The need for a unified strategy will grow more urgent. From a corporate risk management perspective, IT security is not just for keeping viruses, hackers and crooks at bay; it's also critical in order to stay compliant with regulations, avoid litigation and indictment, and prevent escalating insurance premiums.
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Computer Security Will Require More than Just IT
The ongoing criminalization of the Internet is raising the security stakes. Spam will remain a widespread annoyance. Hackers will keep pumping out new viruses every day.
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Security Will Remain a Top IT Budget Priority
There's no letup in sight. Because the threat to computer security remains so strong, and security is essential for complying with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, ensuring security and privacy will remain a top business priority.
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'Hacker Defender' Rootkit Author Offers Cease-Fire
"Holy Father," the creator of the notorious hacking tool, claims to be going on sabbatical, but says more rootkits may follow in the future.
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Microsoft Takes Another Anti-Rootkit Step
Opinion: Writing kernel-mode Windows programs was never easy, but as of 64-bit Windows Vista, Microsoft won't even let just anyone do it. It will help stop some rootkits, but it's not a complete answer.
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When's a Rootkit Not a Rootkit? In Search of Definitions
News Analysis: An industry initiative to find a conclusive way to describe rootkits is under way, but experts are worried that strict definitions will only legitimize the use of a dangerous piece of technology.
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Intellectual Security: Patent Everything You Do, Before Someone Else Does
Fortified IP portfolios are the best defense against proliferating "business-method" patents.
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Security Buyer's Guide
  • Anti-Spam
  • Anti-Spyware
  • Anti-Virus software
  • Application security
  • Biometric access controls
  • Data recovery
  • Digital forensics
  • Digital rights management
  • Encryption
  • Facial recognition software
  • Firewalls
  • Intrusion Detection
  • IT management tools
  • Network Security
  • Patch Management
  • Phishing
  • Public Key Infrastructure
  • Spam filtering
  • VPN
  • Wireless security
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Panda Releases 2009 Security Line
Panda Security on Wednesday released the 2009 editions of its line of security products: Panda Global Protection 2009, Panda Internet Security 2009, and Panda AntiVirus Pro 2009.
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Check Point Releases ZoneAlarm 8.0
The updated security suite includes enhancements to essential security and performance technologies as well as a redesigned user interface.
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Internet Users Fear iPod Tunes Blocked in China
The downloading of music for iPod players has hit a mysterious glitch in China, stumping scores of users and raising fears the government has blocked Apple's iTunes site over pro-Tibet lyrics, analysts said on Thursday.
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IBM Invests $300M in Disaster Recovery Centers
IBM plans to spend $300 million this year to build 13 "cloud computing" data centers where businesses can store information for quick retrieval in case their computer systems are destroyed in a disaster.
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Judge Lifts MIT Subway Hack Gag Order
Three Massachusetts Institute of Technology students are free to spread the word about the Boston transit system's inadequacies after a judge on Tuesday lifted a gag order that prevented the trio from presenting their findings at last week's Defcon conference.
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SEC Dumping Edgar Reporting System for 'IDEA'
The Securities and Exchange Commission will phase out its EDGAR corporate data collection system and replace it with a less cumbersome structure known as IDEA, chairman Christopher Cox announced Tuesday.
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Terrorism Cyber-Recruiter Jailed
A man described by prosecutors as a terrorism "Mr Fix-it" who recruited young people to al Qaeda's ideology over the Internet, was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday while one of his accomplices received a 10 year term.
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