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…
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Windows XP holdouts: 3 reasons you must upgrade now. Yes, now.
You really, really need to dump Windows XP. No, really. Windows XP was great, and many users still love the operating system, but…it’s more than a decade old. At the rate technology evolves, that makes Windows XP a near-relic. Although it may still appear to work fine, the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t…
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Shadow IT is undermining your security
Once upon a time, not so long ago, the IT admin chose exactly what hardware and software would be used by employees. Recent trends like the consumerization of IT and BYOD (bring your own device) have shifted the balance of power, but IT still has to maintain some degree of control over the applications used…
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HP report finds serious security issues with custom mobile apps
Mobile devices have transformed the way people work—empowering them to be productive any time and from virtually anywhere. Many enterprises have created custom apps to embrace the mobile trend, but the results of a new study from HP indicate that most of these custom apps are a security incident waiting to happen. HP analyzed more…