IT Security

Archive: 11-2012

• When doing 'something' isn't better than 'nothing': Risk assessment steps

  IBM security pro Jack Danahy warns that some incomplete measures may be more dangerous than doing nothing about security threats. Here are his recommendations for real risk assessment.

  Posted by Guest Contributor | November 28, 2012, 8:35 AM PST

• How Cyanogen lost their online presence: Don't let it happen to your business

  Patrick Lambert sounds a warning about protecting your web infrastructure from insider threats. Here’s what happened to CyanogenMod.

  Posted by Patrick Lambert | November 27, 2012, 5:30 AM PST

• Proposed amendments to ECPA would make Orwell squirm

  George Orwell wrote his famous book about Big Brother in 1948. What would he think about the Electronic Communications Privacy Act? Changes to the act are being voted on this week in the U.S. Senate.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | November 26, 2012, 7:59 AM PST

• Google reports .govs requesting lots of user information

  According to Google’s latest Transparency Report, government requests for user information and requests to remove content have increased. Help Michael P. Kassner figure out what that means.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | November 21, 2012, 10:12 AM PST

• Infographic: Holiday shopping safety

  Remind your organization’s users to remain security conscious during the holiday shopping season with this infographic.

  Posted by Selena Frye | November 21, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• Making sense of computer forensics

  Alfonso Barreiro goes over the basics of computer forensics that all IT pros should know. Preparing your organization for the possibility of a legal investigation should be part of any security...

  Posted by Alfonso Barreiro | November 20, 2012, 5:30 AM PST

• The FBI locked your computer? Watch out for new spins on ransomware

  The FBI locks your computer. Can they do that? Or is it fake? How does one know? Michael Kassner asks an expert for help with the latest forms of ransomware.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | November 15, 2012, 7:18 AM PST

• How to sell security to the C-Level

  In this guest blog post, Justin Strong lays out the business case that IT needs to take to executives when investments are needed for security tools and policies.

  Posted by Guest Contributor | November 13, 2012, 10:44 AM PST

• Application shielding: Exploring ExploitShield

  Dominic Vogel talks to the CEO of ExploitShield to find out more about what is meant by “application shielding” technology and how it fits in with other security mechanisms.

  Posted by Dominic Vogel | November 13, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• The convergence of biological and computer viruses

  The difference between a biological virus and a computer virus is blurring. Learn how a researcher infected himself with a computer virus.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | November 9, 2012, 5:49 AM PST