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    How to Keep Your Data Center Happy for the Holidays 07 December, 2009 06:21:00

    In the brick-and-mortar world, this holiday season is shaping up to be a wash: More people are shopping, but they are spending less.
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    A Profound Moment in Cybersecurity 14 May, 2009 10:56:00

    The moment is a profound one.
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    Your World. . . Hacked 02 October, 2007 10:51:23

    The call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with a major US government contractor, came on an otherwise ordinary day in October 2003. "Why are you attacking us?" demanded the caller, an IT leader with a Silicon Valley manufacturer. He wanted to know why Bailey's company had launched a denial-of-service attack against his network
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    An Invitation to Steal 05 April, 2005 09:18:38

    The more you automate your critical business processes, the more vigilant you need to be about protecting against fraud.
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    It's Not Easy Being Breached 05 February, 2003 14:50:39

    Surviving a security incident is just the beginning. Then you need to figure out what it really cost.
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    Danger Within 06 September, 2002 10:45:00

    Protecting your company from internal security attacks should be a high priority.
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    How to Staff Up for Security 06 September, 2002 10:30:00

    Last year, David Saul, executive vice president and CIO of commercial insurer Zurich North America, pulled a dozen IT staffers away from their daily tasks to combat a virus that was attacking the company's firewalls. They did a good job limiting the damage, but it took two days - two days in which other work did not get done. Next time, Saul hopes to be ready to respond before a threat surfaces. "We want to be in a safety zone that doesn't require that kind of immediate mobilisation," he says.
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    How to Plan for the Inevitable 08 April, 2002 09:30:00

    Think you can't afford to create an incident response plan? Think again. Here's a budget-conscious guide to getting started.
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    Finally, a Real Return on Security Spending 08 April, 2002 09:15:00

    For years CIOs have had to use scare tactics and other soft arguments to justify an investment in security. Now, for the first time, they may be able to get numbers they need to show a measurable ROI.
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    How To Not Recover from Getting Hacked (A Loser's Guide to Failure) 05 February, 2002 13:10:44

    With pervasive fears about terrorism, security threats have proven all too real. Our antidote to the doom and gloom? A guide for what not to do when you get hacked.
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    The Enemy Without 10 August, 2001 09:00:00

    Your competition may be redefining the ‘e' in espionage: the theft of proprietary information, long conducted through the turning of employees, is increasingly performed via hacking.
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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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