6 Skills For Aspiring CIOs | Anonymous Vs. Security Spending

6 Skills For Aspiring CIOs | Anonymous Vs. Security Spending

April 23, 2012

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Between The Lines Columnist Anonymous Drives Security Fears, But Not Spending
By Mathew J. Schwartz
Information security budgets remain focused on stopping malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs), which tend to do more damage in the long run than hacktivists' SQL injection and DDoS attacks.

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Congressmen say U.S.-funded initiative to train call center workers in the Philippines puts American jobs at risk.

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Infor blends social-networking and a cloud-based tax and regulatory approach with its down-to-business ERP systems.

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Google shutters Patent Search, Flu Vaccine Finder, and Google Related in ongoing trimming of services.

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Samsung will show off a new Galaxy smartphone May 3, but rumors also point to a new Galaxy tablet and cloud-based storage service.

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It's not quite big data, but even a modest amount of data about the way you use Gmail has the potential to make you more productive.

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10 Massive Security Breaches
They make the news on a regular basis: incidents in which a company or government agency's security is breached, leading to a loss of information, personal records, or other data. There are many ways to measure the size or cost of a security breach. Some result in the loss of millions of data records, some affect millions of people, and some wind up costing the affected businesses a lot of money. Not to mention, the questions of you calculate the value of personal medical information vs. credit card numbers. Here are ten security breaches of epic scale, plus one "bonus" incident that ranks among the boneheaded moves of all time.

iPhone 5 May Get New Display, 'Liquidmetal'
Reports that surfaced this week suggest the next iPhone will use brand-new touch screen technology and will be encased in something called "liquidmetal."

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Oracle and Google continue to fight a nasty courtroom battle over patent and copyright claims involving Java and mobile phones. Consider some of the crucial evidence introduced so far.


 


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