Data quality -- the forgotten privacy principle   18 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
What exactly does the law mean by "data quality," and what does it have to do with privacy?

Source: Computerworld

VMware shares secrets in security drive   17 Sep 2007 16:15 GMT
Company has started sharing some APIs with security vendors, in a bid to create better ways of securing virtual machines. Virtualization vendor VMware has quietly begun sharing some of its software secrets with the IT security industry under an unannounced plan to create better ways of securing virtual machines. ...
Source: ZDNet

J. Brice Bible   17 Sep 2007 04:22 GMT
J. Brice Bible, talks about the unique challenges and opportunities he faced as clean up CIO after major data security breaches at Ohio University.

Source: Computerworld

More Lessons Learned - Practical Tips for Avoiding Payment Card Industry (PCI) Audit Failure   17 Sep 2007 04:22 GMT
(Source: VeriSign) The VeriSign® Global Security Consulting team has performed hundreds of PCI assessments, noting that the requirement failures and actual compromises observed during these assessments exhibit common themes. This paper presents proven tactics to help companies achieve and maintain PCI compliance and, more importantly, avoid compromise.

Source: Computerworld

Ex-IT Worker Sues Over Firing in Disk Theft Case   17 Sep 2007 04:22 GMT
A onetime IT worker at a Portland, Ore., health care company who was fired after a data breach in late 2005 has filed suit against the organization, saying he was wrongfully terminated.

Source: Computerworld

Offshore Worker Nabbed for Caterpillar Data Theft   17 Sep 2007 04:22 GMT
Caterpillar confirmed that a now-former employee at its design center in India was arrested for allegedly using a co-worker's user credentials to download confidential documents from a server in the U.S.

Source: Computerworld

Experts Say More Personal Data Is on Stolen Ohio Tape   17 Sep 2007 04:22 GMT
A computer forensics firm found that an Ohio state government backup tape stolen in June contained more data than was initially believed.

Source: Computerworld

Intrusion detection in the age of compliance   16 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
In the third article in his "Age of Compliance" series, Dr. Anton Chuvakin looks at how intrusion detection is specified -- or not -- by three major standards: FISMA, HIPAA and PCI-DSS.

Source: Computerworld

Gartner: Antivirus is biggest security expense   14 Sep 2007 13:11 GMT
Customers are getting more demanding, while security market is seeing a gradual consolidation around fewer players. Spending on security software across Europe is expected to top 2.4 billion euros ($3.3 billion) this year, with antivirus software continuing to form the largest slice of the pie. Antivirus software will account...
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft to push mandatory Messenger upgrade   14 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
Citing a vulnerability made public earlier this week, Microsoft is requiring users of older versions of its MSN Messenger IM client to update to Windows Live Messenger 8.1 -- unless they're running Windows 2000.

Source: Computerworld