Keeping content safe no matter where it “lives.” We talk a lot about multi-layered security: perimeter security, network security, cloud security, device security – but what is it that we most need to protect? The answer usually boils down to: the data.
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Debra Littlejohn Shinder has been working and writing in the field of IT security since 1998. She’s an author of and contributor to over 25 books on computer technology, including “Scene of the Cybercrime,” based on her previous experience as a police officer and police academy instructor. Deb is owner and CEO of TACteam (Training, Authoring and Consulting) and has contracted with Microsoft, Intel, HP, Prowess Consulting, Sunbelt Software, GFI Software, ConfigureSoft, 2X Software and other software and hardware companies. She currently writes articles and blogs for Windowsecurity.com, WindowsNetworking.com and CloudComputingAdmin.com as well as GFI’s Talk Tech to Me and Patch Central, and has published more than 1800 articles for web sites and print magazines. Deb has been a Microsoft MVP in the area of enterprise security for the past eleven years.
Here we go again. Yes, it’s already the end of another month and time to round up the patches that have been issued in July by various software vendors.
Continue readingOrganizations have had two years to make the policy and procedural changes required to be in compliance with its requirements, and it seems as if that’s been all that many companies have been focused on as the deadline approached.
Continue readingThis June, none of the Microsoft operating systems have vulnerabilities numbering the double digits. The largest number of fixes belong to the Edge web browser, and a large percentage of those are rated critical.
Continue readingThe GDPR brings some big changes to the way companies must handle data, and that includes data in email messages. Email may be the weak spot in your data security strategy, but it doesn’t have to be.
Continue readingHere we are again at the end of another month, and it’s been an interesting one for those who spend their lives down in the IT security trenches.
Continue readingEnforcement officially began on May 25 and while it has created hassles and even havoc for companies scrambling to comply, it also brings some benefits for “data subjects” – that’s you, if any organization collects, processes or stores personal information about you – even those who don’t live in Europe.
Continue readingIn total, the June patches address 50 vulnerabilities. Let’s take a closer look at some of the security update summaries. Only one of these, a remote code execution issue in the Jcript component, had been publicly disclosed.
Continue readingIn this part of the Win10 version 1803 update guide, we’ll wrap it up with a discussion of some of the problems that have been encountered in upgrading to 1803 and what factors might make it smart for you delay upgrading immediately.
Continue readingHere we are again at the end of another month, and it’s been an interesting one for those who spend their lives down in the IT security trenches.
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