At least 75% of Asia Pacific organizations have experienced cyber attacks in the past year, costing them as much as US$763,000 annually, as companies grapple with gross understaffing, strict compliance, and exponentially rising cyber threats in their respective firms.
With the dramatic increase of smartphone adoption across the globe, security is fast becoming a problem for end-users and IT managers alike. More recently, a computer security firm proved that malicious code can be installed on smartphones, touting them as the next field of botnet attacks.
Smart grids are touted to be the next-generation technology that will curb the rising levels of carbon emissions produced by the incessant, inefficient and unhampered use of electricity. But is the technology that full-proof when it comes to IP security?
During the opening keynote address at RSA Conference 2010, Art Coviello, President of RSA, The Security Division of EMC urged his colleagues in the security industry to embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by increasingly virtual infrastructures and adopt a more expansive security vision by focusing on the IT transformations associated with cloud computing.
The Imprivata OneSign Secure Walk-Away, designed to protect unattended hospital workstations from unauthorized access, has recently been rolled out. The innovative new product leverages intelligent computer vision technology with active presence detection and user tracking to identify an authenticated user in front of a workstation, automatically locking the desktop upon their departure and providing instant re-authentication upon their return.
Desktop virtualization is touted to be a solution that will solve IT managers’ headaches relating to efficiency and security in their operations. But why aren’t CIOs taking the bite?
Enterprises have been jumping into the cloud computing platform and have slowly been reaping its benefits. Will 2010 finally see widespread adoption of the cloud by the government industry?
Three quarters of firms have been the victim of a cyber attack in the last year, says Symantec.
LOL, an Internet slang which means “Laugh Out Loud,” has taken on a more serious note as users of microblogging site Twitter get victimized by links that contain the word-phrase, leading to phishing sites that are intended to steal critical information from users, security firm Sophos reports Tuesday.
Cybercriminals are leaving no stones unturned as more of their breed continue to latch on every possible issue gathering online buzz, never mind that it could be as devastating and catastrophic as the recent earthquake that hit the South American country of Haiti.
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At least 75% of Asia Pacific organizations have experienced cyber attacks in the past year, costing them as much as US$763,000 annually, as companies grapple with gross understaffing, strict compliance, and exponentially rising cyber threats in their respective firms.
With the dramatic increase of smartphone adoption across the globe, security is fast becoming a problem for end-users and IT managers alike. More recently, a computer security firm proved that malicious code can be installed on smartphones, touting them as the next field of botnet attacks.
Shrinkage can be one of the more elusive metrics in the contact center, but don’t underestimate its power. If properly measured and managed, the use of shrinkage can enable contact center leaders to achieve the ideal balance of productive and unproductive time. Unchecked shrinkage will negatively affect service levels and the overall contact center budget.
Healthcare organizations today must manage two diametrically opposed sets of requirements: the practitioner’s need for ease of access to information versus the business’s need to apply increased privacy and security controls against that data.
St. Helens and Knowsley Health Informatics Service (HIS) serves about 12,000 users. In the wake of widely publicized breaches, government organizations throughout the U.K. face new mandates to protect private data. This case study describes how the HIS met requirements for securing data‐in‐motion by chooshing an Extensible Content Security (XCS) appliance from WatchGuard.
Midwest Eye Consultants (MWEC) operates 22 primary care offices, three surgical facilities, an optical lab, and a nursing home division throughout Indiana, offering optometry services, ophthalmological care, and eye surgeries. Having confidential patient means the company is subject to HIPAA regulations for data security and integrity.
