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Social Responsibility's Strategic Benefits
December 15, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Ed Granger-Happ, CIO of Save the Children, for a discussion of how creating an organization that is socially responsible improves staffing, retention, leadership development and overall corporate health.
Working With and Communicating to Your Board of Directors
January 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-5)
CIO panelists who will share tips and experiences working with their boards: Twila Day of SYSCO; Jeff O'Hare, West Corp.; Marc West, formerly with H&R Block.
IT's Role in Growing Mid-Market Companies
January 14, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET (GMT-5)
Mid-market Council members will share their companies' stories and challenges in driving or coping with growth. Panelists represent Veterinary Pet Insurance, Medicis Pharmaceutical, and Intrax Cultural Exchange.
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Endpoint Security Holes an Open Door for Attackers
A free online scanner reveals that most corporate endpoints fail even basic security tests, according to a Sophos report.
June 20, 2008 — CIO — Everyone knows that there's no such thing as 100 percent security, but it's unlikely that most businesses realize how insecure they really are. New research on endpoint security shows just how vulnerable corporate networks are.
Eighty-one percent of corporate endpoints probed by IT security and control product vendor Sophos failed basic security tests: They either lacked Microsoft security patches, their client firewalls were disabled, or they missed endpoint security software updates.
For 40 days, Sophos ran its Endpoint Assessment Test, a free online scanning service that checks for endpoint security vulnerabilities. The Endpoint Assessment Test was performed against 583 corporate endpoints from around the world. North America represented 39 percent of the sample base, while the U.K. made up 36 percent, and Australia and Germany were 11 percent and nine percent respectively (five percent were from other countries).
Test results showed that 63 percent were missing at least one Microsoft security patch; more than half (51 percent) of endpoints tested had their client firewalls disabled, and 15 percent had out-of-date or disabled endpoint security software.
"Ultimately, machines that fail such a test represent 'low hanging fruit' for cybercriminals and a real danger to their corporate networks," Bill Emerick, vice president of product management for Network Access Control, said in a statement.
Sophos says thirty-nine percent of those tested were part of an organization with fewer than 100 employees; 36 percent had between 100 and 1,000 employees; and 25 percent were from organizations with more than 1,000 employees.
Other stories by Shawna McAlearney © 2008 CXO Media Inc.
FORTUNE 100 insurance leaders rely on the Symantec Data Loss Prevention solution to protect sensitive customer data.
Do you know where your confidential data is, where it is going, and how to prevent it from leaving your organization.
Learn what the thought-leaders at PricewaterhouseCoopers have to say on the risks associated with data security.
Incorporate best practices from many companies using DLP solutions as you establish your organization's requirements and safeguard confidential data.
35 U.S. organizations that lost confidential information and had a regulatory requirement to publicly notify affected individuals are studied in this report.
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Comprehensive LAN Security: A Business Requirement
Windows Vista: Essential Benefits and Deployment Strategies
Building Competitive Advantage with Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure
Into the Wild: Managing Laptops Outside the Office
Protecting Sensitive and Confidential Information with Endpoint Security
Revolutionizing Endpoint Security with a Single Agent
War Gaming: How Intel Turned Its Workforce Into a Security Force
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