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Kids These Days: Younger Employees Really are More of a Security Risk

Having grown up with the web, KTDs are more familiar with different parts of it while also being a lot less savvy about using it.

16 Dec 2011 3 mins

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Putting a Lock on Password Management

A cancer diagnostics firm is using a single sign-on service to secure a growing pool of SaaS subscriptions.

15 Dec 2011 3 mins

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Apple in 2012: 5 Reasons It Will Be a Tough Year

Even though Apple's competition will not catch up next year, expect an exodus of talent in Cupertino in 2012 and perhaps some internal drama at the top of the Apple organizational chart, say tech analysts.

15 Dec 2011 6 mins

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IT Professionals are Behind on Social Media—What Gives?

Social media connects businesses with the informed consumer—to not be a part of this is missing a critical opportunity.

15 Dec 2011 3 mins

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Mobile Predictions for 2012: Security, Payments, Windows Phone and More

CIO.com's Al Sacco gathers a handful of mobile and wireless predictions from industry experts on subjects like mobile malware, mobile payments and location-based services and offers his take on which predictions will come true--and which will fa

13 Dec 2011 9 mins

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5 IT Security Breakthroughs Promise to Thwart Threats

Security labs u2014 such as at Symantec, VeriSign, McAfee, Kaspersky and Kindsight u2014 are developing technology that could strengthen your IT security policies. The projects include stopping rootkits at the silicon level and preventing employees f

12 Dec 2011 9 mins

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In Search of an Android Mobile Strategy

Challenged by HIPAA privacy requirements and mobile-device limitations, United Orthopedic looks for a device- and hardware-independent mobile strategy

12 Dec 2011 3 mins

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