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How to secure passwords and other critical numbers
One of the more frustrating exercises in using anything online is keeping your passwords safe. They have to be easy to remember and hard to guess.
Arbor Networks introduces cloud-based anti-DDoS service
Arbor Networks today introduced its first cloud-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation service to protect enterprises against...
Masters of disasters: IT survivors of Katrina, Sandy and other natural disasters share their DR tips and tricks
Natural and manmade disasters are facts of life. Smart IT managers prepare for the worst before trouble hits, so that the businesses and government...
VPN provider CryptoSeal nixes consumer service over legal worries
A San Francisco-based security company will no longer sell a consumer virtual private network (VPN) service, citing an uncertain legal environment...
First Look: NetCitadel threat management platform in beta site
Detecting and stopping stealthy malware designed to steal sensitive information means moving fast. Start-up NetCitadel wants to put its new Threat...
Cisco patches vulnerabilities in some security appliances, switches and routers
Cisco Systems has released security patches for authentication bypass, command execution and denial-of-service vulnerabilities affecting products...
Start-up Netskope keeps watch on enterprise cloud usage
Start-up Netskope comes out of stealth mode today in unveiling its security service intended to help enterprises monitor how employees are using...
10 encryption tips for the enterprise
Whether you're protecting corporate data from internal leakers, hackers looking to steal money from you and your customers, foreign spies, your own...
SpectorSoft touts less threatening employee monitoring software
SpectorSoft today unveiled software that records every action an employee takes on their PC or Mac, just like the firm's flagship Spector 360 product...
iPhone TouchID fingerprint biometrics broken by German hacker club
The German hacking group Chaos Computer Club says its biometrics hacking team has discovered how to bypass the biometric security of Apple's TouchID...
Netfix plumbs pirate sites before buying TV shows
Making content choices based on what's popular on pirate sites makes perfect marketing sense to some media watchers
Reported NSA actions raise serious questions about tech industry partnerships
Revelations that the National Security Agency may be pressuring vendors to put hidden backdoors in their software and hardware for espionage purposes...
Reported NSA actions raise serious questions about tech industry partnerships
Revelations that the National Security Agency may be pressuring vendors to put hidden backdoors in their software and hardware for espionage purposes...
Start-up offers IT security rating system
It's not uncommon for companies to want to try and evaluate the IT security of another business before entering into an e-commerce arrangement. Now a...
Service lets companies manage Amazon Web Services encryption keys
KeyNexus, a division of Dark Matter Labs, today announced a secure encryption key-management service that lets organizations store, manage and audit...
Microsoft's picture-authentication welcomed given password fatigue
But while an alternative for consumers, picture-passwords a poor choice in enterprises because they do not work with Active Directory
Microsoft's picture-authentication welcomed given password fatigue
But while an alternative for consumers, picture-passwords a poor choice in enterprises because they do not work with Active Directory
Best tools for protecting passwords
For enterprises trying to get a handle on password management, the good news is that there are products that can help implement stronger password...
What to look for when evaluating password manager software
Here are the significant issues that can distinguish one password manager product from another. You'll probably make a similar list of requirements...
Cisco cracks down on security vulnerability
Cisco Systems released security patches for Secure Access Control Server (Secure ACS) for Windows to address a critical vulnerability that could...
Masters of disasters: IT survivors of Katrina, Sandy and other natural disasters share their DR tips and tricks
