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We’re saving a seat for you
SC Magazine U.S. Awards dinner is edging closer.
Jan 13 2006 10:06PM
Security
Company news
Sun Microsystems and Dartmouth College have announced a collaboration to increase security features in the
college’s OpenSolaris project.
Dartmouth will also develop a graduate-level operating system course based on the project, and experts from its Public Key Infrastructure Laboratory will explore the integration of OpenSolaris with trusted computing technology.
Jan 11 2006 9:54PM
Security
Threat of the month: DRM Rootkits
What is it?
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, describing any number of methods that content providers enlist to try to exercise control over what you can do with a digital document. Recently Sony BMG released a CD protected by a “rootkit,” a tool often used by hackers/malware authors to hide their tracks on a system.
Jan 11 2006 9:41PM
Security
News Briefs
Breach law signed in N.Y.
Jan 11 2006 9:14PM
Security
The year of compliance
At the start of the year, most of the talk centered on how IT security would be affected by new federal legislation, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). But as it turned out, it was a California state law that had the most dramatic impact.
Dec 15 2005 9:45PM
Security
Others who are making a difference
Richard Clarke, founder and ceo of Good Harbor Consulting, for continuing to unabashedly criticize anyone who is failing to comprehend the security requirements that go along with using the internet as a business-enabling tool. Even after his service to three presidents, Clarke serves up his cybersecurity knowledge whether your like it or not. Besides frequenting the conference circuit, he recently published a fictional account of terrorism in the U.S., The Scorpion’s Gate, slated to become a motion picture in 2007.
Dec 15 2005 9:40PM
Security
