Stories by: George V. Hulme

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MDM: Part of the mobile security solution? 10 April, 2012 01:27:00

The good news for enterprises: Mobile devices are packed with power. A new iPhone is 100 times lighter, 100 times faster, and 10 times less expensive than the luggable notebooks of the early 1980s.
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Key advice: Being prepared for when the Cloud really fails 15 March, 2012 03:49:00

Everything works well in the Cloud, until it doesn't.
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RSA Conference 2012: Former NSA director says secure Clouds can't come fast enough 28 February, 2012 12:21:00

At the third annual Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) summit today, Michael McConnell, former director of the National Security Agency, urged the audience of 1,200 security experts to do what they can to help build trusted cloud computing systems.
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Cloud Security Alliance launches innovation program, eyes mobile threats and solutions 28 February, 2012 02:02:00

SAN FRANCISCO: Whether already computing in Cloud environments, planning to do so soon, or just thinking about it - how those systems will be kept secure is once again a topic that is front and center here at the third annual Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) summit, held at the RSA Conference.
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RSA Conference 2012 sneak peek: cloud, big data, and mobile 23 February, 2012 02:41:00

There are fewer topics stirring bigger buzz among information security professionals than big data, Cloud security, and mobile. So it's no surprise that those topics will dominate the discussions this year at the RSA Conference 2012.
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Clamour for Cloud apps increases corporate data breach risk 18 January, 2012 06:26:00

Employees bringing in their own devices and choosing their own application services is significantly increasing the risk to enterprise data.
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Are CIOs Too Cocky About Security? 29 September, 2011 08:52:00

There's been no shortage of high-profile and damaging data breaches in the past year. And the targets are widely varied-they include security firms RSA Security and HBGary Federal, defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, entertainment giant Sony, major retailers, healthcare companies and marketing firms.
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Mac OS X Lion: Losing its security pride 29 September, 2011 01:57:00

The past couple of weeks have not been the best for Mac OS X's security reputation.
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They're back! Data breach notification bills resurface 27 June, 2011 23:48:00

After several large breaches -- including the Epsilon, Sony, and Citigroup incidents that left customer financial data exposed -- federal lawmakers are dusting the covers off of an old idea: national data breach notification laws.
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Your software might not be safe 24 April, 2011 04:42:00

Secure software services provider Veracode this week released its security analysis of 4835 applications that were submitted to the firm for evaluation during an 18-month period.
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SCADA security arms race underway 01 April, 2011 23:45:00

While the race between industrial control system attackers and defenders didn't start with the Stuxnet worm, it certainly acted as a catalyst to a new arms race and more researchers taking a closer look at the quality of SCADA software.