The need for a unified strategy will grow more urgent. From a corporate risk management perspective, IT security is not just for keeping viruses, hackers and crooks at bay; it's also critical in order to stay compliant with regulations, avoid litigation and indictment, and prevent escalating insurance premiums.
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Computer Security Will Require More than Just IT
The ongoing criminalization of the Internet is raising the security stakes. Spam will remain a widespread annoyance. Hackers will keep pumping out new viruses every day.
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Security Will Remain a Top IT Budget Priority
There's no letup in sight. Because the threat to computer security remains so strong, and security is essential for complying with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, ensuring security and privacy will remain a top business priority.
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'Hacker Defender' Rootkit Author Offers Cease-Fire
"Holy Father," the creator of the notorious hacking tool, claims to be going on sabbatical, but says more rootkits may follow in the future.
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Microsoft Takes Another Anti-Rootkit Step
Opinion: Writing kernel-mode Windows programs was never easy, but as of 64-bit Windows Vista, Microsoft won't even let just anyone do it. It will help stop some rootkits, but it's not a complete answer.
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When's a Rootkit Not a Rootkit? In Search of Definitions
News Analysis: An industry initiative to find a conclusive way to describe rootkits is under way, but experts are worried that strict definitions will only legitimize the use of a dangerous piece of technology.
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Intellectual Security: Patent Everything You Do, Before Someone Else Does
Fortified IP portfolios are the best defense against proliferating "business-method" patents.
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Security Buyer's Guide
  • Anti-Spam
  • Anti-Spyware
  • Anti-Virus software
  • Application security
  • Biometric access controls
  • Data recovery
  • Digital forensics
  • Digital rights management
  • Encryption
  • Facial recognition software
  • Firewalls
  • Intrusion Detection
  • IT management tools
  • Network Security
  • Patch Management
  • Phishing
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • Spam filtering
  • VPN
  • Wireless security
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How Safe Are Your 'Tweens' Online?
Parents are making an effort to talk to their kids about Internet safety, but kids are still willing to talk to strangers on IM, post personal information about themselves on social networking sites, or be the target of online bullying, according to a Tuesday study.
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McAfee Fined for Patent Infringement
A U.S. district court has ruled that McAfee must pay $18 million in damages for a case in which McAfee infringed on a patent held by DeepNines, a network security provider.
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Major DNS Security Flaw Details Leaked
One of the many things that researchers agreed on in the major coordinated fix of a flaw in the DNS earlier this month was to withhold details on the vulnerability itself in order to give users enough time to apply updates. Too bad, another researcher spilled the beans.
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New Spyware (Wrongly) Claims It's Won PCMag Award
It's worth reminding: there is a large category of malicious programs that present themselves as antispyware or antivirus programs. We recently came across one which claims to have won a number of awards, including the PC Magazine Editors' Choice.
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NY Might Sue Comcast Over Online Child Porn
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has pressured Internet service providers to block access to child pornography, on Monday said his office would pursue legal action against Comcast Cable Communications LLC if it did not quickly agree to reforms.
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Cable Industry Vows to Block Child Porn Web Sites
Seventeen cable operators have joined Time Warner Cable in an agreement to block access to Web sites that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has identified as containing child pornography.
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Add Laptop Location Tracking Security, for Free
A new open source project allows computer users to add surreptitious location tracking to their systems. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available.
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