Passwords are the weak link in IT security
Three decades into the digital revolution, passwords are still complicated, ineffective and a drain on IT's resources. What gives?
Howard Baldwin | 05 Nov | Read more
Three decades into the digital revolution, passwords are still complicated, ineffective and a drain on IT's resources. What gives?
Howard Baldwin | 05 Nov | Read more
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says the information security community is right to be spooked by massive, coordinated attacks that recently targeted Google. But he rejects the notion that this is cybergeddon, and believes the best defense remains in the hands of the private sector.
Bill Brenner | 08 Apr | Read more
Do you trust Google? If you use its multitude of online services on a daily basis you might, but is that assumption wise? For some, Google is a wonderful company with a broad selection of useful online tools that make life easier, but for others Google is a looming, unregulated monster just waiting for the moment to drop the 'don't' from the company's unofficial motto, "Don't be evil."
News of Google's Chrome operating system is sending waves though the tech world with some saying the OS signals the beginning of the end for Microsoft and others who say Google will fall flat on its face and fail.
Jared Newman | 09 Jul | Read more
One of the reasons security is fun and interesting is that it requires a constant upgrade of your skills and knowledge.
Derek Slater | 03 Jul | Read more
Google promised to step up control of "vulgar" online search results in China late Thursday, after a government-backed arbiter warned that its filtering of pornography was too weak.
Owen Fletcher | 19 Jun | Read more
Late last year, when I interviewed Google Apps senior security manager Eran Feigenbaum and his marketing partner, Adam Swidler, they talked up Google's place in cloud computing and how it was in a prime position to make a difference with cloud security.
Bill Brenner | 20 May | Read more
A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergence Response Team warned on Monday.
Robert McMillan | 19 May | Read more