Privacy
NSA spying could cost U.S. tech companies
Domestic Internet firms face political, economic consequences over the NSA surveillance controversy. Many are concerned it could hurt their bottom line in lost international business
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Wall Street sets example for testing security defenses
Quantum Dawn 2 will test institutions' playbooks while also finding more efficient ways to share real-time information6
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Stanford tries to improve 'Do Not Track' browser privacy
Stanford University has launched an online privacy initiative meant to complement Do Not Track, an effort aimed at preventing sites from recording people's Web browsing without permission. 6
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Apple end-to-end encryption far from bulletproof
Apple won't provide experts with details of encryption architecture, so what it means by 'cannot decrypt'' data is unclear, expert says
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FBI director defends phone surveillance program
Senators question the FBI's collection of U.S. phone records
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Oracle fixes 40 security issues with Java update, turns on certificate revocation checking
Some of the fixed vulnerabilities also affect sever deployments of Java
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Microsoft launches security bounty programs for Windows 8.1 and IE 11 Preview
The company aims to fill the gaps in the vulnerability market and strengthen exploit defenses in Windows
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Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment
The company has asked the US surveillance court to rule that it has free speech rights to publish data about requests
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Active-active high performance environment minimized downtime and improves DR confidence.
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Source code for Carberp financial malware is for sale at a very low price, researchers say
This will likely result in other banking Trojan programs being created, researchers from Group-IB said
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U.S. officials: Surveillance helped stop 50 terrorist plots
The NSA surveillance programs are subject to rigorous oversight by courts and Congress, officials say
How To
How to evaluate the risk of outsourcing locations
IT organizations, CIOs and CSOs don't contract and outsource to countries, they contract and outsource to companies. Given that, it's time to stop assessing location-based risk in a vacuum because sometimes the riskiest suppliers may have the most innovative solutions
Alarmed
Prism doesn't have CIOs in a panic -- yet
But CIOs and other tech executives say the spying scandal underscores the need for strong corporate security measures
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Most Data Breaches Caused by Human Error, System Glitches
When it comes to data breaches, hackers and organized crime garner most of the headlines, but most data breaches are caused by human errors and system glitches
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NSA can access data without court approval, Snowden says
Snowden repeats his accusations after U.S. agencies deny they listen to phone calls or read emails without warrants
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UK spy agency reportedly intercepted email of delegates at G20 meetings in 2009
The British intelligence agency targeted email accounts, computers and phones used by foreign delegates, leaked documents allegedly show
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How Organizations Are Improving Business Resiliency
In just the past few years, discussions of acceptable downtime and data loss have shifted from hours and minutes to seconds, and for many organizations, the discussion has shifted to continuous availability. This Forrester Technology Adoption Profile examines how IT decision-makers' expectations and approaches are evolving to address increasing demands from their organization and clients.
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Apple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers
Investigating robberies or searching for missing persons are among the most common reasons for requests, Apple said
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Rising SSL traffic to degrade firewall performance
Drop in performance caused by extra workload required to decrypt data packets to look for malicious code, then re-encrypting before sending
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Facebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests
They might have received FISA requests, but they're still not allowed to say so
In Depth
7 essentials for defending against DDoS attacks
You don't have to be a bank to be worried about being hit by a Distributed-Denial-of-Service attack these days. With hackers who pull off these costly take downs getting stealthier and more vicious, security leaders across all industries need heed these tips to be prepared
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Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?
Encrypting data may not guard against surveillance, some experts say, while others argue in favor of taking steps to protect privacy
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