CIO Insight Staff

A strong internal audit can be the difference between catching a security failure and spending weeks and months doing a forensic investigation of a breach. With this in mind, professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released a whitepaper outlining how internal audits have become a key pillar of security strategies in the age of data breaches […]

Microsoft has made the final version of Windows 8 available to developers and IT pros. Developers and IT pros can download Windows 8 from the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet. The Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of the new operating system is available via these channels for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, but general consumers […]

As more employees bring their smartphones, tablets and notebooks to work and businesses implement bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives to increase worker productivity, they may also be putting corporate data at risk due to a lack of adequate security controls and employee education, according to a survey of 400 non-IT department individuals in a […]

The United States and China have participated in informal bilateral discussions about restricting the use of online attacks, better crisis communication and mitigating the risk of attacks by third parties. Still, there is one issue notably missing from the dialog: any agreement on limiting cyber-espionage. Organized by the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) […]

Hard to believe that Microsoft’s cloud storage service, SkyDrive, came out of beta testing way back in 2008, yet it is just starting to get some significant media attention the last 12 months or so. It took some time to get out the bugs and earn consumer loyalty over such trusted early cloud storage movers […]

Oracle has issued a fix for a security weakness in its database product that was disclosed at the Black Hat security conference in July in Las Vegas. At the conference, Oracle database security guru David Litchfield of Accuvant Labs outlined CVE-2012-3132, a vulnerability in the Oracle database server. The issue was one of multiple attacks […]

Hewlett-Packard officials are offering virtualization software designed to make it easier for enterprises to secure and move data and virtual machines in cloud environments, both within a data center and between data centers. The company on Aug. 14 is unveiling new solutions that increase the security of data in a cloud environment, keeping information from […]

A source at AT&T has confirmed that Apple will launch its newest iPhone during the third or fourth week of September, with an all-hands-on-deck policy in place through mid-October, according to the Boy Genius Report. The timeline is in sync with July 31 reports from Reuters, iMore.com and others that have pinned Sept. 12 for […]

Google is laying off 4,000 workers in its Motorola Mobility unit, or about 20 percent of its 20,000-member workforce, just three months after acquiring the company for $12.5 billion in May. The job cuts, which will also include about 30 Motorola facility closings, were announced in a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and […]

Frommer’s, a name well-known and beloved by consumers for its travel guides to destinations around the world, is being acquired by Google as the search giant continues to seek richer troves of content that can help it increase online local search ad revenue. The deal means that Google will get the Frommer’s name and all […]

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is spending its first weekend on Mars getting a software update to give it pointers on how to drive on the Red Planet. NASA officials said the update prepares the rover for some of the tasks it must perform going forward, including driving and using its strong robotic arm. NASA said […]

The enterprise-services unit of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion–a company deep into a major transition by some counts and in a "death spiral" by others–has piqued the interest of IBM, Bloomberg has reported. "IBM made an informal approach about possibly acquiring the division, which operates a network of secure servers used to support RIM’s BlackBerry devices," […]