The PCI Security Standards Council this week announced plans to issue new guidelines that it hopes will give transaction application developers and security specialists a clear direction to the path of least resistance when it comes to assessing risks surrounding customer and vendor data -- most notably, credit card and payment information.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/18/2008
Microsoft revealed "Albany," a consumer-oriented hosted service that provides Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications, plus security and collaboration tools.
As of yesterday, Vista Service Pack 1 is now generally available in all 36 supported languages.
Rumors that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will appear this month continue to flourish.
Windows processing environments put themselves at risk whenever they check their MySpace pages or shop for other goods and services -- all while at the workplace.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/10/2008
Microsoft's automated security suite for home users and small businesses is available for testing from the Microsoft Connect Web site.
Art Coviello kicked off RSA Conference 2008, his company's namesake information security conference, yesterday (April 8) in San Francisco with a warning.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/09/2008
If the traditional notion of infrastructure-based perimeter security is not yet dead, it's not for lack of effort by keynote speakers at this week's RSA Security conference.
- By William Jackson
- 04/08/2008
Federal mandates for issuing interoperable electronic IDs to employees and contractors soon could spur the adoption of digital certificates and the use of public-key infrastructure (PKI) throughout the country, one industry observer predicts.
- By William Jackson
- 04/08/2008
Microsoft rolled out five "critical" and three "important" patches for Windows Server 2008, Vista, Office, IE and other software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/08/2008
Microsoft's released a public beta version of an integrated security solution, code-named "Stirling."
Microsoft reported today that it has fixed a problem that caused some users upgrading to Vista Service Pack 1 to enter "an endless reboot cycle."
Redmond is poised to release eight security bulletins for its April patch release, with five designated as "critical" and three deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/03/2008
Bots and spyware top the list of security worries for federal technologies, according to a survey of 200 federal information technology employees from Cisco Systems.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 04/02/2008
On the day they call "Black Wednesday," what didn't go wrong?
Microsoft unveiled three additions to its mobile product lines at the CTIA Wireless 2008 event today, with much of the emphasis being placed on enabling custom mobile solutions for the enterprise.
A new scam to steal personal and financial information through a combination of e-mail and phone calls surfaced last week, masquerading as an urgent message from the IRS about a tax refund.
- By William Jackson
- 04/01/2008
Follow these best practices to help ensure high availability for your mission-critical applications.
- By J. Peter Bruzzese
- 04/01/2008
Federal agencies' adoption of online applications from Internet powerhouse Google Enterprise could usher in an era of rising productivity and improved security, said David Girourard, the company's vice president and general manager.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 04/01/2008
More and more companies are using full-drive encryption (FDE) as a way to protect their data.
- By Joern Wettern
- 04/01/2008