Why do companies backup infrequently?
Businesses are on average backing up to tape once a month, with one rather alarming statistic from the same survey showing 10 percent were only backing up to tape once per …
Teach children about online protection
In an effort to facilitate effective parent-child dialogue about Internet dangers, Trend Micro developed an eGuide with tips to help families have “The Talk” about …
nCircle PureCloud: Network security scanning service
nCircle announced PureCloud, a network security scanning service which combines security technology used by thousands of the world’s largest enterprises and government …
Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual
With Lion, Apple has unleashed the most innovative version of Mac OS X yet – and once again, David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to the #1 bestselling Mac book. …
Hearing on draconian new U.S. piracy legislation is under way
Today’s the day of the long awaited House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and, as the Electronic Frontier Foundation claims, …
Facebook trims response to data requests
After the possibility to request data from Facebook under European data privacy laws became common knowledge, Europeans began inundating the social networks with requests. …
Top requirements for operating data in the cloud
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Cloud Data Governance (CDG) working group today introduced the results of its Cloud Consumer Advocacy Questionnaire and Information Survey. …
Effectiveness of web application firewalls
The best defense against web application vulnerabilities and threats is to professionally train Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and to incorporate Dynamic Application …
Hacker breached, changed grades in university academic record system
Santa Clara University, a private university run by the Jesuits and located in the Silicon Valley, has issued a statement confirming that it has called the FBI to investigate …
Windows 8 to do away with constant restarts after updating
I don’t know a single Windows user who isn’t annoyed at the number of times the operating system requires a restart, and especially annoyed when the request …
CSA offers a practical road map for secure cloud adoption
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today unveiled the third version of its Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing. This effort provides a practical, …
Open source biometrics technology for mobile devices, PCs and servers
DigitalPersona has open sourced its new MINEX-certified FingerJetFX fingerprint feature extraction technology. FingerJetFX, Open Source Edition (OSE), is free, portable …