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Archive for June, 2010

Applauding the Lieberman-Collins CyberSecurity Bill S 3480

Applauding the Lieberman-Collins CyberSecurity Bill S 3480

The proposed Lieberman-Collins bill S 3480 "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010" has been criticized [...]

Your Top Vulnerability?

Your Top Vulnerability?

There are some common IT security mistakes that can lead to embarrassing data breaches like we've seen with the recent [...]

AT&T iPad Breaches are Really About Application Security

AT&T iPad Breaches are Really About Application Security

Ericka Chickowski published this timely Dark Reading article about the Apple iPad customer data breach at AT&T, [...]

Securing Data in the Cloud

Securing Data in the Cloud

Safeguarding a cloud infrastructure from unmonitored access, malware and intruder attacks grows more challenging for [...]

Compliance Is Not Security

Compliance Is Not Security

In recent years many organizations have become subject to one or more regulatory compliance regulations.  But despite [...]

Safeguarding Application Credentials

Safeguarding Application Credentials

There’s just too much misinformation out there about securing application credentials – the operating system, [...]

Beyond Compliance

Beyond Compliance

Depending on your industry, your organization is probably subject to regulatory standards that determine both your IT [...]

The ASP.NET Security Hole

The ASP.NET Security Hole

Millions of ASP.NET web sites use embedded passwords - including connection strings to databases - that never get [...]

Security Training Won’t Solve the Insider Threat

Security Training Won’t Solve the Insider Threat

2010 was barely underway before news of the year's first sensational data breach hit the wires. Internet giant Google [...]

Lessons from the Google-China Controversy

Lessons from the Google-China Controversy

The "rule of law" is a fundamental requirement of a prospering civilization. Companies who operate in the United [...]