Why CIOs need to be proactive not reactive to cybersecurity threats
Security executives urge firms not to lose focus on prevention. They advise developing a holistic plan for IT and business units to fight cybersecurity together.
Stories by Kenneth Corbin
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Cybersecurity much more than a compliance exercise
An overwhelming number of security executives view compliance as an effective strategy. But it’s not, and many CISOs need to rethink their priorities.
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2016 will be a big year for health IT
Administration officials and lawmakers look ahead to policy changes that would improve EHR usability and interoperability in the coming years.
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Microsoft CEO takes a collaborative approach to cybersecurity
Microsoft CEO Nadella talks of company's role in an ‘ecosystem,’ saying partnerships and top-to-bottom protection and detection critical to battle emerging security threats.
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CIOs vastly underestimate extent of shadow IT
Most CIOs have an inkling that employees in their enterprise have snuck a few applications past the IT department, but a new study by Cisco indicates that they are vastly underestimating the extent that unauthorized apps and services have infiltrated the network.
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What happens with data from mobile health apps?
There is no shortage of interest in mobile health applications, which span everything from pedometers to Wi-Fi-enabled pacemakers, but what happens with all that data?
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The Internet of Things brings far-reaching security threats
Security pros routinely cite poor cyber hygiene as one of their top concerns. But if they're lying awake at night worried about lazy passwords and software updates going ignored, just think of the headaches that will come once thermostats, pacemakers and just about everything else comes online.
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Australia ranked number two in the world for cloud computing
Australia was ranked number two in the BSA's Global Cloud Computing Scorecard, an evaluation of 24 countries' ability to support the growth of the popular infrastructure model.
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PC users admit to pirating software - $US63 billion worth of it
More than half of global PC users admit that they pirate software at least occasionally, contributing to a black-market economy estimated at $US63.4 billion in 2011, up from $US58.8 billion the previous year, according to a new survey from the Business Software Alliance.
