Feds Aggressive on Yemen, Stuxnet Leaks Security Clan Editor's Blog 5/15/2013 9 comments The government's hunt for whistleblowers is heating up, with journalists' phone records being secretly seized by investigators.
Bloomberg Should Get Its Story Straight Editor's Blog 5/13/2013 13 comments Bloomberg LP's attempts to explain away the practice of news division reporters tracking subscribers' terminal use are unsatisfactory.
'Cloud Sprawl' Rains on IT Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 5/9/2013 9 comments Unauthorized use of public cloud services creates concerns about security, compliance, and more.
FinSpy's Firefox Disguise Sparks Outrage Security Clan Editor's Blog 5/8/2013 14 comments If a spyware vendor is using a legitimate Internet brand as cover for its intrusions, judicial intervention is needed.
Google Glass Privacy Hysteria Misguided Ron Miller 5/6/2013 22 comments Why are technophiles so fixated on Google Glass privacy issues when more intrusive, less expensive devices are readily available today?
Live @ IBM Impact 2013: IBM VP Phil Buckellew on All Things Mobile Todd Watson 5/2/2013 Post a comment Phil Buckellew, IBM vice president for enterprise mobile, discusses how companies can get started and should be thinking about mobile, the importance of design thinking to mobile solutions, and the important and diverse issues surrounding mobile security.
Twitter Fights For Your Rights, Says EFF Security Clan Editor's Blog 5/1/2013 41 comments Which technology services go the extra yard in defense of your data? The EFF's new survey has some suprising results.
Twitter's Single Factor Security Time Bomb Security Clan Editor's Blog 4/24/2013 18 comments Yesterday's hack of the official Associated Press Twitter feed reminds us that Twitter's security is woefully inadequate.
President Could Be Last Hope to Stop CISPA Ron Miller 4/23/2013 35 comments The Senate is expected to vote on CISPA this week. If, as predicted, senators approve this legislation, President Obama has said he will veto it.
Friday File: Grandma Goes Virtual Editor's Blog 4/19/2013 18 comments Google's Schmidt's take on drones, Twitter tackles tunes, and LinkedIn embraces mobile. And, oh yes, granny goes to Tuscany -- without leaving her kitchen.
Twitter Keeps World Ahead of Boston Manhunt News Joe Stanganelli 4/19/2013 75 comments Yesterday the combination of police scanners and Twitter delivered more timely and accurate news than TV broadcasts about the manhunt after the Boston Marathon bombings.
Twitter Fumbles Boston Marathon Bombing Editor's Blog 4/16/2013 94 comments News about the tragic events in Boston was drowned out on Twitter by a mix of hasty finger-pointing and well-intentioned white noise.
Don't Keep That Data Breach Secret Tam Harbert 4/12/2013 33 comments Companies may not like sharing their cybersecurity breaches, but there are several reasons why they should disclose them.
Margaret Thatcher's Social Media Death Editor's Blog 4/12/2013 25 comments Like Osama Bin Laden's passing, the death of former British PM Margaret Thatcher has taken on a social media life of its own.
Rice Mill IT Exec Grinds Out Emergency Tasks Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 4/8/2013 2 comments As the new IT manager of SunWest Foods, longtime IT professional Dave Rowland is using his technological and business expertise to help the large rice mill stay free of bugs. Computer bugs, that is.
Rogue Desktops Rule Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 4/4/2013 8 comments Virtual desktop infrastructure can streamline IT management of the computing environment, but what happens when desktops go rogue?
O'Reilly's No Silicon Sauron Editor's Blog 4/3/2013 7 comments Evgeny Morozov is right that our language is being laundered (yet again), but wrong to lay the blame primarily at Tim O'Reilly's door.
The Web's Submarine Vulnerability Security Clan Editor's Blog 4/3/2013 9 comments An attack on a major submarine cable demonstrates the Internet's major vulnerability to sabotage.
Extending IT's Ecosystem Into the Web Matt Heusser 4/3/2013 9 comments Social media give IT the power to move beyond the datacenter and leverage Facebook's powerful tools for the company's use. That power, however, doesn't come without a price.
Today's 7DEE Class: Secure Cloud-Based Analytics Executive Clan Editor's Blog 4/3/2013 Post a comment Join us today at 2:00 p.m. ET for our latest seminar in the 7 Days of Executive Education (7DEE) series, as Dion Hinchcliff, chief strategy officer at Dachis Group, leads us through "Securing Cloud-Based Analytics."
Enterprises Must Close Security Gap in Mobile Devices Barbara Rembiesa 4/3/2013 10 comments An IAITAM study found that, though most companies give employees mobile devices, only one-fourth use location-tracking systems, and only 56 percent can wipe drives remotely.
Batten Down the Hatches! IBM’s X-Force 2012 Trend & Risk Report Todd Watson 3/29/2013 4 comments From the discovery of sophisticated toolkits with ominous names like Flame to cross-platform zero-day vulnerabilities, both consumers and corporations have been inundated with advisories and alerts regarding emerging threats.
CISPA: Not Just Dangerous, but Also Useless George Taylor 3/28/2013 25 comments By failing to provide a framework to promote information sharing, CISPA does nothing to promote cybersecurity, and might make things worse.
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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