ANALYSIS – This article highlights the fact that even with the negative publicity, the risk of lawsuit or loss of personal information, P2P applications remain extremely popular. The application is supposedly installed on 36.4% of all PCs -approximately 1.66 million desktops worldwide, making it the current leader in P2P market share. Interestingly, the [...]
ALERT – Blog. At least that is what more and more people are turning to when they want to express themselves. As with most applications, blogging is not inherently bad. However, it makes sense to have a clear blogging policy. There are many potential reasons to have an explicit blogging policy — ranging from avoiding [...]
ANALYSIS – Google Desktop is one of those applications that can be seen as a productivity tool by end-users and a huge security hole by security experts. This CSO article outlines how Google Desktop works and some of the potential ramifications of the indexing and search functions if not configured correctly. More interesting [...]
ANALYSIS – Comcast, the Internet Service Provider, has allegedly been throttling traffic for subscribers who are using peer-to-peer (p2p) applications such as BitTorrent. Comcast has justified this action by claiming BitTorrent and p2p applications are most well known for sharing music files, movies, videos, and software applications, with most of the files being shared [...]
ANALYSIS – In this Wall Street Journal article, the author does a great job of highlighting the hidden risks of P2P applications. With more than 450 Million copies of P2P software deployed, 12 million of which are in use (online) at any given time, the risk of inadvertent sharing of files remains high.
The article [...]
ANALYSIS – This Network Computing article highlights how T. Rowe Price has embraced Web 2.0 technologies to enable more effective information gathering and sharing. Using wikis, discussion software and instant messaging, T. Rowe Price is reaping the benefits of information sharing, although not without some challenges – mainly resistance to change. One aspect that [...]
ANALYSIS – An interesting Dark Reading article on Software as a Service (SaaS) where the CTO of Google challenges enterprises to trust their users to do the right thing when it comes to application usage. And at the same time, stresses that appropriate security policies should be in place:
Communication and trust are key to building [...]
ALERT – WeBot is an application that turns your computer into a streaming media server. WeBot allows users to gain real-time access to their digital media files at home via an Internet enabled computer. In addition to providing immediate access from an Internet enabled computer, WeBot even makes it possible to stream music and pictures [...]
ALERT – The wait is over… No longer do users need a precious invitation to join the closed Joost beta to experience IPTV at its best. Joost has recently opened their 1.0 beta to the public. Enhancements include a slightly revised user interface and open API for 3rd party widget development. Joost has differentiated themselves [...]
ALERT – Peer-to-peer (P2P) software continues to cause security risks for users and corporate networks with private data being accidentally shared across file sharing networks. ABN Amro (CitiGroup-owned mortgage company) recently reported that a former employee had exposed a couple of spreadsheets with 5,000+ social security numbers and other private customer information. A data-leakage protection [...]
