Security

VA still lags on encryption

The Top 10 Priorities for CIOs in 2013

Innovative CIOs Show How to Make Money With IT

Visualizing Syrian Internet blackout

Most complete blackout that web watcher CloudFlare has seen

Microsoft joins malware, ad teams to fight click fraud

The company says click fraud is rampant in the US$32 billion online advertising industry

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

Amazon focused on data management and enabling analytics

Chinese media attack Cisco

State run outlets say the company is conspiring against China, undermining infrastructure

Senate committee approves privacy protections for cloud, email

The legislation would require law enforcement agencies to get court warrants to search stored electronic communications

Cisco’s internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment

Team of about 60 guards against desktop malware outbreaks, monitors for unauthorized traffic and protects corporate jewels

IRS needs bigger weapons to fight exploding identity theft-related tax refund fraud schemes

GAO report says there were 642,000 incidents of identity theft that impacted tax refunds in 2012 alone