Network

Wed, June 24, 2009 - The power of social networks like Facebook and Twitter comes from their ability to quickly share information about your life with other people. But along with that ability comes the risk of sharing sensitive information with the wrong people, and that risk increases as your network grows well beyond your core circle of friends.

Tue, June 23, 2009 - Twitter grew 3,000 percent in April. Facebook hosted 61.2 million visitors in March. LinkedIn counts 20 million users worldwide.

Tue, June 23, 2009 - Vista received well-deserved criticism for bringing few noteworthy new features in its train when it arrived to take over from Windows XP. In contrast, Windows 7 offers plenty of new stuff to like. Fortunately, you can add many of these features to your Vista or XP machine by using downloads and Web services.

Mon, June 22, 2009 - When social networking goes mobile, it becomes much more like the way we interact naturally.

Fri, June 19, 2009 - Cell phones had always been about hardware first, software and networks second, write columnist Mike Elgan. The game-changers of the future will not be new hardware features, but new software and network capabilities.

Fri, June 19, 2009 - The re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over challenger Mir Hussein Moussavi sparked demonstrations, and coverage of the protests led to the ouster of Western journalists. Twitter users stepped into the information gap, providing real-time updates. But the popular microblogging site also became a vehicle for protesters to launch denial-of-service attacks. While the conflict in Iran and the role of technology in keeping the world informed about it is our top story, for a whole lot of people the focus of the week was on -- what else? -- Apple's new iPhone 3G S, which went on sale Friday. We confess to momentary early morning confusion about the line on Boston's Boylston Street until we realized it was outside of an AT&T store. D'oh.

Thu, June 18, 2009 - CSOs in healthcare organizations know that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, signed into law in February 2009, includes new privacy requirements that experts have called "the biggest change to the health care privacy and security environment since the original HIPAA privacy rule." These include:

Tue, June 16, 2009 - An Information Security Policy is the cornerstone of an Information Security Program. It should reflect the organization's objectives for security and the agreed upon management strategy for securing information.

Tue, June 16, 2009 - Recent Congressional hearings tackled the subject of how well PCI DSS is helping the industry. Both before and since those hearings, myriad industry pundits have spent copious amounts of their time bashing PCI and complaining that is does not work and therefore should be abandoned. And let me tell you firsthand, PCI does not work as of June 2009, and that is precisely the point.

Mon, June 15, 2009 - Staff morale is critical to ensuring that productivity and retention levels remain high. Here are seven tips for maintaining an upbeat work environment and sustaining employee morale.