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Custom-Fit Security Apps

If last year saw the birth of managed security services, then this is the year they will come of age, evolving from one-size-fits-all services...

Wanna Keep A Secret?

Security is mostly a state of mind, but creating that good feeling can be very expensive. Banks, for instance, are absurdly easy to rob....

The Smart Money Is on Security

Its hard to feel safe and sound during an economic slowdown—unless you specialize in security services.Just take a look at the results from our...

Who Let The Worms Out?

Its one of the biggest Internet disasters of all time, yet many of todays technology consultants dont remember the online carnage.Long before virus outbreaks...

Single-Sign-On Redux

A pair of security vendors is giving the concept of single sign-on another go, hoping combined architectures and technologies will allay the fears of...

The Myth of Fingerprints

Fingerprint readers. Voice-print identifiers. Retina or iris scanners. Face-recognition systems. Those are the things that spy stories are made of. In most peoples minds,...

Are You Ready For The Year 2003 Problem?

The regulatory clock is ticking for health-care providers and their technology partners.Late last year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published new...

Youre Covered

In the increasingly competitive hacker insurance market, American International Group is making an offer it hopes prospective clients wont refuse — a free, comprehensive...

Virus Blame Passed to Users

Weve come almost full circle in the never-ending battle against computer viruses. A year ago we oudly blamed Microsoft for the Swiss cheese architecture...

A Beast Of Burden

In last weeks column, anticipating the forthcoming release of Microsofts new consumer operating system, Windows XP, I toasted a future without DOS. My e-mail...