CIO Insight Staff

In April 2005, Leo Cronin, chief information security officer of data provider LexisNexis Group, got the kind of news that every manager in his position dreads: Personal records for 310,000 individuals had been stolen from the company’s databases in 59 separate incidents. Even bigger data thefts have hit the headlines since then, including the loss […]

At a ceremony held in Boston on May 23, eWEEK proudly announced the winners in its sixth annual Excellence Awards program. This year’s winners impressed the program judges—eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners—with their ability to ease the complexities of today’s enterprise IT environment, especially given the challenges companies face in achieving and maintaining […]

Baseline‘s 5-Step Security Survival Guide How to develop and manage a world-class security infrastructure—and justify the investment to your bosses. No. 1: Detect the Initial Attack No. 2: Track Down the Source No. 3: Enact an Incident Response Plan No. 4. Deal with the Bosses No. 5: Learn from Experience 3 Key Computer Security Tools […]

We thought you might like to know which tools your peers are using. The tools below are Baseline‘s most popular this year. 1. Calculator: Determining the Cost of a Service by the Unit Welcome to the end of information technology as overhead. Your CEO wants your department to make a profit—or at least recover all […]

It’s one of the largest single thefts of personal data ever reported: On Monday, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said that information on more than 26 million veterans was stolen from the home of an agency employee. The data, stored on a laptop and external hard drive, included veterans’ names, birthdates and Social Security […]

SEATTLE—A day after Microsoft announced availability of Windows Vista Beta 2, the first testers are overcoming download bottlenecks and obtaining bits. While many are finding the latest build to be more stable and better-performing, they also are still hitting driver and application compatibility issues, among other system problems. Microsoft announced on May 23 that it […]

Introduction The internet is well into its second wave of growth, powered by the popularity and effectiveness of search engines, the widespread adoption of broadband, burgeoning e-commerce, social networks and the like. But no Web site can succeed on the strength of Google searches alone. To keep viewers coming back, Web sites still need well-organized […]

It’s the hour of reckoning for Windows Vista. After five years of course changes, false starts and a host of beta and CTP (Community Technology Preview) builds, Microsoft is set to deliver a broad-scale build of Vista to two million testers. Microsoft is likely to drop the build—known by multiple names, including the consumer Vista […]

Technology and telecom managers are increasingly tied up keeping track of smart phones, personal digital assistants and other devices. Baseline¹s Project Guide offers tips for managing and securing these devices. In this mobile security guide: Job 1: Protect Mobile Data, Not Hardware Lost or broken mobile devices are no longer headache No. 1 for I.T. […]

Five pros weigh in on the state of security in computer technology. Matthew M. Speare M&T Bank‘s corporate security officer says customers will have to “speak with their wallets” before software vendors to build security into applications. Read the full story on eWEEK.com: 5 Computer Security Experts’ Latest Tips and Techniques

Security managers need cutting-edge technologies to get a 30,000-foot view of their operation—and to wage the ongoing battle against network attacks. Seven executives share their war stories. Plus, key product vendors are listed. Story guide: 3 Key Security Tools: Introduction Security managers need cutting-edge technologies to get a 30,000-foot view of their operations—and to wage […]