Business Security June 2009 Archive

I have some great childhood memories of going to Mets games with my Dad. It was such an uncomplicated outing; drive to Queens, park at Shea, and wait for a ... Read More

Challenging free security programs such as AVG and Avast!, Microsoft has released the beta version of Security Essentials. The free antivirus program will replace the fee-based Windows Live OneCare, which ... Read More

Really. It's just that they seem to make the news so much lately, and the stories are brimming with real world security lessons. According to an article in today's Network World, ... Read More

Earlier this week, ex-Googlers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi teamed up with Ameet Ranadive to launch Dasient, a service that protects web sites against against blacklisting and web-based malware. Timely ... Read More

Good: Google crawls a website, gathering data that enhances search results. Bad: malware that looks like Google crawls a webpage and sends you to an infected site. A ginormous malware outbreak, dubbed ... Read More

Yet another high profile Twitter hack - this time at the expense of the Mormons. According to the Register, Hackers most likely exploited a weak password to pwn the @LDSChurchNews ... Read More

AVG, whose free antivirus software rides on over 80 million computers, recently released an identity protection application that runs alongside other anti-virus products. Earlier this year, AVG acquired Sana Security, a ... Read More

Last week, the California Supreme Court began hearing Hernandez v. Hillsides; a case that will probe some of the complexities of workplace surveillance. In this case, two women are suing ... Read More

In my last post, I recommended conducting an internal investigation as a first step in embezzlement cases. So what happens when two witnesses disagree? This scenario can easily derail your ... Read More

You've discovered that someone is embezzling from your company? Do you call law enforcement? Fire the suspect? In a recent article in Risk Management, G. Michael Bellinger recommends a three-step ... Read More