Security

French privacy authority gives Google 3 months to change its ways

French data protection regulator CNIL is losing patience with Google's refusal to change its privacy policy

5 BYOD Pitfalls and How You Can Avoid Them

Facebook designing network fabric to meet massive performance needs

The company is developing new technologies to feed its insatiable need for data bandwidth

FBI/IC3 says online mug shot “extortion” a growing problem

The FBI/Internet Crime Complaint Center says it has gotten hundreds of complaints; legislation is slowly forthcoming to help

Cisco denies spying

Says it is not involved in NSA surveillance program or in Chinese espionage

Patent-licensing firm files second lawsuit against Motorola Mobility

Intellectual Ventures says lawsuits against Motorola and Capital One are necessary to protect its intellectual property

Countries question Google on Glass privacy

In open letter, officials ask CEO Larry Page to meet on Glass privacy issues

NSA spying could mean U.S. tech companies lose international business

Domestic Internet firms face political, economic consequences for breach of trust over the NSA surveillance controversy.

Many companies are negligent about SAP security, researchers say

Researchers found many servers with old SAP applications or critical SAP administrative services exposed to the Internet

Security Group Tagging Basics

An overview of security group tagging.