Security provisions of commercial cloud services - especially software-as-a-service (SaaS) - are frequently inadequate, with contracts containing "ambiguous terms regarding the maintenance of data confidentiality, data integrity and ...
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Java's new security settings, designed to block "drive-by" browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday. The news came in the aftermath of several embarrassing "zero-day" vulnerabilities, and a recent ...
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Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have voted to ratify four-year contracts with Verizon Communications after contentious negotiations dating back more than a year. The ...
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Expect no major changes to the functioning of the Internet in the coming months after a controversial ending to the International Telecommunication Union's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), but an agreement ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S., U.K. and Canadian delegations to a worldwide telecom treaty-writing meeting will not ratify a resolution approved by the majority of countries because regulations will include provisions on Internet governance ...
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A second-hand laptop purchased on auction site eBay has been found to contain over 5GB of confidential information relating to global telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent. The files,shown exclusively to Computing,include service,fault and ...
Many users of cloud data services are entirely unaware of inherent security risks,and security can only improve if customers pressure providers to deliver it,Frank Coggrave,VP of sales,EMEA&APAC at Guidance Software,has told Computing. ...
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