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Stories by: Mathias Thurman

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    Security Manager's Journal: You can't secure every employee's home 24 January, 2012 03:22:27

    We recently deployed RSA SecurID software authentication tokens to replace the hardware tokens we had been using to provide strong authentication for remote access via a VPN client. Hardware tokens are more secure for two-factor authentication in some ways (but not in every way, as you'll see), but the software tokens can be used on mobile devices such as phones; they are much less expensive; and they can be deployed more quickly and easily. What's more, when a user no longer needs access, it's much simpler to disable a software token than it is to retrieve a hardware token from somewhere like China, Russia or India.
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    Security Manager's Journal: BYOD planning gets a big boost 10 January, 2012 03:21:00

    We're making big strides toward our CIO's goal of enabling a "bring your own device" (BYOD) policy. For me, it's none too soon.
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    Security Manager's Journal: A rush to judgment on DLP deployment 06 December, 2011 02:45:00

    I got most of what I asked for, and I got it early. Sounds good, right? Not so much.
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    Sensitive company data gets released into the wild 22 November, 2011 03:47:00

    If you don't think it's a big challenge to protect sensitive company information and intellectual property, listen to this story.
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    Deciding how to spend a $10K windfall wisely 08 November, 2011 02:59:43

    We have a lean IT department. Its budget is well below the industry average, and my security budget is only about 3% of that. So, as you can imagine, I didn't hesitate to say yes when I was asked this week if I could spend $10,000 before the end of the month.
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    Getting the most out of a new SIEM tool 12 October, 2011 03:20:35

    The CIO continues to question the value of our $250,000 investment in a security incident and event management (SIEM) tool. I want more money in the budget next year to expand SIEM deployment to other areas of the world, and he wants to know what he'll get for that money.
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    Stopping the mobile madness 09 August, 2011 00:43:00

    I love my iPad, but I hate what it represents.
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    Security manager's journal: The perils of enterprise search 19 July, 2011 04:48:00

    I'm a big fan of search. The ability to use the Internet to cull information on virtually any topic with just a few clicks has made me more efficient and better informed. And "information" can come in the form of pictures, documents, videos, news feeds -- whatever you need.
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    Giving cloud storage the axe 07 June, 2011 01:47:00

    Want to know what keeps me, my company's go-to security guy, awake at night? Many things, I can assure you, but lately the No. 1 threat to a good night's sleep has been the proliferation of Software as a Service (SaaS)at my company.
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    Opinion: Webmail gets hacked, corporate passwords exposed 10 May, 2011 02:57:00

    This week, one of our C-level executives suffered a personal security incident that spilled over to the workplace. Here's what happened.
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    Security manager's journal: Keeping in-house code safe 19 April, 2011 05:12:00

    We have a major problem, which explains why I'm sitting in an airport right now. I'm heading off to visit some third parties that develop portions of our software for us.
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    Data breach: Only 16 per cent self-identified 08 February, 2012 13:26:00

    POS system attacks come of age in Australia.
    Only 16 per cent of organisations that faced a breach in 2011 detected it prior to a notification by a third party, according to an analysis of investigations conducted last year by Trustwave's SpiderLabs security team.
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    Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code 08 February, 2012 06:12:00

    Confirms that BitTorrent file is pcAnywhere's source code after sting operation fails
    Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.
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    Anonymous claims to have released source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere 07 February, 2012 18:17:00

    The hacker group had earlier released emails between a hacker and a person said to be a Symantec representative
    Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.
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    Kaspersky Lab CEO backs out of IPO plans 08 February, 2012 02:10:00

    Founder buys back 20 percent stake
    Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky has cancelled plans for the firm to go public, announcing his intention to buy back a 20 percent stake sold to a private equity investor a year ago.
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    Denial-of-service attacks are on the rise, anti-DDoS vendors report 08 February, 2012 01:34:49

    Japan named as primary source of DDoS attack traffic for Q4 2011
    Both the number and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks are increasing, according to new reports from DDoS mitigation companies Prolexic and Arbor Networks.
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