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Boundless information: Mining social networks

Jim Romeo February 01, 2012

Criminals are finding social media websites like Facebook, which contain a vast array of personal assets, to be a treasure trove of information that they can use to launch further attacks.

Adjoining islands: Security convergence

Dan Kaplan February 01, 2012

Turf wars remain a major roadblock to embracing the merger of physical and logical security. But Honolulu CIO Gordon Bruce believes the right time for such a project is now.

Cyber beacons: The challenges of new technologies

Deb Radcliff February 01, 2012

Organizations are working overtime to design ways to control, via policy and technology, employees' penchant for sharing private information across social networking and mobile devices.

Bumper crop: Cyber security legislation

Stephen Lawton January 03, 2012

Data security measures have a long, storied history of meeting their demise on Capitol Hill. But two proposals have the bipartisan support that give them at least a shot at passage in 2012.

SC Magazine survey: Guarding against a data breach

Illena Armstrong January 03, 2012

Security conversations are as audible as ever, yet budgets remain largely flat. However, an expected influx of compliance audits may serve as the driver for more dollars. We polled 488 pros for their thoughts.

The new wave: Modern security education

Dan Kaplan January 03, 2012

Sometimes a little bit of competition is what it takes to get students on the path to careers in security. Software engineer Alex Levinson, who won the U.S. Cyber Challenge, was one of those people.

Hard target: The APT scenario

Stephen Lawton January 03, 2012

Stealthy, targeted attacks are real -- as evidenced by operations such as Shady RAT and Stuxnet -- and there isn't a one-size-fits-all remedy to deal with them.

The 2012 election & cybercrime

Dan Kaplan December 01, 2011

Then-candidate Barack Obama masterfully leveraged the web in a way never before done by a presidential candidate, but he also witnessed the online medium's underbelly.

Paying dividends: Financial Services Roundtable

Illena Armstrong December 01, 2011

While the financial services industry traditionally has been quicker to embrace cybersecurity than other verticals, the challenges it faces, like meeting compliance and deterring fraud, never let up.

Over the horizon: Predictions for 2012

Staff Report December 01, 2011

Guesses for what a new year will bring often are wrong, but that doesn't mean we can't try, right? A group of some of our most trusted sources break out the DeLorean and set it to "2012."