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    The booming hacking business 26 July, 2007 20:43:44

    It's a good time to be a malicious hacker. That's because even though it's not a time of revolutionary new techniques in hacking for profit, business is booming for the established methods. Despite increased investment in information security defenses, the good guys continue to lag badly behind. According to one report by Sophos, which called the recent uptick in ­malware a "deluge," by April 2007, more than 250,000 websites were hosting malicious code and more than 8,000 were being added to that total every day.
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    When the Bits Bite the Dust 12 December, 2005 12:20:19

    Asset disposition. Reverse logistics. Whatever you call it, getting rid of your old computers is more complicated than you might think.
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    .Net, Web Services, and the End of the Vendor Era 12 December, 2005 11:35:23

    When Microsoft announced .Net, Bill Gates called it a "bet the company thing".
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    ROI Inside 16 November, 2005 18:24:56

    Allen Rude, security manager at Intel, invested more than four years in an ROI study to justify the cost of digital video surveillance.
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    A Few Good Metrics 08 September, 2005 11:15:21

    Information security metrics don't have to rely on heavy-duty maths to be effective, but they also don't have to be dumbed down to red, yellow, green. Here are six smart measurements - and effective ways to present them.
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    The Post-PeopleSoft Landscape and the Future of ERP 07 July, 2005 08:00:00

    Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft is not the dawn of a scary new era for CIOs; it's the twilight of the old ERP age. It may also be an opportunity to create an ERP future that adds value, not cost, to your business
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    How to Save the Internet 12 May, 2005 10:59:59

    Computing on the Net is heading for a fall because security is a joke. So we summoned the best minds to see if we could put Humpty back together again.
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    C-Eye-O 05 May, 2005 12:31:20

    Digital video surveillance today is more than a security technology; it's a business enabler.
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    Risk's Rewards 16 December, 2004 10:29:41

    Are you on board with enterprise risk management? You had better be. It's the future of how businesses will be run.
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    The Dollar Dialogues 07 December, 2004 13:06:22

    Wherein an imaginary dialogue between a CIO and a CFO identifies, analyzes and suggests strategies to resolve the long-standing divide between money and technology.
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    The SCO Slugfest 13 September, 2004 14:19:47

    Your guide to the past, present and future of the legal challenge that may change the face of the open source revolution
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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