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10 Emerging Security Technologies Gaining Interest, Adoption Despite some security defenses being only in their infancy, they are attracting interest for addressing BYOD issues, cloud security concerns and stolen account credentials. Here's a look at some of the top new security areas gaining industry interest.
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5 Government Intelligence Facilities You've Never Heard Of One facility has been around since the dawn of space exploration, while other buildings are still in construction. But, they all have serious data analysis and surveillance support activities associated with them.
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Data Breach Costs: 10 Ways You're Making It Worse A little planning and avoiding these 10 costly missteps can help mitigate the impact of a data security breach, according to the Ponemon Institute's latest research.
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5 Significant Java Security Improvements That Foil Attacks Oracle is improving the security capabilities in its highly targeted Java platform to make it more costly for cybercriminals to carry out successful attacks. Here are the five most significant changes to the platform.
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Under Regulatory Scrutiny: Top 6 Employee-Requested Social Platforms Organizations that give employees access to social networks and other services are also required to grant regulators access to employee messages. Learn what social network was requested most, according to a survey conducted by data archiving firm Smarsh.
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5 Ways To Safeguard Devices And Data While Traveling Abroad Some companies don't allow employees to travel to certain countries with company-issued computers and mobile devices, even when traveling on business. Learn how to take precautions and avoid a malware infection.
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5 Concerning Reasons The U.S. Power Grid Is Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks China, Iran and other countries pose a threat against the country's complex power system, but a study conducted by two legislators found most power operators won't voluntarily implement stronger cybersecurity security measures.
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10 Mobile Security, BYOD Privacy And Security Myths Mobile security and issues introduced by the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend can't be solved by technology alone, security experts say. Learn about some of the biggest mobile security and privacy fallacies.
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10 Security Companies That Have Scored CIA Funding CIA-funded venture firm invests millions in technology startups, mostly security firms. Find out which security companies won In-Q-Tel funding.
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Head-To-Head: Symantec Vs. McAfee In Endpoint Protection McAfee and Symantec are archrivals with a firm grip on the North American security market. CRN pits both vendors' endpoint security products against each other and names a winner.
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The 8 Steps Behind The Massive $45M Cyber Bank Heist More than $45 million was stolen from banks in the U.S. and 19 other countries in a scheme that law enforcement is calling an international conspiracy to drain millions from bank accounts using stolen debit cards and PIN numbers. Here's how they did it.
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Name Of The Game: Top 10 States For Identity Theft A Federal Trade Commission report provides statistics on identity theft and fraud complaints in 2012. Learn which state has the dubious distinction of having the most victims.
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5 Ways To Avoid A Stolen Password Pitfall Avoiding having your email or Facebook account hijacked or bank account drained takes a little work, but following these steps can greatly reduce the risk.
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5 Phishing Attack Trends You May Have Missed Phishing attackers change their tactics often, and a new report issued by the Anti-Phishing Working Group found the latest techniques have boosted the speed and efficiency of their campaigns.
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Verizon Analysis: Top 10 Causes Behind Data Breaches Attackers are stealing account credentials and bypassing security systems as valid users, according to Verizon's analysis of 621 breaches that occurred in 2012.
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Top 10 Malware Threats To Microsoft PCs Trojans, adware, viruses, worms and spyware are used by cybercriminals to steal account credentials and ultimately gain access to credit card data, intellectual property and other information. Here's a look at the top 10 threats.
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5 Reasons DDoS Attacks Are Gaining Strength The average attack bandwidth and duration has increased significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Prolexic Technologies, a maker of distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection appliances.
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5 Lessons In How Not To Handle A Security Breach These five data security breaches illustrate the need for an effective incident response plan and a skilled crisis communications team. And how a lack of those skill sets can make things worse.
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5 Essential Steps To Effective Data Breach Notification Having an incident response plan and ongoing training in the event of a breach is core to appropriately notifying those impacted by a data breach.
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5 Security Requirements For Big Data Hadoop Implementations Identifying and securing sensitive data in Apache Hadoop deployments is a challenge, according to security firm Dataguise.
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