Hardware
Evolution vs. Revolution in the Enterprise Mainframe
April 25, 2012 Added by:Bill Gerneglia
Mainframe technology can become dated quickly, and as application complexity increases, more space and increased mainframe functionality is required. If a mainframe fails to support advancing technology, application performance is put at stake...
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Real Questions about Huawei for US Rep. Frank Wolf
April 04, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
The Congressman was obviously attempting to either persuade the US China Economic and Security Commission or reassure them about Huawei. He passionately made a one-sided statement but failed to provide any evidence aside from one news report in that day’s Washington Post...
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Nearly Five Percent of All Smartphones Lost Every Year
March 20, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Based on the costly consequences of lost data assets, it makes sense to allocate the necessary resources to invest in anti-theft and data protection solutions in order to secure smartphones and the sensitive and confidential information they contain...
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Twelve Security Best Practices for USB Drives
March 07, 2012 Added by:Kelly Colgan
Portable and mobile storage devices are significant players in most corporate offices. Ensuring proper protection with a best practices policy and strict enforcement offers significant risk reduction—and can prevent long nights on data breach investigations...
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Twelve Security Best Practices for USB Drives
February 07, 2012 Added by:Kelly Colgan
Portable and mobile storage devices are significant players in most corporate offices. Ensuring proper protection with a best practices policy and strict enforcement offers significant risk reduction—and can prevent long nights on data breach investigations...
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Bluetooth Security: Be Wary
February 07, 2012 Added by:Theresa Payton
Many of us use and love Bluetooth technology. It’s easy to set up and convenient to use. But you might want to think twice about what you use it for because that easy connection for you can also be an easy connection for a cybercreep...
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TeamSHATTER: Analysis of the January 2012 Oracle CPU
January 19, 2012 Added by:Alexander Rothacker
This time ere are only TWO fixes. This is the lowest number ever since the CPU program has started in 2005. Oracle, what happened? Did you throw in the towel on DBMS fixes? I know it’s not because the Database is finally fixed for good and is now suddenly secure...
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Mobile Security: Android vs. iOS - An Infographic
January 13, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
With the dominance of iOS and the rising popularity of Android devices in the mobile marketplace, the security of these devices is a growing concern. This infographic examines the security features of Android and iOS, and also takes a look at their strengths and weaknesses...
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Don't Forget About E-Waste During the Holidays
December 28, 2011 Added by:Allan Pratt, MBA
How much time have you spent deciding what to do with the outdated smartphones, tablets, televisions, and computers? Don’t throw them out with the regular garbage. Instead, consider the environment, but first, take security precautions...
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The State of Solid State
December 22, 2011 Added by:Emmett Jorgensen
Solid state disks are more reliable because SSDs do not contain any moving parts. There are no read heads, actuator arms or spinning platters that can break down in an SSD. SSDs can be moved around freely while in use and have a higher tolerance against shock and vibration than HDDs...
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Printer Hack: Researchers Can Set Media’s Pants on Fire
December 08, 2011 Added by:Brian Smithson
What was most irresponsible in this case was that the researchers took their exploit of one model of printer from one manufacturer and without even a cursory investigation extrapolated the threat to “hundreds of millions” of printers and fed it to a media hungry for sensational headlines...
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HP Printer Hack Video Shows Sensitive Data Tweet Too
December 06, 2011 Added by:Dan Dieterle
The researchers showed how a maliciously formed print job could cause an HP printer’s firmware to be reprogrammed so it acts like a copy machine – sending an exact print job to any place in the world, and the attackers also get a tweet showing sensitive information parsed from the print job...
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Medical Devices and Electromagnetic Interference
November 30, 2011 Added by:shawn merdinger
Enamored by technology, we tend to place tremendous faith in electronic gadgets that “just seem to work” – perhaps we are lulled into a sense of technical complacency by the general reliability of technology around us? Do we even have insight into the potential EMI problems?
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What Are Your Digital Assets Worth?
October 21, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
According to Consumer Reports, malware destroyed 1.3 million personal computers and cost consumers $2.3 billion in the last year. With the increased popularity of tablets, smartphones, and Macs, threats are becoming both more common and more complex for non-PC devices...
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The Next Generation of Non-Volatile Memory
October 13, 2011 Added by:Emmett Jorgensen
When will manufacturers stop using Flash as the primary storage? Consider that in 2002 many experts assumed that Flash cells would not be stable when scaled past 45nm and predicted that it would need to be replaced by 2010. We know now that those predictions proved to be false...
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Securing Flash Drives within the Enterprise
September 29, 2011 Added by:Kanguru Solutions
Flash drives have revolutionized the business world with their convenience and portability. However, for infosec professionals, flash drives are a dual edged sword. If lost or stolen, a single unencrypted flash drive has the potential to cause a costly data breach...
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