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Webcast: Top 5 IT security tips for 2008
In this webcast, Mike Rothman, president and principal analyst of Security Incite, discusses his take on the top initiatives IT managers should consider for the coming year.
You'll learn:
- what steps you can take to add structure to your security program and better evangelize its importance
- which network behavior analysis and monitoring techniques will prove most effective for new threats
- which insider-threat prevention measures will continue to be missed by IT managers
- how to stay on top of moving targets for PCI and other evolving security regulations
- why "security assurance" is a term you need to add to your lexicon in 2008.
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IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.

Internet Explorer best at blocking malware
Posted on 14 May 2013. | While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%.

Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
Posted on 14 May 2013. | You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher for help, but you would be wrong.

Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Posted on 13 May 2013. | Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.
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