Security

5 Hot Technology Policy Agenda Items You Need to Watch

Microsoft patch blows ‘perfect game’ but sends important message

How can Microsoft's only unscheduled patch of 2011 help predict its security success in 2012?

Facebook Timeline Scams Prey on Wishful Thinking

Government engineers actively plan for cyberwar

Microsoft researcher: Passwords aren’t dead but they need fixing

Passwords offer good enough protection vs. the harm that breaches cause - apparently

Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound

Two new security books ponder: Just how vulnerable are we?

Book reviews: "America the Vulnerable" and "When Gadgets Betray Us"

Tips from IT professionals on how to handle virtual desktops, wireless, network performance issues

IT professionals offer security, desktop virtualization advice

NASA on 2012: It’s really NOT the end of the world as we know it

NASA says there’s nothing lurking out there that will destroy the planet in 2012

Most believe U.S. won’t become fully paperless

Only 20% of 1,142 polled believe U.S. will one day be a paperless society