The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office today declared Google’s collection of unencrypted WiFi data while on its Street View operation was inadvertent and harmless.
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Cybersecurity threats don’t come from just hackers and viruses, says Bruce Tucker. They also can come from Facebook.
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) wants to establish a new national cybersecurity center of excellence at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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Adobe has joined the Microsoft Active Protections Program as part of the company’s plan to increase the security of its applications. Adobe had been using a different security alert service, but has signed up for Microsoft’s security alert system to propagate details about security vulnerabilities, and avoid “reinventing the wheel”.
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The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) is designed to ensure that IT professionals have demonstrated awareness of the security threats and best practices for securing the cloud.
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IT vendors have had to learn data protection best practices early.
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The enhanced mitigation experience tookit (EMET) was announced at the BlackHat USA 2010 security conference in Las Vegas. EMET will be available from August and is designed to help block targeted attacks against unpatched vulnerabilities in platforms such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
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The Homeland Security Department has identified cybersecurity as one of its primary missions, but after seven years it still is struggling to define the scope and goals of that mission.
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Some eWEEK highlights from day one of briefings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
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Cutting security expenditures is tough — short-term savings can all too easily introduce long-term (or short-term) risks. Here are three solid, safe ways to save on security.
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