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Using Psychological Views To Target Insider Data Criminals
February 16, 2012Symantec recently released a report that the company commissioned to determine if there are similar psychological characteristics for determining internal cyber criminals. The focus of the report was on organization’s employees and potential pathways that might lead an employee to become a cyber thief. Titled “Behavioral Risk Indicators of Malicious Insider Theft of Intellectual Property: [...]
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Experts Urge Organizations to Adopt Full Scale Encryption
January 22, 2012With so many high profile data breaches happening to government agencies, healthcare organizations and also to businesses (e.g., financial services, data security, retail, etc.), there should be more of a move toward encryption and key management in order to prevent a full scale data breach. However, it seems as though this type of movement hasn’t [...]
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Defense Department Makes Moves to Widen Use of Mobile Devices
January 15, 2012The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced plans to create a new methods and procedures in the way that the military handles classified material and sensitive data. This new procedure will utilize mobile technology and devices such as smartphones and tablets in the coming year. This move by the DoD and Pentagon chiefs is controversial [...]
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5 Authentication Predictions for 2012
January 5, 2012It’s the New Year and the predictions have begun to be assembled by experts and companies throughout the data security industry. Many are focused on the big issues that companies and governments are likely to encounter in 2012. Others are a bit more focused in their round of predictions. Confident Technologies has released it’s top [...]
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Securing the Cloud
December 30, 2011More and more companies are adopting and using Cloud based computing. This is creating some unique paths to innovation and collaboration; however, it is opening up more and more questions about security. How each organization will cope with securing its cloud-bound data is a question that all IT managers will need to ask in the [...]
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Year End Predictions for Data Security in 2012
December 22, 2011This is that time of the year for top ten lists and predictions for the New Year. Even in data security there are a host of companies and experts who are making their lists and checking them twice for what the future holds in the field of securing data. Here’s a great trend list for [...]
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Using Psychological Traits To Target Insider Cyber Criminals
December 14, 2011This past week, Symantec released a report that the company commissioned to determine if there are similar psychological characteristics for determining internal cyber criminals. The focus of the report was on organization’s employees and potential pathways that might lead an employee to become a cyber thief. Titled “Behavioral Risk Indicators of Malicious Insider Theft of [...]
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Who is Responsible for U.S. Power Grid Cyber Security?
December 7, 2011Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently came out with a recommendation to the U.S. government regarding the security of the nation’s electrical grid. The MIT report suggested that the federal government give a single federal agency full responsibility for securing the grid. In particular, they suggested that this agency be responsible for [...]
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27/7 Mobile and App Based Internet Access Leaves Data Security Behind
November 30, 2011When the Internet began to reach into the mass business and consumer markets in the 1990s, it was a static world. If you wanted to send a message, research information or write a proposal, it involved a computer that had installed software to help you in your efforts. At the office, there was a desktop [...]
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Steps Organizations Can Take to Lock Down Information
November 22, 2011For IT professionals, the daily drumbeat of information about data security breaches is constant. Every day they hear about another breach of sensitive data from government agencies or the mishandling of private information of ordinary citizens by healthcare providers. Whether it is reports of hacks into the servers that control the water supply of a [...]
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