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cybersecurity
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: How the Password Came to Exist
The man who invented modern computer passwords says they’ve gotten out of hand. Also: a marketing campaign blast…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Retail Group Launches Sharing Tool for Cyber Threats
With data security concerns putting pressure on most retailers, the Retail Industry Leaders Association launched a clearinghouse intended…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Oregon Tech Association Pushes for Center for Cyber Excellence
The association is asking the Oregon legislature for funding to create a new center that would help train…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
The Death of Antivirus Software as We Know It
Antivirus software had a good run, but in the words of one of the industry’s biggest players, its…
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Report: Data Breaches Surged in First Quarter of 2014
Nearly 200 million data records were reported stolen during the first quarter of 2014, according to a new…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Thinking About Cybersecurity in Terms of “Too Big to Fail”
A new report draws direct comparisons between the ripple effects that led to the 2008 financial crisis and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
National Retail Federation Works to Build Security Exchange
With the federal government considering building an information-sharing platform for retailers, the National Retail Federation took some steps…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Spillover: Heartbleed’s Big Lessons, One Drop at a Time
Heart beating fast enough yet? Last week's disclosure of the Heartbleed bug caught a lot of people's attention,…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Four Things You Should Know About the Heartbleed Bug
An exploit that’s being called one of the worst security issues in the history of the internet was…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Companies Upping Security Ante to Avoid Payment Fraud
In a survey of more than 5,000 of its members, the Association for Financial Professionals found that most…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Antimalware Providers Aren’t Jumping From Windows XP so Quickly
With Microsoft about to end support of its dated Windows XP platform, the big question for end-users is…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Banking Industry’s Big Windows XP Headache
With just a couple of weeks before Microsoft will no longer support its popular but ancient operating system…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
AARP Joins the Anti-Fraud Fray
In the struggle to protect private information from criminals, one of the nation’s largest associations is looking to…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
What Target’s Breach Proves: The CIO’s Role Matters More Than Ever
In the wake of Target's massive data breach, the company's chief information officer was the first C-level executive…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Retail, Banking Groups Join Forces on Cybersecurity
With cybersecurity becoming a hot topic—one with solutions that raise as many questions as they answer—the retail and…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Major Hotel Chains Hit By Long-Term Data Breach
White Lodging Services Corp. says that 14 hotels it manages—including some in the Holiday Inn and Marriott families—suffered…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Target Breach Leads Associations to Push For Legislation
With legislative efforts in response to the recent Target data breach underway in Congress, retailers and the banking…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Studies: Tech Pros Say Employees Among Biggest Security Dangers
A trio of new studies each touch upon elements of the same key point: Employees—even senior managers—remain one…
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Your User Data Is More Valuable Than Ever. Why Not Protect It?
With all the recent headlines about identity theft, it's more important than ever to ensure your users' data…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
National Retail Federation: Target Breach Shows Need For Upgrades
In the wake of the widespread data theft at Target and a number of other retail chains over…
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A Giant Target: Lessons From a Massive Case of Retail Fraud
Retail giant Target announced that it was the victim of a data breach during the busiest part of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Push House to Relax Law on Tech Purchases from China
To keep federal government computer systems safe from cybersecurity threats, current law tightly restricts agencies’ ability to buy…
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Adobe Hack Affected Tens of Millions of Users, Company Reveals
Despite initial company disclosures that described a smaller-scale attack, a recent security incident for the maker of creative…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Microsoft: Outdated Windows Software Puts Users At Severe Risk
With its Windows XP still in wide use, Microsoft has warned users in its latest security report that…
