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Good News for Your Clients: Cyber Coverage Is Expanding
Insurance Journal reports that some insurers are beefing up their Cyber Liability Insurance in order to offer coverage for physical damage and injuries caused by cyber attacks.The news is important...
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End of XP Support from Microsoft Could Affect Retailers
According to a report by NetworkWorld, most point-of-sale systems rely on a scaled-down version of Windows XP, which means retailers could be in trouble when Microsoft stops supporting the OS this...
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Proposed Bill Would Mandate Smartphone Kill Switches to Fight Data Breaches
Four senators have proposed a bill that would require smartphone makers to include a "kill switch" to allow consumers to shut off phones and lock them after they're stolen. According to CNET, The...
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How to Talk Apps to Clients
Business News Daily raises an important point for mobile app developers: your clients may want a "mobile presence,” but have no idea what that means.Indeed, all IT professionals face this fundamental...
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These 9 Mistakes Cause 94% of Data Breaches
Every year, Verizon performs an exhaustive study of the last 12 months of data breaches, looking for trends and patterns that will help data security professionals better protect their clients' data....
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The Next Generation of Business Data Breach: IP Theft
What is IP theft? It's the stealing of intellectual property, designs, patents, code, and other intangible assets. IT theft is becoming more and more common and costly – and even small IT firms can end...
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Study: Only 9% of Companies Feel Safe from Insider Data Threats
When talking about data security, it's easy to think only of outside threats (such as hackers and malware) and forget that many of the biggest dangers to data come from within an organization. Insider...
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Technology Errors & Omissions Insurance in Action: a $17 Million E&O Claim
The Republic recently reported on an IT lawsuit that could cost one tech company more than $17 million. A North Dakota insurance agency filed a lawsuit against Aon eSolutions, a Chicago IT vendor that...
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Good News for Your Clients: Cyber Coverage Is Expanding
Insurance Journal reports that some insurers are beefing up their Cyber Liability Insurance in order to offer coverage for physical damage and injuries caused by cyber attacks.The news is important...
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Apple Award for IP Patents Carves Out More IT Case Law
Lawsuits are something no one likes talking about. They can happen to any business and are hard to plan for. But because people don't talk much about them, there's a lot of confusion about what a...
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Don’t Forget to Floss Your Passwords: “Cyber Hygiene” Is the Latest in Data...
The former head of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff knows a thing or two about security. So when he says that cyber attacks are occurring at "unprecedented" levels, our ears perk up.In a recent...
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Symantec Says Antivirus Software Is Dead. What This Means for Your Clients
Security company Symantec declared in a recent Wall Street Journal article that antivirus software – one of its main products – is "dead," implying it is practically useless at deterring cyber attacks....
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End of XP Support from Microsoft Could Affect Retailers
According to a report by NetworkWorld, most point-of-sale systems rely on a scaled-down version of Windows XP, which means retailers could be in trouble when Microsoft stops supporting the OS this...
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Proposed Bill Would Mandate Smartphone Kill Switches to Fight Data Breaches
Four senators have proposed a bill that would require smartphone makers to include a "kill switch" to allow consumers to shut off phones and lock them after they're stolen. According to CNET, The...
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How to Talk Apps to Clients
Business News Daily raises an important point for mobile app developers: your clients may want a "mobile presence,” but have no idea what that means.Indeed, all IT professionals face this fundamental...
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Is It Time to Go Looking for Data Breaches?
Stop me if you've heard this one: a major U.S. retailer was hit with a massive data breach. It sounds familiar because it is. But this time, we're not talking about Target. We're actually talking about...
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Make Your Clients Safer: A Lesson in Email
According to a PressTV report, a recent study by HALOCK Security Labs revealed that email security problems are surprisingly common in the financial industry. More than 70 percent of mortgage lenders...
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Tech Firms Announce They’re Doing Risky Business
The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reported this month on an incredible discrepancy between tech firms and other industries. Tech vendors and IT companies see their work as risky and susceptible to...
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Recommendations for IT Professionals Consulting on iOS Security
In the early 2000s, Apple was charming consumers with iPods and iMacs, but most of the business world still relied on Microsoft’s Windows operating system and favored non-Apple devices. When smart...
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The Next Generation of Business Data Breach: IP Theft
What is IP theft? It's the stealing of intellectual property, designs, patents, code, and other intangible assets. IT theft is becoming more and more common and costly – and even small IT firms can end...
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