New research from Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute provides further evidence why IT security isn't just the problem of an enterprise's security organization but of its top non-IT leadership as well.
As it seeks information from vendors about implementing a more robust mobile device management system to ensure security, the Department of Veteran's Affairs has reported its first case of a stolen iPad.
The BlackBerry disruption strikes at a core IT security precept: availability. Yet, as cybersecurity and IT architecture practitioner Winn Schwartau points out, it also raises the less-often talked about proposition of accountability.
Roger Baker, CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs, outlines the department's mobile device security strategy, providing details on the rollout of iPhones and iPads.
Facial recognition, arguably, is the technology that most threatens individual privacy online, and that's on the mind of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, who has asked the FTC to report on its growing use.
Two recent major breach incidents call attention to the value of encrypting backup tapes. A new survey shows how many organizations are taking this precaution.
Winn Schwartau says the BlackBerry disruption this past week (see BlackBerry Disruptions: Where to Start?) hit at the heart of one of the fundamentals of IT security: availability.
The disruption of text messaging and Web browsing for BlackBerry customers opens up issues of company transparency and business continuity. How should the company have responded?
As employers increasingly realize the importance of information risk management, security, audit and governance, they look to certifications to identify prospective employees.
Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Edison. Henry Ford. If there were a Mount Rushmore of great inventors, it wouldn't be out of line to imagine Steve Jobs' face carved into the stone.
"With a company-issued device, you can issue a policy that says users have no rights of privacy over information on the device," says Javelin's Tom Wills. But with employee-owned devices? A whole new set of issues.
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