By Alfonso Barreiro Takeaway: Alfonso Barreiro lists the most important security lessons from 2011 that the security-conscious should heed in order to plan accordingly for 2012. 2011 was a wild ride for information security. The amount and scope of some breaches has been astounding. New targets and new vectors have been uncovered as well as
readmore..Email fraud threatens even the savviest users: Don’t get complacent
Tue, 13 December 2011By Deb Shinder Takeaway: Email-based cybercrime continues to thrive, but even the savviest users might fall for a clever scheme. Deb Shinder offers tips to help you and your users remain vigilant. Use of the communications infrastructure for for illegal or fraudulent purposes has been a problem since the inception of such systems. The U.S.
readmore..Gartner Says Worldwide Security Service Spending on Pace to Reach $35.1 Billion in 2011
Mon, 21 November 2011STAMFORD, Conn., November 9, 2011— Worldwide security services spending is on pace to reach $35.1 billion in 2011, up from $31.1 billion in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is forecast to total $38.3 billion in 2012, and surpass $49.1 billion in 2015. “The security services market has changed rapidly over the last several
readmore..It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday: August 2011
Wed, 10 August 2011By Justin James Source Microsoft did not release anything out of band since the last Patch Tuesday! What did we, the Windows Systems Administrators of the World, do to deserve this? It’s a nice change of pace to see fewer remote code execution attacks, and that a smaller percentage of the fixes are rated “Critical.”
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