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Facebook, the NSA and the Screwy Ethics of Corporate Analytics

CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle suffered a brutal beating after police broke up an illegal rave next door to his house. The rave attracted hundreds of teens who saw the party invite on Facebook. The incident left Enderle to wonder why Facebook, other s

1 Nov 2013 6 mins

Facebook Government Government IT

NSA Director Denies Knowledge of Google, Yahoo Hack

Confronted with the latest revelation from the Snowden disclosures, Gen. Keith Alexander says that the NSA obtains data from tech companies only through a court order.

31 Oct 2013 4 mins

Data Breach Government Privacy

Social Media Costs — and Some Workers Are Paying With Their Jobs

A woman says she was fired from her job at Xerox for posting a photo on Instagram and using the company's name as a hashtag. It's just one example of how social media can cost employees their jobs, expose employers to lawsuits and sour the

31 Oct 2013 6 mins

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Dunkin’ Brands Uses Analytics to Predict Global Threats

The coffee-and-doughnuts chain operates in 60 countries, so it uses a threat-assessment tool to keep employees safe during international conflicts.

31 Oct 2013 1 min

Business Intelligence Data Management Risk Management

Computer Criminals Continue to Vex IT Groups

As VMware gains momentum with their sovereign cloud initiative , we turned to leading partners AUCloud, Datacom, STC, NxtGen, TietoEVRY, ThinkOn, and UKCloud and their customers to find out why a sovereign cloud is essential.

27 Apr 2022

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Computer Criminals Continue to Vex IT Groups

As security breaches rise, CIOs and CISOs aren't as good as they think they are at protecting corporate assets.

24 Oct 2013 3 mins

Cloud Computing Mobile Security Security

8 Cool Heat Maps That Help You Visualize Big Data

Big or small, data can be difficult to visualize. These examples use heat maps to put massive data sets into a context that's easy to understand.

24 Oct 2013 2 mins

Big Data Fraud Retail Industry

5 IT Security Horror Stories (and 5 Ways to Avoid Them)

When it comes to security, your employees may be your weakest link. While policies and training can go a long way toward helping them keep devices and data safe, sometimes technology is the answer.

21 Oct 2013 4 mins

Data and Information Security IT Governance IT Strategy

Federal Security Breaches Traced to User Noncompliance

In an effort to lock down agency data and control access points, cybersecurity professionals in the federal government fail to consider the experience of end users, who say security policies are burdensome and often resort to workarounds.

17 Oct 2013 4 mins

Government Government IT Regulation

Open Source App Development Platform Aims to Ensure Privacy in the Cloud

Data privacy is top of mind for users everywhere. Cloud storage and backup vendor SpiderOak plans to address privacy concerns with Crypton, an open-source Web app dev platform that crunches data in a browser-based client instead of the cloud.

17 Oct 2013 6 mins

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Google Tells Feds It Wants to Disclose Surveillance Orders

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn are ramping up efforts in Congress and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court to win authority to publish figures about data-collection orders received from the feds. However, the Justice Depa

10 Oct 2013 5 mins

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Facebook, the NSA and the Screwy Ethics of Corporate Analytics

NSA Director Denies Knowledge of Google, Yahoo Hack

Social Media Costs — and Some Workers Are Paying With Their Jobs

Dunkin’ Brands Uses Analytics to Predict Global Threats

Computer Criminals Continue to Vex IT Groups

Computer Criminals Continue to Vex IT Groups

8 Cool Heat Maps That Help You Visualize Big Data

5 IT Security Horror Stories (and 5 Ways to Avoid Them)

Federal Security Breaches Traced to User Noncompliance

Open Source App Development Platform Aims to Ensure Privacy in the Cloud

Google Tells Feds It Wants to Disclose Surveillance Orders