Computer Security

GE releases IPN250 single board computer (Computer Business Review)

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:22

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...

Fingerprinting Computer Chips (Technology Review)

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 05:20

Verayo is harnessing unique manufacturing flaws to make RFID tags that are impossible to copy. A company that relies on atomic-level flaws in computer chips to tell one chip from another says that its circuits could help fight counterfeiting in anything from passports to handbags. Verayo , an MIT spinoff based in San Jose, CA, says the ID tags should be more secure and relatively cheap to make.

Security Industry Faces Attacks It Cannot Stop (PC World)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 23:24

UPDATE: Newest security products still might not protect customers from innovative hackers.

TSA worker charged with computer sabotage (UPI)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 22:58

COLORADO SPRINGS, March 11 (UPI) -- A former employee of the Transportation Security Administration in Colorado has been charged with trying to damage computer systems there after he lost his job.

Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop (CIO)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 22:02

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.

Danville Community Schools seek IT help after security breach (Mt. Pleasant News)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 21:36

DANVILLE – The Danville Community School Board focused on network security at a special meeting Friday evening, seeking to bolster security after an inappropriate video surfaced on the high school’s computer system.

Security Industry Faces Attacks It Cannot Stop (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 21:30

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.

British Airways computer expert 'planned suicide bombings' (Guardian Unlimited)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 21:21

Court told Rajib Karim offered to join BA cabin crew in event of strike and had planned his own martyrdom A British Airways computer expert who allegedly offered to cover for cabin crew in the event of a strike appeared in court today charged with plotting suicide bombings. Rajib Karim, who was born in Bangladesh but now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, faced three charges under counter-terrorism ...

Information security conference under way in Dayton (Dayton Daily News)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 16:03

DAYTON — Information technology professionals in the Dayton region are getting updated on computer security precautions.The Ohio Information Security Conference on Thursday, March 11, also offers IT system managers tips on responding to lawsuit demands for electronic data and evaluating new threats to keeping data secure.

Sophos Computer Security, Small Business Edition Receives Perfect Review Score (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 15:00

BOSTON----IT security and data protection firm Sophos received MacDirectory’s perfect five-star rating for Sophos Computer Security SBE 4.0. The publication’s independent reviewer praised the product for its ability to “detect, isolate and kill” all threats detected, and ranked Sophos’s 24/7 phone support “among the best we have ever seen.”

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