One in 10 notebook computers will be lost over their three-year lifetime — a massive data loss problem exacerbated by ‘incompetent’ protection and ‘inaction,’ say experts Calling Corporate America “incompetent” is one way to get companies’ attention. Letting them know that one in 10 laptops (http://www NULL.infoworld NULL.com/t/laptops) will be lost or stolen over their …
WikiLeaks Stalks Corporate America: How Companies Can Prepare
The U.S. government so far has been WikiLeaks’ target of choice when it comes to dumping reams of confidential information out into the open. But that’s about to change. In an interview with (http://blogs NULL.forbes NULL.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/an-interview-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/)Forbes (http://blogs NULL.forbes NULL.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/an-interview-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/) published Monday, WikiLeaks mischief-maker-in-chief Julian Assange said at least half the treasure trove of documents the …
Corporate Executives Remain Lukewarm on Cyber Security
What’s needed for strong cyber security? Good security policies, processes, and technology safeguards of course, but highly-secure organizations also integrate security into their corporate culture — from new employees the the corner office. Since the proverbial buck stops at the CEOs desk, cyber security-conscious and proactive CEOs are a security professional’s best friend. In its …
WikiLeaks files detail U.S. electronic surveillance
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining “security measures, passwords, personal encryption keys, and types of VPN versions used” and biometric information, according to a secret directive made public today by WikiLeaks.org (http://www NULL.wikileaks NULL.org/). The July 2009 directive (http://www NULL.guardian NULL.co NULL.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/219058) issued under Clinton’s name, which …
Greenpeace accuses Dow Chemical, Sasol and P.R. allies of corporate spying
The 56-page suit, filed by Greenpeace in U.S. District Court in the District, said the chemical companies and public relations firms Dezenhall Resources and Ketchum hired former executives at a private security firm to spy on Greenpeace from 1998 to 2000 and to perform a range of “clandestine and unlawful” actions to undermine its anti-pollution …
Fortinet updates network security appliances
Security vendor Fortinet has released two systems designed to help enterprises manage and secure corporate networks. Skip related content The company said that the FortiGate and FortiSwitch blade modules offer the ability to manage high-bandwidth networks while maintaining security. Both modules are designed for use with the company’s FortiGate-5000 series appliances. “You can’t take a …
Helping Employees Get Corporate Security Policy
Employee awareness of their companies’ security policies is high–if you ask the employees. In a survey of 2,000 office workers, software security company Clearswift found almost three quarters, 74 percent, felt ‘confident’ that they understand their employers’ Internet security policies (http://www NULL.csoonline NULL.com/article/486676/sample-internet-usage-policy-manufacturing-company). That is, policy designed to safeguard data and IT security, as well …
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