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Cloud-service contracts and data protection: Unintended consequences

May 13, 2013 11:52am PDT

There are things your cloud-service (Facebook, Amazon, Google, Dropbox, etc.) contracts aren't telling you. Michael P. Kassner interviews an attorney concerned about what's not being said.

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Cloud project risks: Five questions the board should ask before saying yes

May 10, 2013 6:48am PDT

In a period when individual departments are just going out and buying software services - with or without IT's blessing - international risk association ISACA thinks it's time the board kept all...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 teardown reveals redesigned interior, easier-to-fix phone

May 6, 2013 1:08pm PDT

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Galaxy S4, explores the redesigned interior and shows you why it's easier to repair than previous Galaxy phones.

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Whitepapers

Decision Tree Based IDS Implementation: Review

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Network security technology has become crucial in protecting government and industry computing infrastructure. Modern intrusion detection applications face complex requirements - they need to be...

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The future of IT security compliance: 201 CMR 17.00

April 30, 2013 6:00am PDT

Why should you be concerned about a security rule that is part of the State law of Massachusetts -- especially if you aren't in business there? Donovan Colbert explains how compliance regulations...

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The Aggregate Throughput in Random Wireless Networks With Successive Interference Cancellation

April 27, 2013 12:00am PDT

The feasibility of Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) depends on the received power ordering from different users, which, in turn, depends on the fading distribution, path loss function...

Provided by: University of Northern Iowa

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Company boards? Must try harder - you're just not digital enough

April 17, 2013 7:32am PDT

Despite all the senior-level chatter about the importance of digital-business initiatives, only a tiny minority of firms have put executives on the board who have any digital knowhow.

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Discussion Threads

We are hiring, say tech companies - but the government hasn't done much to help

April 15, 2013 10:12am PDT

We are hiring, say tech companies - but the government hasn't done much to help article root Uh-huh How much more corporate welfare do they want? With many IT people out of work, why not give...

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We are hiring, say tech companies - but the government hasn't done much to help

April 15, 2013 8:03am PDT

UK tech companies are aiming to add staff this year, even if they feel that government job-creation policies haven't done much to assist.

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In Control at Layer 2: a Tectonic Shift in Network Security

April 12, 2013 12:00am PDT

This paper analyses the threats to fibre optic Ethernet networks – both at the LAN and WAN level. Due to a number of known optical hacking methods, and several documented cases of corporate and...

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An Overview and Competitive Analysis of the One Time Password (OTP) Market

April 10, 2013 12:00am PDT

In the face of an ever-changing threat landscape and an increasingly dispersed workforce, one-time password (OTP) authentication -- even in its state of maturity -- continues to play an integral...

Provided by: EMC

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2013 Cisco Annual Security Report

April 10, 2013 12:00am PDT

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the rapidly expanding attack surface found in today’s "any-to-any" world, where individuals are using any device to access business applications in a network...

Provided by: Cisco

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Cloud Based e-Voting: One Step Ahead for Good Governance in India

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors present an effective secure and fear free e-voting model based on cloud computing. On implementation it will facilitate those voters who are willing but not in to the...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

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Authenticating Mobile Device Users Through Image Selection

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Adequate user authentication is a persistent problem, particularly with mobile devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), which tend to be highly personal and at the fringes of an...

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Cloud Integration - A Comprehensive Solution

March 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

This white paper describes how to integrate on-premise and cloud applications, including Oracle Cloud applications. The hub for these integrations are the Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle data...

Provided by: Oracle

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Changing the Experience and Economics of IT

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

Competitive enterprises are always looking for ways to reduce complexity so more resources can be devoted to innovation. From the standpoint of IT, the challenge in reducing complexity is to free...

Provided by: IBM

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The Public Safety Broadband Network: A Novel Architecture with Mobile Base Stations

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

A nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network is being planned by the United States government. The network will be based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards and use recently...

Provided by: Northwestern University

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Are your organization's governance practices ready for Big Data?

March 13, 2013 6:08am PDT

Getting Big Data ready to meet a new regulatory requirement is not something that tools and automation alone can solve. Here's what IT can do to ensure governance.

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CISPA pits privacy against security: A closer look at the issues

March 11, 2013 7:24am PDT

The United States Congress is once again considering a bill that could forever change how we as individuals use the internet. Michael P. Kassner looks at what those changes are.

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Discussion Threads

Government using foreign servers for insecure communication

March 8, 2013 2:46pm PST

Government using foreign servers for insecure communication The news in BC recently has been focused on the government having "private" email infiltrated and distributed. WOW, a hacker got into...

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