's budget blueprint enhances cybersecurity
News U.S. President Barack Obama's 2010 budget proposal continues to fund Homeland Security's heavily criticized cybersecurity division, but it also boosts such funding for intelligence.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Government, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Bush Administration, Hathaway, U.S. President Barack Obama, National Security Agency, U.S. Government
Creating a 'Facebook for spies'
News The CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency are reportedly testing a social-networking site designed for use by analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, CNN, Security, sensitive information, social networking, Social Networking Site, National Security Agency, agent, Facebook
Report: Problems stymie US cyberspy protection
News Technical and privacy issues are plaguing the U.S. government's work on the overarching system to protect federal computer networks from cyberspies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Federal Government, Server platforms, File servers, Hacking, Mobile platforms/communications, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, U.S. Department Of Justice, Attack, Pentagon
Schneier: Security neglected in economic gloom
News While it may seem logical to downgrade security, Bruce Schneier argues that security should be maintained or boosted, as systems become more business critical in a recession.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Data security, PC security, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Security, British Telecommunications, IT Security, Information Security
The Cold War moves to cyberspace
News commentary There are battles being waged online between the United States, China, and Russia.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, Viruses and worms, Security, Cybersecurity, Attack, NATO, software, Russia, China
UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News New government agency will coordinate national IT security defence and response, including launching DDoS attacks and cyberespionage.
Tags: Security, Cybersecurity, IT Security, Government, Prime Minister, U.S., Cyberattack, agency, Security
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
News RIM's BlackBerry may not be certified by the National Security Agency to handle top-secret material, but a PDA-phone called the Sectera Edge has been. Its operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile.
Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile/Wireless, Wireless e-mail devices, Politics, RIM BlackBerry, Security, Sectera, Flexispy.com, e-mail, aide
McAfee selling research arm to Sparta
News Security software maker parts with research division, which provides data on IT threats, attacks and vulnerabilities.
Tags: Data security
Researcher warns of Android browser vulnerability
News According to reports, a security researcher has identified a flaw in Google's Android platform that could allow keystrokes in the browser to be recorded.
Tags: Browser, Open source, Mobile, Web Browser, Google Inc., Vulnerability, Spokesperson, Flaw, software, T-Mobile
AT&T defends plan to detect customers' Net piracy
News As it teams with Hollywood and other copyright holders on tools to police unauthorized content, company wants to downplay concerns about how they'll work.
Tags: Piracy
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News IT systems of critical businesses such as power companies and financial institutions, are being repeatedly probed to steal data or uncover weaknesses, says U.K. cyber defense chief.
Tags: Security, Attack, London, emergency response team, emergency response, hacking, U.K., network, knowledge, Internet
