Site Map - IT

08/24/2007 - In the past, cyberthreats fit into discrete categories, such as being virus or phishing. Today, lines are blurred and malware is multifaceted and multiplying, creating a challenge for companies trying to defend against such threats.

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08/23/2007 - China has established information warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems and networks, according to a recent Defense Department (DoD) report. Other countries, including the United States, are developing similar capabilities.

08/23/2007 - 85 The percentage of organizations reporting that they have experienced a data breach event, according to a study by the Ponemon Institute.

08/23/2007 - As employee background checks become more prevalent, many experts are urging companies to pay particular attention to their IT staff.

08/23/2007 - A data breach can badly bruise a company’s reputation. But when companies work hard to convince their customers that their private information is protected, it can be a boon to customer loyalty and a firm’s bottom line.

08/23/2007 - After an incident several years ago in which a manager sold some of the company’s intellectual property to a competitor, the executive search firm Sterling-Hoffman did some brainstorming on ways to fortify its data protection. The company, based in Mountain View, California, decided to go with a software solution that would secure the data no matter the format or storage location.

08/23/2007 - If a laptop is stolen, encryption software keeps data hidden, while tracking software "phones home," making it easy to catch the crooks.

08/23/2007 - Penetration testing of a computer network requires careful planning and limits on the scope of work.

08/23/2007 - Investigating the origin of e-mail to catch criminals requires a special set of detective skills and tools.  

08/20/2007 - Machine agents such as robots or crawlers (called bots) visit millions of Web sites daily. Sometimes the use is benign, as when search agents use them to update their information. But these programs can also be harmful. They can be used to hunt for Web site vulnerabilities or harvest e-mail addresses for future spamming. They can also reduce a Web site’s bandwidth. A new site keeps an updated list of bad bots and crawlers. Web site host managers and business owners can download data for free from Botslist.com that can then be configured to block bad robots. It’s this month’s A Site to See.

08/20/2007 - Which leading Web search engines are the safest and which are the most insecure? Find out in McAfee’s latest study, “The State of Search Engine Safety.”

08/20/2007 - Read about the staggering economic costs downtown Calgary experienced due to laptops stolen from tenant space.