This tidbit just in from the researchers at Computer Economics: 15% of the IT staffs at large organizations consists of contractors, versus regular salaried employees. This continues a trend that arose last year, part of a four-fold increase in the past two years.
Author: ISBuzz Team
A decade ago, almost no one used online backup services to store their data in the cloud. Yet, as smartphones become ubiquitous, the need to synchronize data among multiple devices has boosted the use of cloud backups
BH Consulting, a specialist firm in information security consulting, today announced that its CEO Brian Honan has been appointed as a Special Advisor on Internet Security to Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3).
Google is expanding its bug bounty program to include awards for patches that make material security improvements to open source software – even when the software isn’t directly maintained by Google itself.
Japan has an 80,000 shortfall in infosec professionals, and needs to provide extra training for more than half of those currently in the industry, if it’s to protect key IT systems from attack, according to the government.
When it comes to building secure mobile applications, errors most often occur in session management. By themselves, these mistakes do not present a significant risk, but the more mistakes made, the more vulnerable the application.
Microsoft yesterday threw in the towel on its attempt to build its own YouTube app for Windows Phone, revising that app to shunt users instead to the browser for accessing Google’s video service via the Web.
Russian authorities have arrested a man believed to be the creator of the malicious software kit Blackhole.
A majority of CEOs are failing to steer their companies towards effective use of new computer technologies, which precludes their organisations from making major business improvements.
If you’re a security professional who’s regularly telling IT and the business side what they’re doing wrong with security, you’re doing it wrong.
