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iPhone security problems bring new risks

Network World - In just four days, not one but two worms targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the same vulnerability, a default password in the SSH server that is installed on jail-broken iPhones. While one worm is a mostly a ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, ComputerWorld,  11 Nov 2009

Practical identity protection you can use

* Don't sign credit cards. I sign mine "See ID". Why give a card thief my signature too? It's easier to contest a charge if the person spoofing my signature has never seen it and can't come close to replicating it. It almost backfired once in a taxi in ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, NetworkWorld,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: University of Texas,  Equifax, Inc.,  Experian,  TransUnion

New secure password rules

* Don't write it down * Make it long, complex and not a word * Don't save it in browsers The vast majority of security systems are still dependent on this weakest of solutions -- the username/password pair. In a world with road warriors, ubiquitous ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, ComputerWorld,  29 Sep 2009

Cloud security through control vs.ownership

Network World - Cloud computing makes auditors cringe. It's something we hear consistently from enterprise customers: it was hard enough to make virtualization "palatable" to auditors; cloud is going to be even harder. By breaking the links between ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, ComputerWorld,  15 Sep 2009

Data leakage prevention going mainstream

Network World - Data leakage or data loss prevention systems have gradually entered the mainstream as their increasing maturity has allowed increasing adoption. From barely registering in our research two years ago, we now find different forms of DLP ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, ComputerWorld,  1 Sep 2009

Managed security services all the rage

Network World - It's an understatement to say that IT organizations face exceptionally challenging times. For many, budget cutbacks for 2009 were worse than predicted.   As a result, many IT organizations are taking a hard look at what is and is not ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, ComputerWorld,  19 Aug 2009

The cost of not reaching IT project closure

Network World - All things, good and bad, eventually come to an end. Philosophers have told us this in many variations for at least three or four thousand years. In IT we seem to have exquisitely intricate plans for starting new things: projects, ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, ComputerWorld,  8 Jul 2009

Iran's data leakage 'problem'

In the wake of Iran's statistically and historically dubious election results, the world has been glued to screens (both TV and IP) watching the unfolding protests and violence. Despite a complete media and communications blackout, the videos, photos ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, NetworkWorld,  24 Jun 2009

Building a data center security architecture

Data center architecture has been changing quite dramatically over the past few years. In many data centers, organic growth had left them broken up into application silos. The standard three-tier architecture was copied for each application leading to ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, NetworkWorld,  10 Jun 2009

Why we need a single, strong federal privacy law

Regulatory compliance continues to be the main driver for security spending in almost all industries. But in essence, compliance is assymetrical warfare: it costs a lot more to comply with new regulations than it does to write them. The regulations ...

From ANDREAS M. ANTONOPOULOS, NetworkWorld,  26 May 2009
Related Topics: Enron Corporation,  European Union

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