An umbrella term for the computer security and information security programs instituted within an organization. See computer security, information security, risk assessment and integrated threat management.
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- MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap
- Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Take Steps Now to Safeguard Print Devices and Printed Data
- I've talked before about security, which is one of the BIG issues with document management and managed print services. The Doc's current prescription: download this white paper from CDW entitled "Surprising Security Threat: Take Steps Now to Safeguard Print Devices and Printed Data." by Doc
- Sponsored content 2009-10-20
- Art of the software deal can get messy
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- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability
- IBM is going after Google Apps Premier hard and has the pricing to show it's serious. Big Blue is announcing the general availability of LotusLive iNotes, a cloud email, calendar and contact management service, for $36 a year per user. Google Apps Premier runs $50 per user a year. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Norton AntiVirus 2010 (1 User, 1 PC)
- Dramatic improvements to Norton over the past two years indicate that Symantec has been listening to the needs and complaints of consumers. Strong and surprising changes to Norton's effects on system performance introduced last year are maintained in this new version, and a new behavioral detection engine called Quorum shows...
- Product reviews 2009-09-25
- News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Norton Internet Security 2010 (1 User, 3 PCs)
- Dramatic improvements to its Norton suite during the past two years indicate that Symantec has been listening to the needs and complaints of its customers. The company's strong and surprising changes to Norton's impact on system performance that it introduced last year are maintained in this new version, and a...
- Product reviews 2009-09-24
- PCI Requirements Mapping: BorderWare Security Platform Secure Content & Threat Management Platform
- In a business environment where daily media reports of consumer data loss are on the rise and PCI compliance audits are placing increasing pressure on organizations to implement tools and strategies for data loss prevention, businesses can no longer afford to ignore data security. According to The Ponemon Institute, the...
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Anxiety And Its Management 1.0 (Windows)
- Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, or worry. Anxiety can be accompanied by physical effects such as heart palpitations, fatigue, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath,...
- Software downloads 2009-08-31
- Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Downloading content illegally vs. getting away with it
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- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Consolidating Enterprise Network Security Infrastructure: Ways to Cut Costs and Complexity
- Off late economy, large enterprise businesses and their IT organizations need to do more with less. It is the responsibility of IT to optimize limited resources and garner the greatest return on budgets. Enterprises are leading the way and reaping the benefits of consolidation, centralizing data centers and embracing virtualization...
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?
- Poll: Did Microsoft and Yahoo do the right thing?SuccessfulI think that this agreement has the potential to be huge. When you combine all of Microsoft's and Yahoo's page views, you have a lot of people viewing a lot of pages. As an advertiser, having one platform to get...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- A Good Year for Security Collaboration
- Guest Editorial by George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat. Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- CRM failures on tap
- CRM failures on tapDifferentiated failuresGlad to see you'll be addressing CRM in your blog, Michael. Between you and Paul G, it looks like the industry is going to get a fair shake.It will be interesting to see how you approach the topic of failures. On the one hand, many sources...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Implementing Enterprise-Wide Risk Reduction Across Operational and Financial Processes
- The ultimate goal of Risk Management is targeted at reducing any factor that represents a threat to a company attaining its strategic objectives. The desired outcome is to reduce the variability in the organization's process execution and thus produce more predictable financial and operational results. The scope of the financial...
- White papers 2009-07-22
- Live Webcast: Improve Your Competitive Edge through Network Security Consolidation
- At a time when achieving a competitive edge is core to the success of any business, employee productivity, risk reduction and cost management are under the microscope. Business processes that benefit these three critical factors are being hastily explored and rapidly implemented. Security Consolidation is...
- Webcasts 2009-07-21
- On CNN.com's Blogger Bunch
- In a few moments, I'll be joining CNN.com's Blogger Bunch discussion group. The topic of the day is TechCrunch's publication of purloined internal Twitter docs. Here's the latest - and last post - from TechCrunch - a pretty interesting set of discussions in which management attempts to...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Amazon's Kindle price cut: Thank Prime View's acquisition of E-Ink
- Amazon has dropped the price of the Kindle 2 to $299, a $60 drop that may stoke demand. But Amazon's move has more to do with scale than any competitive threat. Let's face it: A $299 Kindle 2 still isn't cheap, but it is quite notable that...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
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