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Defense contractors face challenges in commercial cybersecurity market
In 2015, Raytheon merged its cyber products business with private equity-owned Websense to help break into the commercial cybersecurity market.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 15, 2016 -
Tableau adding data center in Europe
Changes in European data privacy laws have more tech companies opening data centers overseas.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 14, 2016 -
Cisco: Shadow IT use up dramatically in last six months
CIOs do not realize how often employees use outside cloud computing services to 'supplement' their company's IT, according to Cisco.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 13, 2016 -
FCC latest federal agency moving to adopt cloud
The FCC enlisted AT&T to help the agency transition and modernize its technology.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 13, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Study: Priority disparities causing enterprise security gaps
A survey from BMC and Forbes Insights shows the security consequences of misalignment across organizations.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016 -
Popular content management system Drupal to move to HTTPS
Reported weaknesses that could have caused data interceptions during updates has the company moving to a more secure standard.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016 -
Survey: Enterprises plan to increase security spending in 2016
However, most budgets will only slightly increase.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 12, 2016 -
BBC DDoS attack may be biggest ever recorded
Experts say a combination of on-premises and cloud-based solutions may be the best protection against a growing number of DDoS threats.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 10, 2016 -
Industry experts urge federal government to invest more in cybersecurity
Avoiding another OPM means increasing the amount of money the government is willing to pay to protect itself, experts say.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 10, 2016 -
Time Warner Cable customers latest victims of stolen data
The company said 320,000 customers may have had their email passwords stolen.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 8, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why Ukraine's blackout matters to the U.S.
A cyber attack on U.S. infrastructure is a nightmare for security officials and 48% of U.S. utilities say they need additional cyber protection.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 8, 2016 -
Ukrainian power grid victim of successful cyberattack
For years, experts have warned about the potential for crippling cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The Ukrainian blackout may be the first such attack.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 6, 2016 -
China wants Microsoft to explain 'major problems' in data related to antitrust probe
The data was requested as part of a probe into the company’s sales and marketing tactics in China.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 6, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why 'visual hacking' is a growing threat for CIOs
High-tech cyber attacks aren’t the only security issue CIOs should be concerned about.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 6, 2016 -
Adobe issues 19 more critical security patches
The company, which has issued numerous patches in the last 12 months, fixed 19 more bugs that could allow an attacker to exploit affected systems.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 5, 2016 -
HP to introduce privacy filters to enhance laptop and tablet security
The feature is helpful in planes or other public places where sensitive information is visible to others.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 5, 2016 -
FBI leader doubles down on push to allow court-ordered decryption of private communications
The FBI is pushing tech leaders to shift away from valuing customers’ privacy over public safety.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 4, 2016 -
Former employees say Microsoft did not inform victims about email hack
Some of the attacks came from a Chinese network associated with major spying campaigns.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 4, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Top 5 stories that affected CIOs in 2015
2015 was a year of dramatic change in the IT environment. Here are some of the biggest stories of this year that could affect CIOs in 2016 and beyond.
By Justine Brown • Jan. 1, 2016 -
Cisco searches its gear for backdoors
Revelations this week that Juniper gear contains backdoors has Cisco double-checking its own equipment.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 23, 2015 -
Iranian hackers breached New York dam in 2013: WSJ
The attackers were reportedly able to take control of the dam's flood gates.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 23, 2015 -
Oracle must notify customers of vulnerabilities to settle FTC charge
The FTC says Oracle failed to protect users of older versions of Java because it only patched newer versions of the software.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 21, 2015 -
Employees can be asset in anti-phishing efforts: Report
With the appropriate training, employees can help prevent the success of phishing emails.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 21, 2015 -
Juniper latest to discover hidden backdoor in software
Security experts are questioning how modifications could have been made to the company’s source code years ago without the company realizing it until now.
By Justine Brown • Dec. 21, 2015 -
CEO Cook explains Apple's stand on encryption, privacy
Apple CEO: "The reality is that a back door is for everybody -- good and bad."
By Justine Brown • Dec. 20, 2015
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