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Stories by: Bob Brown

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    Downadup: Expert worries about smart phone, TinyURL threats 06/03/2009 13:21:00

    Don't get Patrik Runald wrong: the Downadup worm (also called Conficker) has been a big deal.
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    M&A expert to CIOs: Be careful what you ask for 15/12/2008 08:58:00

    M&A industry veteran Paul Deninger, a vice chairman at Jefferies & Co., has made a living advising companies on mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and the like. But even he acknowledges that too much industry consolidation isn't a good thing for technology innovation. I spoke with Deninger this week about the state of the M&A market and what’s likely ahead.
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    What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor 27/03/2008 11:12:24

    Microsoft's US general manager/chief security advisor for its National Security Team thinks like a true security professional: In every bit of good news, Bret Arsenault wonders what bad news could be lurking behind it.
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    Is securing your network worth the money? 10/07/2007 10:15:52

    We often hear corporate IT pros complain that justifying security expenses is tough because they don't necessarily generate revenue or enable new business opportunities. In fact, figuring out the economics of IT security is so challenging for customers and vendors that lots of the world's best researchers are putting their minds to the task.
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    INFOSEC - Making a honeypot network security system work 22/03/2007 09:15:59

    Honeypots have largely been relegated to use by academia and antivirus vendors because most enterprise IT teams figure they're too expensive to run and could land their companies in legal trouble. But honeypots aren't as scary as all that, according to an expert on the topic who spoke at the InfoSec World Conference & Expo in Orlando Tuesday.
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    Security's inseparable couple 08/02/2005 09:26:10

    The most familiar names in network security are neither vendors nor geeks: Try Alice and Bob.
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