Recent Articles
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Four Ways to Add Value to Health Care Security Offerings
The Centers for MEDICARE and MEDICAID Services (CMS) released a report this week that documented findings from reviews it conducted last year of ten poorly-performing health care organizations’ HIPAA security compliance. The report documented the bad and ugly of health care security failings, with a number of recommendations springing forth from CMS review of organizational…
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New Card Readers Promote Physical-Logical Security Convergence
SCM Microsystems today announced that it will release to the channel a new set of smart card readers that are small enough to be carried on key rings, in pockets or in purses starting this month. The family of three new models are designed for connection through USB or Near Field Communication (NFC), giving clients…
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New Appliance Helps VARs to Offer SMBs Business Continuity
A small Las Vegas-based vendor today introduced to the channel a new business continuity appliance that it believes can make disaster recovery planning more accessible to SMBs and open up opportunities to VARs and MSPs in the process. XiloCore will roll out the X700 Business Recovery System exclusively through the channel. Designed to be deployed…
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Twitter Site Knocked Down in Hack Attack
(Reuters) – Twitter, the popular Internet micro-blogging service, said it is fending off a cyber attack that prevented people from accessing its website for several hours on Thursday. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said on Twitter’s blog that the site was the victim of a denial-of-service attack, a technique in which hackers overwhelm a website’s servers…
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At Websense, Layoffs and Executive Shakeup
After a tough earnings call last week, Websense announced yesterday that it plans to cut 5 percent of its roster in order to adjust to the slumping economy. “We have been aggressively managing our expense structure during the recession without any reduction in personnel costs,” said Kate Patterson, vice president of corporate communications and investor…