Now that Microsoft has finally launched its next-generation operating system, Windows 8, it must tackle what may be the most daunting marketing challenge it has ever faced. Once the supreme leader of personal computing, Microsoft is now ...
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If you don't know, you need a better connection to your company's risk managers, who measure risk by what can be insured and what it costs to do so. While the measurement of operational risks is still a bit of a puzzle for CSOs, risk ...
Tags: TCOR, CSOs, risk managers, total cost of risk
Companies must take responsibility for cyber security at board level to tackle the exponential growth in attacks, the government has urged. The warning comes as ministers launch a Cyber Security for Business booklet to encourage company ...
Businesses must make availability of IT services a boardroom issue because there is growing evidence of employee frustration and resentment when systems are unavailable, according to research from Imperial College. Many staff now expect ...
Tags: IT services, Imperial College, IT industry, IT infrastructur
A researcher who discovered a security flaw in Ubisoft's Uplay gaming application said PCs used for gaming should be isolated from business and other networks. "I air-gap the machine I use to play games," said Tavis Ormandy, a Google ...
Current business security models fail to prepare for cyber threats in the face of highly sophisticated, powerful cyber attack tools that are no longer the preserve of nation states, as they filter down to a wider community of attackers. ...
Tags: security models, hackers, cyber attacks, Cyber criminals
MobileIron, a company that specialises in security and management for mobile apps, has introduced a suite of products for enterprise smartphones and tablets. To tackle apps provisioning, the company has developed the MobileIron ...
Tags: MobileIron, mobile apps, smartphones, tablets, Microsoft ActiveSync
The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union should embrace free and open broadband markets and allow individual countries to reform their telecommunications regulations instead of attempting to centrally regulate the industry, the ...
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People will spend more than £1,200 to buy their own devices, which questions the need for IT departments to continue purchasing and supporting desktop and laptop PCs. In a recent study by analyst Forrester, 33% of respondents ...
Tags: desktop, laptop PCs, self-service app, smartphones, VPN software
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its yet-to-be-launched BlackBerry 10 platform has been awarded the US government’s FIPS 140-2 security certification. The Federal Information Processing Standard ...
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This is the third in a series of interviews with C-level executives responsible for cyber security and privacy in business and government, who also happen to be thought leaders. (Remember, as I mentioned previously, "C-level executive" and ...
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Two ISACA qualifications have been named as the two highest-paying IT certifications by Foote Partners' IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index (ITSCPI). The certified information security manager (CISM) and certified in risk and ...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin a pilot deployment of smartphones running Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 OS early next year. The deal, announced Thursday, is the first major U.S. government agreement ...
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There has been an unprecedented volume of malicious code and attacks - including many high profile incidents - in the Middle East during 2012. Attacks ranged from those performed by cyber criminals to hacktivists and in some cases ...
Tags: malicious code, malicious attacks, high profile incidents, IT Security
As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a ...
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