FDIC: Hackers Rake in More Than $120 Million in Three Months

Almost all of reported incidents "related to malware on online banking customers' PCs." Continue Reading »

Social Networking Security

This article will look at how best to manage the security issues social networking brings to business and if a company decides to stop staff using social networking how can it monitor this and avoid security breaches from threats left behind by computers that have been used to access social networks. Continue Reading »

Microsoft's Internet Tax Riles Computer World

The idea has ruffled the feathers of many in the computer world who believe Microsoft is the reason for countless, worldwide cyber security problems. Continue Reading »

Fuzzing: Avoid Zero-Day Attacks -- Build Security In, Don't Add it!

The greatest security challenge today is discovering new vulnerabilities. Software release cycles are getting faster and new technologies are increasingly complex, a perfect breeding ground for bugs. Continue Reading »

Exploring the Boundaries of IT Security

Whenever we enter a new decade, many of us like to take stock and think about the things that have changed over the last ten years and what may happen during the next twelve months. But as Niels Bohr once said, prediction is difficult, especially about the future. Continue Reading »

The Security of the Empty Client Model: In contract with AJAX

The benefits of AJAX are undisputed, in particular the techniques that empowered the Web 2.0 experience. AJAX, however, has not achieved a penetration rate that is even close to that of the enterprises. In fact, only 1% of newly built enterprise web applications utilize major AJAX infrastructures Continue Reading »

BriefingsDirect Analysts Discuss Ramifications of Google-China Dust-Up over Corporate Cyber Attacks

The latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition, Volume 50, focuses on the fallout from Google’s threat to pull out of China, due to a series of sophisticated hacks and attacks on Google, as well as a dozen more IT companies. Continue Reading »

Top 10 Information Security Threats of 2010

security2010 is upon us. I am amazed that it has been a decade since all the fear and speculation of Y2K. Take a moment to review your personal technological transformation in the last 10 years. Continue Reading »

Consider Outsourcing Your Network Security

As more and more critical applications and services move to the cloud, organizations are increasingly receptive to the idea of using a managed security service to protect their network and information assets. Continue Reading »

Access Management: How to Authenticate Users

Technology has evolved to address the challenges of the modern business market. Mobile working and round-the-clock communication have tested information security, as has the need to lock down data from the inside-out. Continue Reading »