• Mobility, cloud and security top IT executive concerns: report

  By Hamish Barwick | 20 June, 2013 11:26

  Advancements in mobility, cloud computing and security are moving so fast that IT departments are struggling to keep up, according to a new IBM report.

• Countries question Google on Glass privacy

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 June, 2013 19:33

  Privacy officials from six countries and the European Commission are pushing Google to answer questions about privacy issues surrounding its digital eyewear called Glass.

• NSA defends spying as backlash rages

  By Ellen Messmer | 19 June, 2013 18:40

  Mounting backlash against National Security Agency spying practices is now coming from sources as varied as security expert Bruce Schneier, former Reagan-era budget director David Stockman and high-level representatives of European countries.

• Many companies are negligent about SAP security, researchers say

  By Lucian Constantin | 19 June, 2013 18:31

  SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments, which exposes them to potential attacks that could cripple their businesses, according to security researchers.

• FBI director defends phone surveillance program

  By Grant Gross | 19 June, 2013 17:57

  A telephone records surveillance program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency raises serious privacy concerns and should be reined in, some U.S. senators said Wednesday.

• How to Recover From a Twitter Hack

  By Kristin Burnham | 25 April, 2013 18:20

  Do you know what to do if your Twitter account is hacked? Here are four steps to take to regain control of your account and ensure it doesn't happen again.

• Open source FreeOTFE encrypts disks handily

  By Ian Harac | 09 March, 2011 06:09

  FreeOTFE may sound like a political bumper sticker, but it stands for "Free On The Fly Encryption." The "Free" part is self-explanatory; "On The Fly Encryption" refers to the encrypting/decrypting of data as it is written to or read from your hard disk.

• BlackBerry 6: Wipe Your Smartphone, Restore Factory Settings

  By Al Sacco | 15 December, 2010 07:11

  Many reasons exist for why you might want or need to "security wipe" a BlackBerry, or completely erase all personal data stored on your handheld: You got a new smartphone and plan to retire the older device; you're trading in your existing BlackBerry for a new one from your wireless carrier; you and a friend are swapping devices; you loaded too many applications or media and just want to start over from scratch; etc.

• Record patch Tuesday: What you need to know

  By Tony Bradley | 15 December, 2010 07:13

  Today is the final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2010. It has been a busy year for Microsoft when it comes to security bulletins, and December is no exception as Microsoft closes out the year with a record 17 security bulletins. With only a week or so until many IT admins plan to kiss 2010 goodbye and break for the holidays, it is important to understand and prioritize the latest patches for quick implementation.

• How to check if your password was exposed in Gawker hack

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 December, 2010 06:54

  A security researcher today provided a way for users to see whether their e-mail addresses and passwords were among the 1.3 million compromised in a hack of Gawker Media's sites.

• 5 BYOD pitfalls and how you can avoid them

  By Tom Kaneshige | 20 June, 2013 00:25

  Vague policies, rogue apps, zombie phones can doom even the best Bring Your Own Device intentions. But the good news is it's not too late to make game-changing adjustments.

• Prism doesn't have CIOs in a panic -- yet

  By Chris Kanaracus | 17 June, 2013 15:56

  Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy's impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.

• NSA whistleblower likely had easy access to classified data

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 12 June, 2013 23:20

  A defiant Edward Snowden resurfaced in Hong Kong today vowing to fight any U.S. efforts to extradite him on charges that he leaked classified documents describing two secret government data collection programs.

• Gartner reveals Top 10 IT security myths

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 June, 2013 22:03

  When it comes to information security, there are a lot of "misperceptions" and "exaggerations" about both the threats facing businesses and the technologies that might be used to protect their important data assets, according to Gartner analyst, Jay Heiser.

• The true root causes of software security failures

  By Kenneth van Wyk | 21 May, 2013 20:56

  Developers being overly trusting is one of them.

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