Stories about: Counterpane

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.

It's time make serious strides towards protecting employees, assets, access and the corporate brand.

It's been a brutal couple of years. Terrorism, preparations for war, a clampdown on IT spending, corporate scandal and malfeasance - it's left us shell-shocked, hoping that whatever comes next has got to be better. We think it will be.

The ROI for wireless was once assumed to be a given. Today, many consider it anything but. But if you follow these emerging best practices, your project can achieve many happy returns.

When John Michael Sullivan moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, to help develop a mobile computer program for Lance Incorporated, he hung up an old plaque. Inscribed "Dr Crime's Terminal of Doom", the memento celebrated Sullivan's youthful love of the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - and his reputation as a computer hacker who went by the handle Dr Crime.

The real threat is to critical data, not to property. That's what CIOs should be focusing on.

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.

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.

Six experts offer their ideas on the future of the CIO role, the supply chain, just-in-time manufacturing, security, management and other issues affected by the terrorist attacks in the US.

On April 25, Pilot Network Services Inc. went out of business, abandoning 200 customers that relied on them for something rather important: security.

Five years ago a firewall was all you needed for security on the Internet. Back then, no one had ever heard of denial-of-service attacks shutting down Web servers, let alone common gateway interface scripting flaws and the latest vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Express. But in the wake of recent years came intrusion detection systems, public-key infrastructure, smart cards and biometrics. New networking services, wireless devices and the latest products regularly turn network security upside down. It's no wonder CIOs can't keep up.