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‘The Internet Needs Crime,’ Says Cryptography Pro

Speaking at Black Hat Europe, ICANN’s Whitfield Diffie has obvious upsides for information security practitioners

Slide Show: The (Not-So-) Elite Eight In Higher Ed Breach Madness

Basketball has March Madness, but higher ed IT should be competing to stay out of the brackets for last year’s worst breaches

Slide Show: The (Not-So) Elite Eight In Higher Ed Breach Madness

Basketball has March Madness, but higher ed IT should be competing to stay out of the brackets for last year’s worst breaches

How To Manage Identity In The Public Cloud

One of the toughest parts of using cloud services is learning how to provision (and de-provision) user access. Here are some tips to help get you started

Microsoft Flaw Demonstrates Dangers Of Remote Desktop Access

Fear is that attackers will soon come up with exploits for targeted attacks, worms

Rogue Domain Registrars Pose Challenges

Security experts are calling for more to be done to police rogue registrars

Silent Authentication

Authenticating users without explicit login

Using FISMA To Build Your Security Initiative

Government compliance standards can help drive improvements in enterprise security

Malicious Proxies May Become Standard Fare

DNSChanger shows that funneling infected network traffic to central servers can enable massive fraud, but the technique has significant weaknesses as well

APT-Type Attack A Moving Target

Malware just a small piece of the puzzle in advanced attacks, and traditional cybercriminals are also getting more ‘persistent’