Security

6 IT Security Innovations to Keep You Ahead of Attackers

Hardly a day goes by without a new security threat emerging. Traditional security tools aren't always up to the task of keeping sensitive business information in safe hands. These six innovations will help you stay a step ahead.

Android Tablets Challenge iPad on the Factory Floor

iPads have become a staple in many factories, but cost-conscious plant managers are opening up to cheaper, and increasingly popular, Android tablets.

Does Big Data Spell the End of Business Intelligence As We Know It?

Traditional BI requires human input to decide what correlated factors to query. As predictive data analytics gets increasingly powerful, the algorithms do the deciding. That spells the end of BI as CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden knows it--and he do

Don’t Think Your Cloud Data Is Safe from the Cops

Police around the world asked Microsoft for user data stored in the cloud 76,000 times in 2012. And most of the time, they got it.

Iran Is a More Volatile Cyber Threat to U.S. than China or Russia

Iran Is a More Volatile Cyber Threat to U.S. than China or Russia

Cyber threats from larger, more advanced nations that have diplomatic relations with the United States focus on cyber espionage and theft. But Iran is a more irrational actor and is building a cyber capability that is retaliatory in nature.

BlackBerry 10 Has US, German Security Nod but No UK Okay (UPDATED)

Reports suggest the United Kingdom rejected BlackBerry 10 for secure government use, but BlackBerry denies the claims and says the approval process is just taking longer than expected.

Privacy Protection for Documents Stored in the Cloud Gets DoJ Nod

As House subcommittee weighs overhaul of 1986 statute to strengthen privacy in the cloud, senators introduce their own legislation to update Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Department of Justice affirms the Obama administration's support

Challenging IT Analysts by Shifting Research From Vendors to Clients

Traditional IT analyst firms have long provided and answer to the question, "Which vendor should my company choose?" Newer firms are taking a different approach by instead asking, "How should your company choose a vendor?"

Why it Should be Legal for the ATF to Use Computers to Track Gun Sales

The U.S. agency responsible for keeping tabs on the legal sale of guns in America is prevented by law from using computers to track sales. CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman says overturning the law is a common sense way to make gun sellers more

Ignore Cloud Security Assessment at Your Own Risk

Companies that deploy software-as-a-service often don't know everything about the security provisions their SaaS providers and partners have in place. Experts say it's because they don't know what to ask, they don't know what to t