12/11/08
Security vendor Finjan predicts that the current economic downturn could herald a sharp rise in cybercrime during 2009--driven by the rise in the number of IT people being laid off. According to a report from the company's Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC), more unemployed IT personnel will be tempted to seek "new and easy income by purchasing and using crimeware toolkits that are sold by professional hackers."
12/11/08
Facebook remains the number one Web site this year among college students, according to a survey by Anderson Analytics, which has tracked US college students' attitudes and behaviors since 2005. Besides ranking the most popular Web sites, this year's study took a closer look at students' use of social media including blogging, discussion boards, and social network services (SNS) such as Facebook, Myspace, and professional networking site LinkedIn.
12/10/08
A new study concludes that real-time videoconferencing, streaming, and lecture capture solutions for distance education and e-learning markets is growing not to address the needs of remote students but to accommodate demand from campus-based users who want the ability to attend class whenever and however they wish.
12/09/08
This year, the IT industry reached an inflection point, where more new malicious programs were created than useful ones. So says security solution provider Symantec in its latest report highlighting some of the top security trends in 2008.
12/09/08
Enterprises are starting to appreciate software as a service (SaaS) and plan to maintain or grow their SaaS use, according to a survey conducted by Gartner, tapping 258 respondents.
12/05/08
A recent Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) CyLab survey of corporate board directors reveals a gap in board and senior executive oversight in managing cyber risks. Based on data from 703 individuals (primarily independent directors) serving on boards of public companies listed in the United States, only 36 percent of the respondents indicated that their board had any direct involvement with oversight of information security.
12/03/08
How IBM's new release is following through on old challenges... big ones.
11/18/08
Around the globe, CIOs are playing an increasingly driving role in strategy and innovation in their organizations, according to a new study released this week by the Center for CIO Leadership. But CIOs still have a considerable way to go before they become "full and active participants" in creating strategies, the study found.
10/30/08
The IT security function, as a percentage of total IT staff at enterprise organizations, appears to be in decline, according to an addendum on security in a research report released this week by Computer Economics.
10/17/08
What's the top threat to data security going to be in 2009? According to the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009 out of Georgia Tech's Information Security Center, the answer is malware specifically disguised as "benign social networking links."