CIO, Data privacy, Security, Web 2.0Here we go again with Facebook privacy issues: Consumer advocacy groups are assailing Facebook for a recent security flaw. One has even...
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CIO, Data privacy, Email, SecurityWednesday was a busy -- read: frustrating -- day for many organizations using McAfee Inc.'s antivirus software or Google Inc.'s Gmail. Problems with the two popular services raised concerns about the potential downsides of automatic antivirus software updates, and could...
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Chief Information Security Officer, CIO, Security, Social mediaFor my story today on how CIOs are balancing the use of social media at their companies and security concerns (with great difficulty, BTW), I discovered something that all of you probably know. The...
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CIO, Compliance, risk management, Security, Web 2.0Although social media technologies aren't generally a focus for SearchCIO.com, two stories this week highlighted some reasons why CIOs need to establish strong social media policies to monitor their...
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CIO, Data privacy, SecurityWhen I heard about a study on password worst practices at social network app maker RockYou (which was hacked late last year), my initial thought was a very mature "I must be...
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Chief Information Security Officer, CISO, risk management, SecurityBonk CISO Larry Whiteside on the head, and like Jason Bourne he will wake up thinking about security in 12 different languages. “For me, security and risk management is a mind-set. When I go into a restaurant with my wife and kids, I automatically see where the exits are,” says Whiteside....
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Recession, SecurityLinda Tucci's story on SearchCIO.com today on disabling accounts after employee layoffs and the security risks "orphaned" accounts can...
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Politics and IT, SecurityCybersecurity initiatives aren't about just you, the CIO, or your organization. And because of that, the solutions shouldn't come solely from you, but from shared knowledge from all sectors.The same model applies to the U.S. government's approach to cybersecurity initiatives. The Center for...
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SecuritySymantec has released its MessageLabs Intelligence 2008 Annual Security Report, and social networking sites and the credit crisis are providing new platforms and fears upon which new
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Politics and IT, SecuritySee, maybe we all shouldn't have been so down on John McCain for acknowledging that he didn't know how to send an email – apparently, it's something presidents don’t do, thanks to electronic-discovery concerns. According to CNN.com, in taking his oath for office, President-elect Barack Obama is...
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