Fri, December 04, 2009 - Google is getting into the DNS resolution business with a new service out in an experimental version, while Microsoft also is experimenting with a maps service (take that Google). In other news this week, questions continue to be bandied about regarding Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, which is still stalled by European regulators.

Thu, December 03, 2009 - Turiss CEO Phil Mellinger, former CISO of First Data, expresses concern over the costly infighting over financial responsibility for breaches and proposes five constructive steps

Tue, December 01, 2009 - As Obama focuses on Afghanistan, the cybersecurity plan he announced six months ago appears stuck in the mud. CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner says the President must follow through on his promise to manage multiple crises at a time.

Mon, November 30, 2009 - LinkedIn's new API is a big deal. Why? Because the security considerations around the API look a lot more like enterprise API concerns than most.

Fri, November 27, 2009 - Two years ago, the best holiday gift was an Amazon Kindle -- if you could get your hands on one. They were hot, new and sold out hours after going on sale. Last year, the Kindle made an awesome gift as well.

Fri, November 20, 2009 - The 43rd floor of the Spear Tower in downtown San Francisco is empty. Possibly because of the slumping economy, there's just a big, open office space with unfinished white walls overlooking a million-dollar view. It was an appropriate setting for Lunch for Good, an event on Wednesday that brought together nearly 100 people deep in the Bay Area's social-networking industry to talk about a futuristic question: how online social networks can help humans find common ground.

Tue, November 17, 2009 - In the second installment of his series on "Clearing the Cloud," security expert Ariel Silverstone proposes some clearer definitions and metrics to improve cloud security.

Wed, November 11, 2009 - Security luminaries Anton Chuvakin and Ben Rothke explain why 451 Group analyst Josh Corman is off his rocker when he compares PCI security to a devil and "No Child Left Behind."

Tue, November 10, 2009 - Yes, the user base of the collaboration tool is growing, but it might be shelfware whose hold on the enterprise could be threatened by easier-to-use offerings.

Tue, November 10, 2009 - We like to talk about how much easier or cheaper it is to run applications off the cloud or use software-as-a-service (SaaS), and it is - when our Internet connection is working. When we have network problems, though, it's another story entirely.