Encryption Challenges for Government

Desktops and laptops aren't the only endpoints that can pose a data security threat. All internal, remote and mobile desktops and laptops, as well as PDAs and embedded devices such as flash drives, are vulnerable.

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Understanding Advanced Backup Reporting

Today's IT departments require advanced backup reporting to align backup and recovery operations with company business-level goals.

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Mobile Authentication in Financial Services

Banks and other financial institutions are eager to expand their online and mobile banking offerings to customers. These enterprises need to figure out first how to balance security measures with ease of use.

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Should IT Security Be Outsourced?

CIOs are increasingly asking the question of whether to outsource security as a managed service. Is it inherently a risk to let another firm handle your organization's security?

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Mastering Storage Complexity

Data volumes are doubling every two years, while storage utilization rates hover at 33%. Business initiatives can help enterprise IT professionals address the root causes behind the growing storage cost and complexity.

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Managing IT Risk

A new approach to IT risk management can help organizations reduce risk exposure, maximize IT performance and control costs.

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Protecting Data in a Global Reality

Transferring data across international borders can mean entering unknown legal territory. Here's how to make sense of the confusion.

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Looking Out for Insider Threats

Risks from employees or contractors inside government are a real problem. It's critical that government agencies educate IT staff to watch out for signs of an attacker and to employ security solutions to detect and deter threats.

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Planning a Data Center Relocation

The need for relocating data centers is increasing as energy costs skyrocket and enterprises must store more data. But the move can be costly and full of risk.

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Ending Data Woes with Storage Resource Management

As the amount of data kept by organizations grows, a new crop of software tools can help ease data storage management problems.

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Make Data Deduplication Part of Your Overall Backup Strategy

As storage needs grow rapidly across the enterprise, disk-based backup can help organizations address some challenges.

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The Software-as-a-Service Primer

On-demand software has benefits, such as providing maintenance, training and user flexibility, but there are also risks that a CIO needs to understand before taking the plunge.

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Bridging Windows Vista's Security Gaps

Despite Windows Vista's built-in security features, IT departments still need to take extra precautions to make it secure.

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The Threat of the Thumb Drive

CIOs need to be aware of the risks that come with tiny USB data storage devices that are becoming commonplace in the workplace for their user-friendliness and small size.

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Increasing Control in the Storage Environment

Cost and complexity have traditionally been barriers to implementing resource management tools, but those obstacles are being overcome today.

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The Changing Face of Online Fraud

Online fraud continues to evolve at a steady pace, and that calls for enterprises to be increasingly vigilant. Fortunately, help is available.

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Bringing Order to the Data Center

Financial institutions struggling to maintain discipline over increasingly complex data centers should seriously consider IT Service Management.

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Get Back on Your Feet

Organizations that rely on Microsoft Windows-based technology need to consider solutions to back up those systems and recover them in the event of failure.

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Wide World of Web Applications

As more organizations are turning to the Web to host everything from spreadsheets to databases to employee benefits, IT executives need to manage the risks.

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The Convergence of Data and System Protection

Exponential growth of data, shrinking backup windows, and the need for fast, reliable recovery are creating challenges for organizations' disaster recovery efforts.

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The Risks of Working in a Wireless World

Organizations are investing in wireless data services and devices these days but CIOs need to take steps to limit the risks to the enterprise.

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Stopping Leaks and Investigating Employees

What can IT managers learn from the recent Hewlett-Packard board privacy scandal? Here are some do's and don'ts to consider.

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Addicted to Devices

As consumer technologies such as iPods, Bluetooth headsets, and thumb drives migrate to the office, CIOs need to develop strategies to mitigate risks.

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Fighting Back Against Malware

As attacks are on the rise, today's enterprises need to be aggressive if they are to comprehensively protect their networks from threats.

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The Laptop Lockdown

CIOs can accommodate mobile workers while better protecting data and company assets.

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What's So Frightening about E-Signatures?

Organizations got the green light to use digital signatures more than six years ago, but some CIOs still view them with trepidation.

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When Vendors Merge

A rash of mergers among IT vendors means CIOs need to consider building protections into contracts, assigning a vendor manager, and paying attention to headlines.

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Remote Control Software and Today's IT Environment

Remote control software allows a help-desk technician to assume control of a user's PC or an unattended server over a network and has proven to be cost-effective.

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A Roadmap for Securing Personal Data

As outsourcing continues to be an attractive option, organizations need to make sure that their outsourcing partners abide by laws to protect privacy of data.

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Employee Background Checks

Hiring IT and security personnel these days can warrant extra safeguards, because they often have access to company and customer data.

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Ensuring Security in an Outsourcing Relationship

As outsourcing continues to be attractive, organizations need to make sure that their outsourcing partners abide by laws to protect privacy of data.

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Risks of Wireless Email

Wireless email devices are becoming more popular for enterprise use, but they also pose additional security concerns that CIOs need to consider.

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Hackers Will Shift Targets in 2006

As attackers move away from multipurpose attacks on network perimeters, they're launching bot networks, customizable malicious code, and attacks on Web applications.

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Managing Compliance Risks

Achieving compliance with regulations is enough of a challenge, let alone sustaining it when faced with overstretched staffs and budgets.

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Securing Oil Companies' Underlying Infrastructure

New technologies have enabled wider information sharing, but the wealth of information available in DCS and SCADA data repositories poses new dangers.

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Closing the Instant Messaging Security Loophole

The use of instant messaging as a workplace communication tool continues to flourish, but with IM's popularity have come malicious attacks and security concerns.

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The Sorry State of Cyber Security

CIOs need to take steps to learn from the cyber security breaches in 2005 and make sure they improve security in 2006.

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Taking Aim at Spyware

Companies need to address the mounting challenges posed by spyware and adware --decreased productivity, loss of privacy, potential legal liability and corporate espionage.

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The Morphing Online Fraud Threat

As online threats such as "phishing" and "pharming" and even "spear phishing" continue to evolve, organizations need to take steps to mitigate the risks.

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Business Continuity Challenges for Financial Institutions

The terrorist attacks of September 11 underscored the critical need to increase vigilance. Since then, the financial services sector has taken steps to identify and reduce physical and cyberspace vulnerabilities, and to improve the overall efficacy of its business continuity practices.

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Understanding Multi-Tiered Protection

Protecting cyber space calls for a holistic security strategy that includes implementing the right technologies across all tiers of the infrastructure.

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Mobile and Malicious

Smartphones are increasingly used to store confidential data, but CIOs must ensure they don't present a security risk.

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Protecting Healthcare Networks

The complexities in healthcare make a comprehensive security approach essential.

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Reversing the Phishing Life Cycle

The phishing threat continues to grow, although serious efforts to stop it are making inroads.

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Information Security and the Online Channel

The Internet is a most vital channel -- and it must be safeguarded with the utmost effort.

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Healthcare Security Trends

It is possible to operate on the cutting edge -- as long as you know the lay of the land.

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The Evolving Spam Threat

To stay ahead of spammers, enterprises need a more effective multi-layered solution to compensate for the growing volume of spam.

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Patch Management in an Age of "Zero-Day" Threats

CIOs are in a race with hackers to address vulnerabilities first. These strategies will help.

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Budgeting for Attacks

Attacks such as MyDoom have caused havoc for so many companies. More fiscal plans need to take them into account.

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Security Stops Here

In order to tighten security, CIOs must focus on accountability policies and practices that protect the enterprise from human error and malfeasance.

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Smart Vulnerability Management

Organizations need to take proactive measures to prevent the loss of valuable information and protect business productivity.

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