IT Security news from FierceCIO

IT has been changing right before our eyes, with outsourcing and offshoring, advances in communications and security, and the growing role of technology in business strategy. So what do all these Read more...

CIO's need to be on the alert when dismissing employees, never a pleasant task. But the unpleasantness can be extended well beyond the firing if an employee seeks to compromise company computer Read more...

Instant messaging has become a common workplace tool, but companies that fail to install security software are doing so at their own peril. InfoWorld.com reports that many business have had Read more...

A new and free online encyclopedia of internal network security issues has been released by provider Promisec, and includes some popular web-based applications among possible data-loss threats. These Read more...

Microsoft made quite a big deal about issuing 11 security updates this month to correct problems with Windows. Too bad it couldn't even get the updates right. The company now has revised one of those Read more...

Everyone knows that predators are lurking about, ready and willing to steal data, and that the threats that come from everywhere in the world are numerous and real. But Cooper Bachman of ID Analytics Read more...

Microsoft has released patches for 26 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and other software. It is the largest update in 18 months and includes 11 bulletins, Read more...

The arrest last month of a technology administrator from the City of San Francisco for hijacking the municipal computer network and blocking access to everyone but himself has been a real wake-up Read more...

Microsoft is pepping a bumper crop of 12 security fixes for Augusts' Patch Tuesday this coming week. Seven of these are deemed as "critical" fixes by the Redmond-based company. These vulnerabilities Read more...

Facing countless and unending security issues, Microsoft this week announced a new initiative to help IT administrators evaluate vulnerabilities in the company's software and to share that Read more...