Security

Adobe a Target for Criminal Hackers

Old Credit Card Technology Facilitates Skimming Fraud

Identity Theft – Common Consumer Errors

Cloud Computing’s Top Security Risk: How One Company Got Burned

Expectations between customers and vendors are so ill-defined in cloud computing that it's often not clear who is responsible for security or what the penalties are for failure. Here's the story of one company that got burned.

Windows Intune Beta 2: What’s New?

With the growth in mobile comes the need for tighter security

Windows Intune Beta 2: What’s New?

Microsoft expanded the beta for cloud-based PC management platform, Windows Intune, to more users in more countries. Here's the lowdown on pricing and new features.

BlackBerry Protect Brings Enterprise-Like Security Features to Consumer BlackBerrys

A new, free service from Research In Motion (RIM), called BlackBerry Protect, brings a number of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES)-like security features to consumer BlackBerry users, including remote device backup, restore and security wipe, as wel

Retired Stalker: Facebook, Foursquare Making Gen Y Stalkers Lazy

CIO.com can't reveal his name, but this 30-year veteran of stalking thinks the next generation of cyberstalkers is too spoiled. Between Facebook and Foursquare, it's no wonder, he says.

You Are Here: Scary New Location Privacy Risks

Who's following your every geographic move when you use Facebook, Foursquare or even just your smartphone? New security research shows you should worry about more than Google Street View with regards to location-based data and privacy.

Why Ssecurity Needs to Catch Up to Web 2.0

Security managers can keep blocking Facebook, refusing to support mobile devices and vetoing cloud-based services, but they aren't going away. And ignoring ways to make room for them in your security program is like burying your head in the sand

The 4 Tiers of a Secure B2B Framework

Worried about how to link IT networks with business partners without getting burned? Forrester analyst Usman Sindhu offers a 4-step strategy to ensure trust.