The technical and managerial measures designed to ensure the confidentiality, possession or control, integrity, authenticity, availability and utility of information and information systems. This term, which has spread from government use into common parlance, is sometimes synonymous with information security.
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Phishers introduce 'Chat-in-the-Middle' fraud tactic
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- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Microsoft to detail planned changes in its fiscal reporting structure
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Small signs of a health care deal forming
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC approval
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- 2009 Audi Q5
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- Discussion threads 2009-07-24
- China's Green Dam and the cyberwar implications
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- Blog posts 2009-07-23
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- White papers 2009-07-23
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- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR PC READER (Mobile)
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- Software downloads 2009-07-10
- REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES 5.1 (Mobile)
- REDI-REFERENCE CLINICAL GUIDELINES (January 2005) gives concise yet complete summaries of the most important national clinical guidelines at your fingertips, and updates those guidelines regularly as new information comes out. ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE BOOKREVIEW: "Redi-Reference Clinical Guidelines Handbook is a powerful tool for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- Product Capability Assurance Report Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v.1.2
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- White papers 2009-07-07
- NSA will monitor private-sector networks
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- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7
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- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
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