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Smaller than my hand. More intelligent than a mini-computer. Able to detonate bombs from remote locations. Look! It’s a camera. It’s an electronic organiser. It’s the “cell phone”! With online viewing the only option for many college basketball fans this week, businesses run the risk of employee productivity declines, bandwidth overloads and security threats, experts say. The risk of compromising patient confidentiality is preventing healthcare institutions from implementing infrastructure solutions that could potentially streamline operations and improve productivity, claimed security vendor Proofpoint. Microsoft issued four "critical" patches, including one for the zero-day Excel vulnerability reported in January, in its March Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes. In all, the company corrected 12 vulnerabilities, all client-side problems associated with its Microsoft Office productivity suite. A recent U.S. Department of Justice survey indicates that the majority of American businesses have detected one or more cyberattacks. The recent rash of high profile security breaches, data loss incidents and associated fraud highlights the fact that the security industry is failing to meet the threats. Organisations that block access to sites such as Facebook are limiting the use of critical business tools necessary to a Generation Y workforce, argued Symantec executives in Sydney on Tuesday.
A recessionary funk is in the air, and if experience is any guide, IT, and consequently IT security, will be one of the first places CFOs and CEOs will look to slash budgets.
The first months of 2008 has seen spam levels rise with the economic situation and Olympics adding fuel to the fire. Dell to offer new services to recover or wipe lost laptops Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) have developed a false sense of security and remain naïve about the threats, according to McAfee. VoIPshield Laboratories has alerted companies that market voice over IP systems of new security vulnerabilities. British businesses are finding that protecting their organisations from hackers, social networking threats and browser vulnerabilities is an increasing struggle, according to research Scientists may have found a new way to combat random scanning internet worms such as the notorious Code Red and SQL Slammer infections.
Independent market analyst Datamonitor has released a new report headlining security concerns as the largest barrier to enterprise mobility deployments. With data becoming more mobile than ever, it is critical that companies have a pervasive security strategy across the corporate network. When we think about IT saboteurs, most of us picture a professional cyber-criminal or hacker bent on stealing confidential information or wreaking havoc. In both cases, the perpetrator is an outside party who breaches the data network of a company, institution, or government entity with malicious intent. The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum, which looked at the advantages and security risks of Web 2.0 technology use in the enterprise, debuted today in New York. The questions of "who" and "why" in identity theft remain largely ignored. That is, "Who is after online identities? And what for?" Social networking giant Facebook has defended its security and privacy controls in the face of criticism from industry experts, at this year's Infosecurity Europe show in London.