Security

Bad news for NAC vendors that rely on agents

* Enterprises are fed up with agents on their endpoints, making agentless NAC attractive

Why identity-theft rates are so high

* Banks' practices contribute to the problem

Howard Schmidt talks privacy, background checks

CDT launches health privacy initiative

Virtualized security: the next frontier

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is an all-Office affair

Patching procedure comes with a twist as 11 critical vulnerabilities are addressed, including flaw that could lead to hackers stealing e-mail

How IT is helping retailers fight theft

Eliot Spitzer: High-tech felt his impact

Spammers, spyware companies, telecom execs were among attorney general-turned-governor's targets

Identity vendor Ping adds to wares to support SaaS

Vendor acquires single sign-on technology from Sxip Identity

Chunghwa may be first to sell Chinese Google phone