Monday, November 16th, 2009 Nearly 80 percent of security products fail to perform as intended when first tested and generally require two or more cycles of testing before achieving certification, according to a new ICSA Labs report. The “ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report” - co-authored by the Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report research ...
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Whether you use a single desktop or manage a lab full of servers, with the various threats we all face from hackers these days you simply have to make sure you're running a secure ship.Running Linux gives you some inherent protection from attack, but you still need to take adequate ...
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Friday, March 6th, 2009 How do you transition from being a recent graduate from a Security degree to actually getting into the field to gain real-world experience? I thought for sure this Bachelors in Information Systems Security would be my key and that I would be in high demand for any company. Now, I ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Do-it-all suites are the name of the security game these days. Sure, you can gather free programs that cover the bases much as a suite would, but who wants to bother with finding out which apps work together and which ones might leave you pulling your hair out?We do. And ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Although Windows XP was Microsoft's preferred desktop operating system for an unprecedented length of time, it became something of a PR nightmare for the software giant. Windows XP is full of security holes and is very easy to compromise. When Microsoft created Windows Vista, its primary goal was to address ...
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