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Featured White Paper: Creating an AUP: Common myths & mistakes

An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is the bedrock of any organisation’s management of employee IT use. However, many organisations underestimate the importance of tailoring the AUP to their specific needs or place their business at risk by using outdated or inadequate policies. Click Here

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  • VMware, Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up

    Unidesk says its grid architecture eliminates single points of failure, while security features allow automated destruction of sensitive data and applications on laptops that have been lost or stolen.Unidesk has a heavy focus on storage, given the…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Startup • Reduces • Deployments • Delivery • Data Center • Brodkin

  • Bogus intranets scam university students

    Universities and their population of students have been marked out as the next soft target by online criminals, security company RSA has reported. Universities and their population of students have been marked out as the next soft target by online…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: University • Serve • Phishing • Measures • Institutions • Criminals

  • Windows needs patching every five days

    The typical home user running Windows faces the "unreasonable" task of patching software an average of every five days, a security and vulnerability research company said. The typical home user running Windows faces the "unreasonable" task of…
    05 March 2010

  • Google engineer reveals Windows exploit

    ASLR, meanwhile, randomly shuffles the positions of key memory areas, making it much more difficult for hackers to predict whether their exploit code will actually run.Microsoft introduced DEP in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the…
    04 March 2010

  • SAP tools available on iPhone, Windows Mobile

    The applications can operate in an enterprise "sandbox" that is blocked off from the personal applications on the phone to maintain security, said Krishnapillai.Sybase Mobile Workflow uses an email-like interface to present users with tasks that…
    03 March 2010

  • Ultra-secure Firefox offered to UK bank users

    UK users are being offered a hardened' version of Mozilla Firefox that can secure access to online bank accounts, maker Network Intercept has announced.Although the security built into the browser is identical in its workings to the US version…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Sessions • Session • Encrypted • Browsers • Bank • Accounts

Latest Features

  • Overlooked online threats

    I've been hit with drive-by malware from sites that I visit regularly and which have good ratings from site review services, so it's no longer a question of simply keeping away from the web's poorly-lit side streets.Some people take additional…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Race • Mechanisms • Inhouse • Danger • Addons • Ad

  • Business needs new IT blood

    She started out supporting Windows 7, but she also configured network printers, wiped data from hard drives and servers, diagnosed problems with Microsoft Outlook email and learned about the tape backup and security protocols required for handling…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Students • Science • Financial Services • Entrylevel • Education • Advance

  • Why I'm dropping Google

    I have also deleted as much personal information as possible from my Google profile. I have also deleted as much personal information as possible from my Google profile.I still need to use some Google services, I have clients who share a couple of…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Sharing • Profile • Frequency • Delete • Blogs • Assets

  • FAQ: The Kneber botnet revealed

    Security vendor NetWitness recently tapped into the logs of a command-and-control server for a botnet it calls Kneber, which has infected at least 75,000 computers at 2,500 companies and government agencies worldwide.
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Trojan • Logs • Dangerous • Compromised • Agencies • Activity

  • Fact, fiction and the Internet

    Most of us except for financial institutions, that is, or so it appears.In a recent blog post, security expert Roger Thompson related how an authentication check by his credit card company resulted in their asking him a question to verify his…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Social Networking • Facebook • Institutions • Age • Realise • Friends

  • The botnet threat

    This whole process has tons of implications for national and corporate security, and for individual privacy.For the attacker, the risk associated with launching these types of attacks has gone down quite a bit, too, no?
    25 January 2010
    Tags: Targets • Hackers • Human • Privacy • Chinese • Brian
 

How-Tos

  • Security tips for large and small businesses

    Until that day, try using software like Secunia's Personal Software Inspector (free for personal users) that will scan all software on your computer and give you a consolidated look at where security patches are missing.I've audited networks with…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Unpatched • Small Businesses • Enterpriseclass • Clicking • Bob • Active Directory

  • How to fix cloud security

    The life reinsurance company handles death records, which include personal information like social security numbers, as well as financial data and information about major assets that its large financial customers have on their books.Although Logiq…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Responsibility • Iso • Incident • Cloud Computing • Agent • Access Control

  • How to move your small business to the cloud

    And such services require no maintenance from the user.Easier collaboration with colleagues in distant locations is another oft-cited cloud benefit.If you're the kind of small business that has employees who work from different places--or has…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Transition • Small Businesses • Small Business • Microsoft Office • Founder • Cloud Computing

  • How to move your small business to the cloud

    And such services require no maintenance from the user.Easier collaboration with colleagues in distant locations is another oft-cited cloud benefit.If you're the kind of small business that has employees who work from different places--or has…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Smb • Small Businesses • Microsoft Office • Founder • Transition • Gmail

  • How to manage smartphones on a business network

    But IT has to be ready to help with guidance that will direct those users to devices that, while still cool and meeting their personal needs, will also deliver on key business features such as manageability, security, encryption and the ability to…
    21 January 2010
    Tags: Platforms • Implemented • Exchange • Smartphones • Matter • Guidance

  • How to remove worms from Apple iPhone

    These commands are case-sensitive, so be careful.rm /bin/poc-bbot rm /bin/sshpass rm /var/log/youcanbeclosertogod.jpg rm /var/mobile/LockBackground.jpg rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ikey.bbot.plist rm /var/lock/bbot.lock If that doesn't do…
    24 November 2009
    Tags: Library • Banking • Root • Startup • App • Antivirus Software

Reviews

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    However, if you want to integrate your SSL VPN across other directory services besides Active Directory, UAG may not work well for you.Endpoint security: Works fine on WindowsEndpoint security is a commonly-used feature in SSL VPNs because it…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ review

    So while its not cheap, the DataTraveler Locker+ may well appeal to people who need that extra security for files containing sensitive personal or business information. It costs almost £120 for a model with 32GB storage (the maximum available), but…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Protect Data • Password • Locker • Datatraveler • Blocked

  • iStorage diskGenie review

    And given its better 256-bit security and improved keypad, wed recommended the iStorage diskGenie over the Lenovo version. As the employee cannot change his own passcode, let alone the Admin passcode, there's no chance of the company being locked…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Admin • Lenovo • Passwords • Employee • Enter • Encrypted

  • IronKey S200

    So, there is something to be said for SLC NAND performance.IronKey S200: SecurityApart from the use of SLC NAND flash, what really sets IronKey apart from the vast majority of other USB flash drives is its Cryptochip, an ASIC dedicated to…
    30 November 2009
    Tags: Tag • Utilisation • Sec • Cell • Rates • Benchmark

  • Google Chrome OS

    Note that because the Chrome virtual image I used was created by a third party rather than by Google itself, for security reasons I created a Google account solely for testing purposes, in case some security hole was slipped into the build.Once…
    25 November 2009
    Tags: Selection • Log • Icon • Extensions • Debate • Chrome

  • Google Wave collaboration tool review

    And during beta testing, I found a serious security hole -- one of my private waves was turned into a public wave without my knowledge. If gadgets or robots can make a private wave public without your knowledge, Google Wave will be one of the…
    26 October 2009
    Tags: Wave • Preview • Watching • Places • Contacts • Realtime

White Papers

  • Lowering 3G bills and increasing availability with wi-fi

    Download this whitepaper to learn more about how IT staff can face the realities of supporting smartphones, and address the increased complexity, security and cost issues that these new devices place on the organization.
    26 August 2009
    Tags: Availability • Face • Complexity • Organization • Realities • Quarter

  • Security and Trust: The backbone of doing business over the internet

    Finally, it presents VeriSign solutions that deliver the utmost in all these security technologies. Security and Trust: The backbone of doing business over the internet Verisign Gaining the trust of online customers whitepaper
    01 June 2009
    Tags: Protect • Numbers • Identity • Addresses • Trust • Verisign

  • Web Threat Protection: Challenges and Solutions

    Employ a new approach to ensure security, regulatory compliance, and business continuity. This white paper describes Web threats, how they function, and their impacts; it explains why conventional methods fail to protect against these threats and…
    20 January 2009
    Tags: Compliance • Protect • Threats • Business Continuity • Methods

  • Oracle Application Express Overview 3.0

    Utilizing Oracle Application Express in your enterprise will help consolidate the management and security of data currently scattered throughout the organization in spreadsheets and personal databases.
    17 June 2008
    Tags: Databases • Consolidated • Develop • Express • Oracle Database • Consolidate

  • DeviceLock for SOX compliance

    It will also describe DeviceLock, a product from SmartLine Inc.which companies can use to more easily achieve strong compliance in the area of data security. Violations are met with hefty personal fines and prison terms of up to 20 years…
    19 March 2008
    Tags: Compliance • Achieve • Stock • Ensuring • Sox • Devicelock

  • Securing unified communications

    Employees are introducing consumer-grade IM applications into the corporate environment to gain the same efficiencies of real-time communications in the workplace as they've grown to expect in their personal lives.But these applications circumvent…
    05 March 2008
    Tags: Consumer • Platforms • Grade • Unified Communications • Facetime Communications

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