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Patch Management in an Age of "Zero-Day" Threats
CIOs are in a race with hackers to address vulnerabilities first. These strategies will help.
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Budgeting for Attacks
Attacks such as MyDoom have caused havoc for so many companies. More fiscal plans need to take them into account.
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Security Stops Here
In order to tighten security, CIOs must focus on accountability policies and practices that protect the enterprise from human error and malfeasance.
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Smart Vulnerability Management
Organizations need to take proactive measures to prevent the loss of valuable information and protect business productivity.
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Protecting Data in a Global Reality
Transferring data across international borders can mean entering unknown legal territory. Here's how to make sense of the confusion.
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The Security Impact of Rich Internet Applications
Rich Internet applications pose potential security and risk problems for IT organizations. Here's what IT managers need to consider when it comes to RIA security.
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Mobile Authentication in Financial Services
Banks and other financial institutions are eager to expand their online and mobile banking offerings to customers. These enterprises need to figure out first how to balance security measures with ease of use.
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Should IT Security Be Outsourced?
CIOs are increasingly asking the question of whether to outsource security as a managed service. Is it inherently a risk to let another firm handle your organization's security?
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Planning a Data Center Relocation
The need for relocating data centers is increasing as energy costs skyrocket and enterprises must store more data. But the move can be costly and full of risk.
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Ending Data Woes with Storage Resource Management
As the amount of data kept by organizations grows, a new crop of software tools can help ease data storage management problems.
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The Software-as-a-Service Primer
On-demand software has benefits, such as providing maintenance, training and user flexibility, but there are also risks that a CIO needs to understand before taking the plunge.
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The Threat of the Thumb Drive
CIOs need to be aware of the risks that come with tiny USB data storage devices that are becoming commonplace in the workplace for their user-friendliness and small size.
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Wide World of Web Applications
As more organizations are turning to the Web to host everything from spreadsheets to databases to employee benefits, IT executives need to manage the risks.
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The Risks of Working in a Wireless World
Organizations are investing in wireless data services and devices these days but CIOs need to take steps to limit the risks to the enterprise.
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Stopping Leaks and Investigating Employees
What can IT managers learn from the recent Hewlett-Packard board privacy scandal? Here are some do's and don'ts to consider.
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Addicted to Devices
As consumer technologies such as iPods, Bluetooth headsets, and thumb drives migrate to the office, CIOs need to develop strategies to mitigate risks.
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The Laptop Lockdown
CIOs can accommodate mobile workers while better protecting data and company assets.
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What's So Frightening about E-Signatures?
Organizations got the green light to use digital signatures more than six years ago, but some CIOs still view them with trepidation.
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When Vendors Merge
A rash of mergers among IT vendors means CIOs need to consider building protections into contracts, assigning a vendor manager, and paying attention to headlines.
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A Roadmap for Securing Personal Data
As outsourcing continues to be an attractive option, organizations need to make sure that their outsourcing partners abide by laws to protect privacy of data.
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Employee Background Checks
Hiring IT and security personnel these days can warrant extra safeguards, because they often have access to company and customer data.
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Ensuring Security in an Outsourcing Relationship
As outsourcing continues to be attractive, organizations need to make sure that their outsourcing partners abide by laws to protect privacy of data.
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Risks of Wireless Email
Wireless email devices are becoming more popular for enterprise use, but they also pose additional security concerns that CIOs need to consider.
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Closing the Instant Messaging Security Loophole
The use of instant messaging as a workplace communication tool continues to flourish, but with IM's popularity have come malicious attacks and security concerns.
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The Sorry State of Cyber Security
CIOs need to take steps to learn from the cyber security breaches in 2005 and make sure they improve security in 2006.
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