Tag: security
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10 (Stubbornly Pervasive) Windows XP Myths Debunked
Microsoft support for Windows XP expired a month ago, and yet hundreds of millions of users around the world are still using it. Personally, I think that is a bad idea, but it’s a free world and people are entitled to still run DOS, or use a Commodore Amiga if they choose. However, I do…
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Farewell McAfee, Hello Intel Security
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced yesterday that the McAfee brand will be phased out. The products and services will live on, but as new products, or versions of existing products are introduced it will be under a new brand—Intel Security. The news is significant because it represents the end of an era. The McAfee brand…
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Adapt Your Information Security To Meet The Challenges Of Tomorrow
There is a basic recipe for network and computer security that most organizations follow without question: The network firewall guards the perimeter, and anti-malware software protects the various endpoints. Security is based on protecting the individual servers and PCs inside the perimeter from the various threats outside of the network perimeter. However, that formula is…