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CEO: The Age Of Cyberwar War is not a term to be tossed around lightly. That is why the growing debate over cyberwar has caught our attention.
SMB: The Surprising Costs of Security (or “Insecurity”) Find out why the “Security Paradox,” just issued by McAfee’s Mid-Size Business team, should be on your “must read” list. Learn some surprising ...
Data Protection: European Data Protection Law a Possibility? The Register recently reported that the European Commission is considering passing EU-wide laws on data breach notification, along the lines of those ...
Family Safety: Social Media Games: Play it safe or pay later I’ll admit it. I am addicted to Farmville on Facebook! I also play (somewhat addicted) Scrabble with my son and old friends on Facebook. If you are ...
McAfee Channel: McAfee Channel Year-end Promotions McAfee channel partners in EMEA and North America have just over one month to cash in on three promotions that ramp up sales and increase competitive edge ...
Public Sector: McAfee To Secure U.S. Air Force SIPRNet Back in August, I spoke with Vago Muradian, host of This Week in Defense News about the challenging cyber security paradox facing The Pentagon: how do you ...
Support: McAfee Online Support Community Live Today the McAfee Online Support Community went live, giving you a way to interact with McAfee business users, ask questions and share best practices. Additionally, ...
McAfee Labs: COFEE Break Turns Messy A common challenge of cybercrime investigations is the need to conduct forensic analysis on a computer before it is powered down and restarted. As some ...
Corporate Responsibility: Teaching Cybersecurity As you may know, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Organized by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), National Cyber Security Awareness ...
Consumer: Does Microsoft give you security’s essentials? This week, Microsoft announced the availability of Security Essentials for consumers, which is similar to other free anti-virus software. You might be wondering, ...
Risk & Compliance: The Dangerous Out-Of-Scope PCI Charade What is out-of-scope related to PCI and who decides?
Security Perspectives: The Myths Of Security In my new book, “The Myths of Security” (O’Reilly, 2009), I spend a lot of time looking at why traditional antivirus solutions get a bad rap. I also ...
CTO: How to Deal with Terrible Tuesday I’ve seen a lot of Patch Tuesdays. If you look back at history, the concept of updating (“patching”) the Windows operating system began with ...
Network Security: NSS Labs Test Reveals TippingPoint’s Struggles Customers have myriad challenges facing them, and the last thing they have time do to is validate vendor claims. Do their security purchases, past or present, ...
Endpoint: Does Windows 7 Change The Security Equation? Ever since Microsoft released its Windows 7 operating system there has been a big buzz on the media about its security capabilities. While some security ...
Critical Infrastructure: Cyberspies Hack Power Grid – Those in the Know, Knew! Last month the press was abuzz with the news that the US electric grid has been hacked by foreign operatives. To anyone who has studied security in the ...

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