The FBI has teamed up with virus specialists the Sans Institute to produce a list of the top 20 computer security threats facing companies today. The list is a revision of a top ten list of threats produced by the same organisations last year.
The suits allege that executives breached fiduciary responsibilities to the company by accepting and selling IPO shares. While reasonable people can debate whether giving private banking clients preferred access to IPO shares is fair or whether...
Moreover, US lawmakers have introduced controversial bills this year that could strengthen copyright controls over computers and the data they store. Such pro-security measures have gained momentum in the post-11 September political climate, which...
This department will be charged with encouraging research on new technologies that can detect these threats in time to prevent an attack. It also classifies certain activities as new computer crimes, stiffens penalties and permits internet...
The GAO warned that bot networks, criminal gangs, foreign intelligence services, spammers, spyware authors and terrorists were all "emerging" threats that "have been identified by the US intelligence community and others".
IBM will "begin or end participation in standards bodies based on the quality and openness of their processes, membership rules and intellectual property policies", according to the policy, which IBM developed through a six-week online 'wiki...
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