• FTC: Identity theft retains its throne as No.1 worst scourge in Top 10 consumer complaint list

  By Michael Cooney | 26 February, 2013 16:58

  Identity theft has been the top consumer complaint to the Federal Trade Commission now for 13 years running.

• Dell: We can beat Cisco in enterprise and Cloud security

  By Ellen Messmer | 20 February, 2013 18:01

  Dell can trump Cisco in the information-technology security market, say Dell's executives in describing how the company with its multifaceted approach will hold an edge against some powerful rivals that also include HP and IBM.

• Survey: 1 in 3 'mission-critical' applications now in Cloud

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 December, 2012 06:58

  About 1 in 3 "mission-critical" applications are currently in the cloud, and this is expected to increase to 1 in 2 by 2015, according to a survey of 400 IT and business managers.

• Amazon Data Pipeline promises to ease management of data stored in multiple locations

  By Brandon Butler | 30 November, 2012 00:13

  Amazon Web Services today launched Data Pipeline, a new tool designed to make it easier for users to integrate data stored in multiple disparate spots to manage and analyze it.

• Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking

  By Tim Greene | 02 March, 2011 03:45

  Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company's product line toward mobile device and application access, availability and management support.

• 12 hybrid security products to watch

  By Christine Burns | 11 February, 2013 06:19

  Securing a hybrid cloud is not the same thing as deploying hybrid security products.

• Novell, CA push to secure identity, security in cloud

  By Kevin Fogarty | 07 August, 2009 05:26

  Two major identity management companies are forging ahead with products designed to satisfy what a cloud-computing consortium calls one of the trickiest problems preventing secure and automated connections between internal IT infrastructures and external service providers: identity and authentication.

• Tools to identify anonymous users online

  By Brandon Gregg | 07 July, 2009 00:23

  After posting 5 Free Ways to Track Online Leaks of Information, I received numerous requests asking how to identify the online source leaking the confidential company information. Here are some techniques a corporate investigator can use to identify anonymous users online.

• Your Identity: 'Costanza Style'

  By David Miller | 11 February, 2009 10:53

  Your identity is like George Costanza's wallet. Really. Think about it. Do you remember the classic Seinfeld episode? The one where George wouldn't give up his ever-expanding wallet filled with store credit cards, Irish money, a coupon for an Orlando Exxon gas station and several Sweet and Low packets. This, in spite of the obvious physical pain it caused and the security threat all of that imposed.

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