Security

How IT Can Scare Off BYOD Monsters in the Closet

When it comes to security risks, BYOD is the gift that keeps on giving. But what about the devices that your employees used to use, gave up on and, months later, finally dug out of the closet to sell? That's another issue to wrestle with. Here a

How to Steal Passwords Saved in Google Chrome in 5 Simple Steps

It's surprisingly simple to access all of a person's passwords saved in Google Chrome. Another surprise: Google's well aware of this fact, and the company is not planning to do anything about it.

6 Ways Employees Are Putting Your Company’s Data at Risk

With the growth of mobile devices, the ways we connect to the Internet at work has grown significantly. With that flexibility come security risks associated with intellectual property and company data.

5 Things PRISM Teaches CIOs About Doing Business in Today’s World

Revelations that the United States government is monitoring Internet data from tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft should make your company reconsider where and how it stores data--all while realizing that, at the end of the day, surve

False Lenovo Security Report Only Strengthens World’s Top PC Maker

False Lenovo Security Report Only Strengthens World’s Top PC Maker

A report that Western nations deemed Lenovo PCs to be insecure was quickly kiboshed this week. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle smells a rat and suspects it's only a matter of time before the source is outed (and unemployed). Meanwhile, Lenovo can

Researchers Show Ways to Bypass Home and Office Security Systems

Many door sensors, motion detectors and security keypads can be bypassed using simple techniques, researchers from Bishop Fox said

Senators Push to Curb NSA’s FISA Authorities

Members of Judiciary Committee express concern over broad-ranging, secretive authorities under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, push for bill to strengthen oversight, trasnsparency.

5 Ways to Track In-Store Customer Behavior

There's a fine line between tracking the behaviors of customers in your brick-and-mortar store and spying on them. The technology discussed here uses data from customers' smartphones in conjunction with opt-in apps to offer patrons deals an

Are Businesses Rushing to BYOD Too Quickly?

A survey of IT executives and IT pros paints a disturbing picture of BYOD. That picture includes a lack of confidence in compliance with federally mandated regulations, a fear that sensitive data is at risk and uncertainty about the overall effective

Cloud EHR Lessons Learned in Haiti

Strip away preconceptions about why technology doesn't or shouldn't work and people are likely to embrace the change that tech brings. That's what electronic health record and practice management software vendor athenahealth learned wh