If your organization has valuable data, assume someone is going to come after it in 2013 through mass market attacks that provide cover for targeted attacks.
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There is an untapped big data gap. Only .5 % of data is currently analyzed by companies to help them make decisions. IDC’s latest Digital Universe Study sponsored by EMC showed that …
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Mobile device management, mobile app management (MAM), container-based apps, mobile virtualization, mobile backend as a service (MbaaS), network access control (NAC) and software-defined networking (SDN) are some of the various …
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Mobile applications undermine conventional online controls against fraud but open up several much stronger controls – although they are dependent on a deep understanding of mobile and fraud.
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Malicious mobile apps, government-sponsored attacks and sandbox avoidance are among seven major cybersecurity threats predicted by Websense Security Labs for 2013. The company recently released its 2013 threat landscape and …
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Earlier this year, the CEO of IBM’s Brazilian unit said that more time is needed to understand the impact of mobile devices on corporate business, but that hasn’t stopped IBM from …
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The prevalence of “iDevices,”the bring-your-own-devices (BYOD) trend and the shift from Blackberry to Apple and Google devices are among the major challenges to mobile security today. “BYOD has changed it …
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Among the many buzzwords in the IT world, BYOD was one of the most talked about this year. The phenomenon known as “bring-your-own-device,” which refers to employees bringing their own equipment …
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Reader Forum: The return of Sneakernet – How mobile devices and BYOD have revived the 90s
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerRemember Sneakernet? Those of us who worked on IT security issues in the 90s probably haven’t heard that term in a while. For those too young to remember,
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. According to the Criminal Intelligence …
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To many users, password policies are as daunting and ridiculous as the tax code. Nobody enjoys having to remember or type complex and difficult passwords day after day. Even worse is having to change those passwords month-after-month for no reason.
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“Mobile computing offers new challenges, but they are less about infrastructure and more about people. Mobile devices can carry a huge security risk,” said RSA executive chairman, Art Coviello, at the beginning …
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After launching its mobile device management (MDM) platform, called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in the U.S., the Canadian Research in Motion (RIM) gathered journalists and clients in São Paulo to unveil the solution in …
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With mobile phones set to become as indispensable as a wallet for buying goods and services, mobile payment developments are rapidly gathering pace and different service providers are competing for their slice of the pie.
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A 2011 McAfee survey entitled “Mobility and Security: Dazzling Opportunities, Profound Challenges” found that 63% of mobile devices accessing corporate networks are also used for personal activities.
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It is very difficult for companies to protect mobile devices for reasons such as technical issues (some devices will not install all the desired software); low battery capacity (when performing …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. There is an intimate connection …
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LAS VEGAS – Like most large multi-nationals, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) can be challenged to orchestrate its different verticals, which ranges from business-focused products to end user-user focused personal devices. Distilling the …
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LAS VEGAS—After HP’s turbulent year in 2011, with Léo Apotheker stepping down as CEO just 11 months after being named and the indecision over the future of its PC business, HP …
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Two big IT events happened in Las Vegas last month: Interop and Symantec Vision. Both events made a very good impression on me when I downloaded the apps and found out I could do my check-in,
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Within a couple of years, the exploitation of various infection techniques will make malware as problematic on mobile devices as it is on PCs – and because mobile operators are also subject to Windows-based
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Increased mobility, cloud computing, and IT consumerization are the main enterprise trends that companies around the world are basing their strategies on. RCR Wireless News is watching these trends to …
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Increases in the sales of PCs, laptops, and especially smartphones are spurring growth in the security market. A report from Symantec Corp. shows that while the number of vulnerabilities decreased …
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Cloud computing apps are set to become much more popular by 2014, with Latin America and Asia-Pacific leading the way. Currently, large companies in emerging markets are the most aggressive …
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Despite the increases in today’s mobile malware, many mobile operators and subscribers continue to be virtually blind to the full extent of the problem – they simply react to incidents as they occur and