Healthcare provider prescribes major data-loss prevention program

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• Healthcare provider prescribes major data-loss prevention program
• Security: Never mind the products, educate the users
• Google Yanks 21 Malicious Apps From Android Market, Phones
• Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps
• Cisco caught off guard by switching hit
• Mozilla follows Google, patches Firefox as prep for Pwn2Own
• Join the club: Changing the status quo for security
• Man gets 7 years for forcing modems to call premium numbers
• PayPal CISO: DDoS one big security threat among many
• Today's CSO: Business, relationships come first

Healthcare provider prescribes major data-loss prevention program Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:30 AM PST New Jersey's single largest healthcare provider, Saint Barnabas Health Care System, is rolling out a major data-loss prevention (DLP) initiative that will enforce new content-control restrictions on over 10,000 laptops, tablets and desktop PCs used by its medical staff.

Security: Never mind the products, educate the users Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:24 AM PST If they could change one thing to improve IT security, the assembled experts on a panel at Cebit would better educate their users.

Google Yanks 21 Malicious Apps From Android Market, Phones Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:51 AM PST Openness, one of Android's big advantages, can also be the Achilles' heel of the platform. Google has pulled the kill switch on 21 free malware apps from the Android Market and from around 50,000 devices, according to reports. The apps were free illegal downloads of popular apps in the Android Market, repackaged with malware able to steal details from a user's phone.

Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:27 AM PST More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's application market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are hard at work trying to compromise mobile devices.

Cisco caught off guard by switching hit Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:15 AM PST The product transition currently redefining Cisco's business took the company by surprise, CEO John Chambers said during the company's partner conference in New Orleans this week.

Mozilla follows Google, patches Firefox as prep for Pwn2Own Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:57 AM PST Mozilla on Tuesday fixed 11 security flaws in Firefox, following in rival Google's footsteps in patching its browser before a hacking contest kicks off next week.

Join the club: Changing the status quo for security Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:00 AM PST Today's essay is the second of two articles by Brian Berger, a director of the Trusted Computing Group. In his first article, Berger discussed the widely underused Trusted Platform Module (TPM) which can easily help secure systems. Here, he discusses the state of acceptance of the TPM.

Man gets 7 years for forcing modems to call premium numbers Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:29 AM PST A New Hampshire man who made $8 million by installing unwanted dial-up software on computers and then forcing them to call expensive premium telephone numbers was handed down an 82-month sentence on Monday.

PayPal CISO: DDoS one big security threat among many Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:39 AM PST Stung by a high-profile denial-of-service attack in December, PayPal's CISO says application layer attacks remain a major threat to businesses in general, which need better defenses and actual testing of the DDoS tools they have.

Today's CSO: Business, relationships come first Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:35 PM PST As Baby Boomers are leaving the corporate workplace to enjoy their time on the beach, in the mountains and in their RVs traveling across the country, corporate security departments are losing leadership talent more frequently than at any other time in corporate history.

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