Security

Tue, May 05, 2009 - A new report revealed that hackers are increasingly targeting social networking services like Twitter and Facebook. Many employees who log on during the day at work might be causing information security risks at their companies. But banning the technologies would be short-sighted.

Mon, April 20, 2009 - Foote Partners' latest quarterly ranking of the most valuable IT skills and technical certifications highlights development, project management, process management and security skills.

Wed, November 19, 2008 - Global survey finds that security issues are a major concern in adopting service-oriented architectures and in Web services-based application development.

Thu, August 28, 2008 - Employees who are laid off or fired will likely use their knowledge to steal a company's confidential data. And some of those devious IT administrators would take the company's privileged password list to access sensitive information such as financial reports, accounts and HR records.

Fri, June 20, 2008 - A free online scanner reveals that most corporate endpoints fail even basic security tests, according to a Sophos report.

Tue, June 17, 2008 - Less than ten percent of respondents to a Unisys survey say they've used a mobile device for online banking or commerce. One big problem: Smartphone users dont trust telecomm companies.

Wed, May 21, 2008 - More than half of information security staffers say risks related to mobile devices and remote workers are up significantly compared to a year ago, new research says. Combine more mobile people with more corporate data passing beyond the corporate walls, and you have a mounting challenge.

Tue, February 05, 2008 - Majority of companies list "human error" as root cause of security failures, well ahead of operations and technology, new Deloitte survey says.

Fri, December 21, 2007 - Companies that pass muster in regulatory audits such as those for Sarbanes-Oxley also keep their data more secure, according to a study by the IT Policy Compliance Group.

Mon, December 17, 2007 - While two thirds of enterprise companies have some degree of interest in open-source, far fewer indicate its adoption is a high priority, according to a Forrester survey of 2,252 software decision-makers.