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    Lessons learned from the Kaminsky DNS vulnerability 18 July, 2008 10:25:47

    There has been a lot of speculation devoted to the impending release of information about a DNS vulnerability discovered and initially announced by Dan Kaminsky almost two weeks ago. A lot of the coverage has been back and forth arguing about whether what has been discovered is relevant or not but the best thing to have done in the intervening period is to have sat on your hands and waited.
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    King Coles 05 July, 2007 09:49:47

    If CIO magazine named a "Person of the Year" in the tradition of Time magazine I had my dead-cert 2007 winner picked in early June. And you'd probably be surprised that he's not a CIO
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    After Attacks, US Government Sending Team to Estonia 04 July, 2007 11:46:32

    Two months after much of Estonia's online infrastructure was targeted by an online attack, the US government is sending cyber investigators to help the Baltic state better understand what happened.
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    House Panel Blasts DHS CIO for Security Failures 22 June, 2007 11:06:27

    A US House subcommittee investigating cybersecurity vulnerabilities at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has blasted the agency's CIO for his alleged lack of leadership on key security issues. Subcommittee members also questioned DHS CIO Scott Charbo's willingness to make needed security fixes and his ability to head the agency's IT operations.
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    Homeland Security to Detail IT Attacks 18 June, 2007 11:42:28

    Officials from the US Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of an investigation into the agency's own problems in battling electronic attacks and IT systems intrusions.
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    US Sets Deadline for Gov't Breach-Notification Plans 30 May, 2007 11:50:22

    The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is giving US federal agencies 120 days to develop and implement a security breach notification policy. Agencies have also been instructed in that time to review their use of personally identifiable information (PII), and to develop plans to reduce or eliminate the unnecessary use of Social Security numbers and other personal data.
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    House Committee Grills DHS on Information Security 03 May, 2007 10:37:34

    Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, joined other committee members in sending a letter to Scott Charbo, the CIO at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking answers to 13 questions pertaining to information security at the agency.
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    Cybersecurity Group Calls for New Gov't Approaches 12 April, 2007 12:01:33

    The US government should explore new incentives for companies to invest in cybersecurity instead of focusing on regulation, a cybersecurity trade group said.
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    Are your software programmers coding securely? 27 March, 2007 18:02:06

    Four examinations -- each covering a specific programming language -- will be offered initially, Paller said. The four areas covered are C/C++, Java/J2EE, Perl/PHP and .Net/ASP. The first examinations will be offered in Washington in August and then will be rolled out worldwide through the rest of the year. The exams will cost US$400 to take.
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    Are your software programmers coding securely? 27 March, 2007 09:00:10

    A large group of organizations led by the SANS Institute has launched a new information security skills assessment and certification program for software programmers.
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    In Good Luck We Trust . . 07 July, 2006 16:00:53

    Back in May, we celebrated CIO's 100th issue by introducing a continuing series — CIO Retrospectives: Seminal Issues & Technologies — where CIO writers revisit seminal events, issues and technologies we've covered over the years. This month, CIO writers cast their respective eyes backwards at that plucky tag-team of security and privacy.
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19th August, 2008 Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney Developed in partnership with CIO Magazine, IDC, INTEP and the CIO Executive Council.

The world of the CIO is extremely complex and diverse. Multiple priorities demand attention and decisions are needed instantly. Individual teams need to be driven towards common goals, and businesses strive to become more mobile, agile and responsive. For CIOs, the challenge never ends.

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    CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00

    For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders.
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    CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25

    For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders.
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    CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00

    Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00

    Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05

    Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    US Terror threat system crippled by technical flaws 28 August, 2008 09:53:00

    US Congress charges that US$500m project to prevent another 9/11 is a complete failure.
    A US House subcommittee is charging that a US$500 million IT project intended to "connect the dots" on terrorists and help prevent another 9/11 is a failure; it can't even handle basic Boolean search terms, such as "and, or and not."
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    Malware infects space station laptops 28 August, 2008 08:15:00

    Not the first time, says NASA; astronauts load up Norton AntiVirus
    Malware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station, NASA confirmed yesterday. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit.
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    Best Western forced to play defense on data breach disclosure 29 August, 2008 08:08:00

    Could hotel chain have done a better job of defusing story about system intrusion?
    The headline in this week's Glasgow Sunday Herald -- "Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist" -- was a grabber.
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    Separation of duties and IT security 28 August, 2008 09:40:00

    Muddied responsibilities create unwanted risk. Kevin Coleman says auditors may start labeling poorly defined IT duties as a material deficiency.
    Separation of duties is a key concept of internal controls and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly one to achieve. This objective is achieved by disseminating the tasks and associated privileges for a specific security process among multiple people.
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    How to recruit and retain the best young security employees 27 August, 2008 08:32:00

    Today's youngest generation of workers, known as Generation Y, have different career goals than their parents did. What do you need to know to get them to work for you?
    The final installment in a series of articles about generational differences and security. Part one looked at managing workers in different age groups. Part two examined the types of security concerns that are most commonly associated with different generations in the general workforce. This article provides recruiting and retention advice for security employees.
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