Articles for April 2009

Found On Lifehacker – an easy way past workplace security controls

April 28th, 2009

Anybody can set up external proxies.

Remote Desktop Control – Valuable Tool or Gaping Hole?

April 23rd, 2009

Today’s post will cover several interesting tidbits of data about remote control products. The first tidbit comes from the recently released Verizon Data Breach Report which paints a detailed picture of how cybercrime is making money. The report looked at 90 data breaches that resulted in a loss of 285 million records. The item that [...]

Real Data Does Not Lie – Existing Security Controls Are Failing

April 17th, 2009

On April 15th, we participated in a very successful webinar with Dark Reading entitled “Why Bad Security Breaches Keep Happening To Good Organizations”. During the back and forth between the two speakers, we took a poll of the attendees, asking them the following question:
Which applications do you think are currently running in your organization’s IT [...]

Network World on Restoring Application Control

April 9th, 2009

control applications

Security Loopholes in Google Docs – Is This Really a Surprise?

April 3rd, 2009

This TechCrunch article highlights three security holes in Google Docs, each of which varies in terms of severity. The most severe, according to the researcher, is an issue where a user whose permission to share/view your document has been revoked may still be able to see the documents.
Several observations come to mind. First off, is [...]