Security

This section includes all content realed to threats and information assurance, especially from the perspective of an enterprise IT environment.
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Identity and Access Management (IAM) Provides Cloud Security Boost

May 24, 2012
Cloud computing is not only on the rise, but a lot of businesses are adopting it for their own operations because of the obvious benefits: lower costs,...

How to Browse the Web Anonymously

May 16, 2012
Have you ever wanted to watch a video and been stymied by a "this video is not available in your region" warning? Or maybe you've tried to...

Border Gateway Protocol: The Biggest Network Vulnerability Of All?

May 14, 2012
In terms of security vulnerabilities, much has been made of buffer overflow attacks, distributed denial of service attacks, and Wi-Fi intrusions. While...

New Advances in Biometrics: A More Secure Password

May 04, 2012
From bank accounts to personal profiles, passwords have become the default option for verifying a user’s identity. In fact, many of us are so inundated...

Tech in the House: CISPA Faces Congress

April 23, 2012
UPDATE (April 26, 2012): CISPA passes the House: 248 to 168 Politico reported that the House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act...

Can Public Key Infrastructure Provide More Security Online?

April 19, 2012
Everything’s connected. iPads, iPods, iPhones and even landline phones are all connected to this relatively new frontier we call the Internet. The...

Snort and the Value of Detecting the Undetectable

April 09, 2012
There are many instances where networks are hacked, unlawfully accessed or effectively disabled. The now infamous 2006 hacking of the T.J. Maxx network...

Data Breach Notification: The Legal and Regulatory Environment

March 22, 2012
In the United States, there are various federal and state data breach notification laws, although there is no comprehensive federal law. In May 2011, the...

Advanced Persistent Threats: First Salvo in the Coming Cyberwar?

March 20, 2012
An attack on a computer network isn't headline news anymore, but there is a different type of attack that takes cybersecurity concerns to the next level....

The 5 Scariest Threats In Tech

March 16, 2012
Technology is fascinating, but in the wrong hands it can also be terrifying. Whether you’ve been phished or hacked or infected by malware, having tech...

The Most Devastating Computer Viruses

March 06, 2012
When it comes to computer viruses, damage is a matter of perspective. For most of us, the most damaging virus is the one we have the bad luck to catch....

Is the Cloud Catching on in Your Doctor's Office?

March 03, 2012
When doctors or physician groups brainstorm on ways to use cloud computing in their businesses, they often come up with common and specific types of...

Common Methods Hackers Are Using To Crack Your Cellular Phone

February 17, 2012
The modern cellular phone has little in common with the plastic bricks of the 1980s. Smartphones are essentially mini computers people can use to check...

Is Security Research Actually Helping Hackers?

February 16, 2012
When the story broke that researchers had modified the lethal H5N1 virus to be more transmissible and wanted to publish their findings, most of us were...

Malicious Software: Worms Trojans and Bots Oh My!

February 07, 2012
Dealing with malicious software, better known as malware, is a reality that we all face any time we connect to the Internet. Nobody wants to open up their...

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