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Far too many ex-employees retain access to sensitive data.
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The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has released its mid-year analysis of major data breaches reported so far in 2009. Though the total numbers show an improvement over the first half of 2008, ITRC is reporting the percentage of insider attacks and breaches caused by hacking is on the rise. As it does with all of its reports, ITRC warns users to remember that the number of reported breaches is likely just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to actual breach statistics. Many more incidents go unreported.
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A survey of over 400 IT pros by data-security firm Cyber-Ark indicates that tech workers have broad access to confidential data, and that they are using that access more now than before.
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Greater collaboration urged in RSA opening keynote.
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Virtualization, the Cloud, and 2.0 technologies pose security challenges in an era of tight budgets.
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Times are tough and many organizations may be in survival mode, but CIOs are still spending, according to a recent survey conducted by Robert Half International. The firm’s research shows that the majority of organizations still plan on investing on IT initiatives in the next 12 months.
Robert Half International recently asked 1,400 CIOs at United States-based companies with 100 or more employees: "Which areas, if any, will your IT department be investing in over the next 12 months?"
Read Tony Kontzer's analysis of the spending report, which says the cheerful aspects are not really so cheerful.
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Our CIO columnist looks at the security risks related to cloud computing.
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Data theft is on the rise, and so too are the penalties for exposing personal information. As such, companies need better data protection. To that end, Windows Server 2008 provides enhanced and new security features that protect information while simplifying security management.
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Social networking and rich media bring new threats to your data security. A report from MessageLabs, a unit of Symantec, describes several problems cropping up in the Web 2.0 world.
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A new study by Computer Economics, "Insider Misuse of Computing Resources," looked at security risks posted by employees who inadvertently expose their organizations to possible information loss or compromise. The survey included 100 IT security professionals and executives.
External threats to data security are clear, says Computer Economics president Frank Scavo, but the nature of internal threats may be less so. For example, over one-third of organizations surveyed lack policies against loading sensitive data onto portable storage devices like USB flash drives. This practice recently compromised a secure data network at the Pentagon.
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Google's security procedures are called into question following an inadvertent release of consumer data.
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We risk wasting our investment in technology if we don’t invest in our people on a systematic basis.
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Jim Barton may not be real, but his experiences could teach new and aspiring CIOs a lot about IT leadership. His creators, a team of CIO experts, explain why.
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Money is tight, but CIOs are planning to spend on dozens of technologies. To determine which technologies will get the most budget dollars, we created the CIO Insight Growth Score, which calculates 2009 budget growth scaled to the percentage of companies that spent in 2008, plus the change from 2008 spending.
See the rest of the spending survey: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Also, a look behind the numbers.
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Money is tight, but CIOs are planning to spend on dozens of technologies. To determine which technologies will get the most budget dollars, we created the CIO Insight Growth Score, which calculates 2009 budget growth scaled to the percentage of companies that spent in 2008, plus the change from 2008 spending.
See the rest of the spending survey: Part 1, Part 2,
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