Software Keeps Insiders Out
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Vormetric&#39;s CoreGuard helps Ocwen protect confidential information in its online exchange for the mortgage industry. By Steven Marlin.
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New software from Ribbit could make it easier to stay in touch.
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VMware, a maker of software that enables computers to run multiple operating systems simultaneously, is working on a new product to make it secure for corporations to open their networks to contractors or telecommuters.
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How far is too far when it comes to the freedom of software? Plus: Palm slipping, Windows sliding.
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Regulators are trying to prevent scams caused by software that computer users may not even know is on their PCs.
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Will companies that make antispyware software detect key loggers implanted by federal agents? We survey 13 companies and include their answers verbatim.
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Componente Garante Privacy critica proposta di Visco
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(InfoWorld) - Company insiders have overtaken viruses as the most reported security incident, according to the annual report from the respected U.S.Â Computer Security InstituteÂ (CSI). The annual Computer Crime and Security Survey for 2007 surveyed 494 security personnel from U.S. corporations and government agencies, finding that insider incidents were cited by 59 percent of respondents, while only 52 percent said they had encountered a conventional virus in the previous year. Both insider and virus incidents have been falling since a high in the year 2000, but this is the first time insider incidents have been more reported than viruses. The CSI defines such incidents in a very general way, covering abuses such as leaking or stealing company information, using pirated software, or accessing pornography. The other type of incident on the rise was "laptop and mobile device" theft, which at 50 percent of respondents in the survey could soon also overtake the virus to be the second most reported security hassle faced by IT staff. The CSI steers away from drawing hard conclusions from the survey figures, noting more than once that security vendors have a vested interest in promoting their own particular area of business, including insider threats, as the most pressing one for companies to protect themselves against. This makes it hard to judge the seriousness -- as opposed to the incidence -- of specific threats. Respondents also reported a higher incidence of targeted attacks, where organizations felt they had been specifically singled out for attack. Twenty-eight percent of those questioned reported between one and five such attacks, with 67 percent having no idea whether they had been attacked in this way or not. Internet-based attacks were now becoming tightly integrated, blurring the lines between company and consumer security, traditionally seen as separate concerns. "In the past, the struggle has been cast as one between security professionals and the criminals who attack their networks. Now, the picture is more complicated. Criminals attack both enterprise networks and steal customer data. They use this data to then attack individual consumers," the report concludes. The CSI survey draws a rather confusing and complex picture of security worries in U.S. companies, but it has one advantage over the legion of other mostly vendor-driven reports than now litter the news pages -- it is independent. Techworld is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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By Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 7--Computer security is often about keeping the bad guys out. On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled a series of technologies that make it easier to let the right people in.
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Business software maker's backing of event comes as company faces continued scrutiny over its security practices.
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This scenario is all too familiar to office workers who collaborate electronically on projects: E-mails get passed around with differing versions of documents-in-progress attached. Instant messages whizz by. Web sites are cited, then lost. It's often a jumbled mess, with no central online location for shared data. There must be a better way.
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Many small-business applications that offer templated tools for business owners often fly under the radar, widely unknown to larger businesses.
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Big companies exploring ways to verify identities online
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Every IT initiative should have security reviews early and often, says Mathias Thurman. Waiting can result in applications with gaping security holes &mdash; costing money and causing delays.
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From product keys to click behavior, application developers need to stop annoying their users.
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The software lets companies nearly eradicate the pop-ups that plague Windows Vista's user account control feature.