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Alternative Antivirus Vendors Worth a Look
Alternative Antivirus Vendors Worth a Look KasperskyRecently climbing into the coveted number 3 spot in the list of antivirus vendors for the first time, Kaspersky has got great cache for its technological prowess. Not to mention it has rocketed from unknown to alternative superstar largely based on its favorable channel relations. No Title Trend MicroA…
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More Than Half of Web Apps Fail Security Audits
More than half of Web applications have some kind of serious security flaw after development, according to a research report, suggesting that software developers need to improve their security coding skills. About 58 percent of Web applications generally fail a security audit the first time around, according to Veracode’s State of Software Security report, released…
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Companies Lost Billions on Lost, Stolen Laptops
The Ponemon Institute surveyed 275 European organizations in its latest lost laptop report to determine the economic consequences of having a laptop lost or stolen. Participating organizations lost more than 72,000 laptops during a 12-month period for a total economic impact of $1.79 billion, according to the “The Billion Euro Lost Laptop Problem” report, released…
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Protecting Your Country While Protecting Your Clients
Recently I was surprised to learn how far espionage has moved from the traditional Cold War spying that focused on the Russians stealing our government secrets, to a new type of espionage designed to steal trade secrets and intellectual property. The targets aren’t all multi-national corporations, but include small businesses like the ones we service.…
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Proactive Threat Management Identified as Top Need: Report
Narus, a provider of dynamic network traffic intelligence and analytics for protecting governments, service providers and enterprises against cyber-threats and the risks of doing business in cyberspace, unveiled research from a Narus-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute that pinpoints where cyber-warriors should concentrate their security efforts. Mobile security threats and nation-sponsored cyber-attacks ranked high among…
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Data Security Measures Increase in Importance: Report
IT and data security specialist Becrypt commissioned research into attitudes and trends within the public sector, conducted using qualitative interview techniques with a range of public sector organizations shows that data security is now far higher on the agenda than in either of Becrypt’s previous two surveys. The survey also confirms that mobile working has…
