Security

Open Source Report From RSA 2011

Open source is alive and well in the security industry

US bill would prohibit Internet ‘kill switch’

Three senators introduced a cybersecurity bill that prohibits the president from shutting down the Internet

Security departments not prepared for new technologies

CardSpace, we hardly knew ye

Oracle rolls out more critical patches for troublesome Java

NASA tamps down massive solar flare impact hype

NASA says massive solar flare will produce pretty skies but little else

FBI: Web-based services hurting wiretapping efforts

A lawyer for the agency stops short of saying she wants back doors in Internet services

Readers respond: IBM Watson, Nokia-Microsoft, and Facebook privacy

Comments for the week of Feb. 14, 2011

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BeyondTrust discloses vulnerability in other access control tools

IT execs at RSA extol virtues of cloud computing, with familiar caveats

Adoption accelerating, although legal, security and technical obstacles abound