Security

5 recession-era strategies for software vendors (and their customers)

Medical center CIO finds inflicting guilt on vendors works

In the operating room, the technology has to be reliable, he tells sales reps

With recent outages, big data service providers take hits

Are recession-induced cutbacks killing reliability?

8 Dirty Secrets of the IT Security Industry

IBM ISS Security Strategist Joshua Corman speaks out on what he believes are eight blights affecting the security industry.

Alleged TJX hacker now indicted for massive Heartland, Hannaford credit card thefts

The Miami man, already facing other charges, is indicted for the theft of 130 million credit card numbers

Three indicted for hack attacks on Heartland, Hannaford

Largest data breach conspiracy hit 5 companies; led to theft of 130M credit card numbers

Bored bureaucrat pleads guilty to passport snooping

A fifth State Department worker pleads guilty to illegally accessing files

The Open Group enters cloud security debate

IEEE program brings security vendors together

Industry Connections Program holds virtual meetings to get new activities going quickly

Hiring hackers (part 2)

Verify, then trust, then verify