I had a chance to review the 2010 Verizon Data Breach Report today, which I was alerted to by ISC.SANS.ORG. They’ve put together data from 2004 through 2009, and it is quite interesting. These are from confirmed data breach cases. Here were 3 of the scariest stats in...
I’ve said it for a few years now, but host-based antivirus is really not working out anymore. Not with its reliance on signatures to detect malware. Recently, several prominent antivirus vendors have experienced problems with faulty virus definitions: ...
Long ago, in days or yore, it was common to complain that most information technology leaders and staff were too focused on deploying cool technology just for the sake of technology rather than ensuring that there was valid business justification for what they...
Based on a number of surveys taken since the recent economic downturn began, it would appear that there is a fairly substantial disconnect between how employers and employees view the job market and the joys of employment. Within the past two years, many business...
I recently read an opinion piece on ComputerWorld about the post-Cloud IT landscape, and it I had a couple thoughts: The author makes a good point that little mention is made of what the world will look like when cloud is the norm… We (both business and technology...
