Richard Adhikari

A Web survey of companies with an average of 1,000 employees conducted by Osterman Research on behalf of PureWire, a Web security software as a service (SaaS) vendor, found the majority of the 139 respondents concerned about the Internet. Fears that the Internet is an entry point for malware topped their list of concerns, with […]

Customer relationship management (CRM) projects in 2009 will be all about business value, and that includes adding social networks to the mix, according to a report from analyst firm Forrester Research. An increased emphasis on business value will see enterprises focusing on customer retention and creating dynamic solutions to support customer facing processes. “During this […]

A vulnerability in a widespread digital certificate technology has lit a fire under major Internet stakeholders, prompting moves by Microsoft, the Mozilla Foundation and others to prevent attackers from using the hack to endanger secure Web sites. Researchers yesterday announced they had found a flaw in MD5, or Message-Digest algorithm 5 , a cryptographic technique […]

In a move that might impact national security recommendations made to the incoming Obama administration, business groups have filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, says it is illegal for the DHS to force federal contractors and subcontractors to use […]

Peering into their crystal balls the other day, the guys at network security vendor SonicWALL came up with a list of predictions for their field in the coming year. Web 2.0 tops their list of villains, as it should. Sure, Web 2.0 technologies like Web-based apps and social networking promote sharing and user-uploaded content and […]

Security researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in the infrastructure used to secure Web pages on the Internet — potentially allowing for the creation of rogue security certificates and the spoofing of sites like banking and e-commerce sites. The news prompted at least one major certificate authority, VeriSign, to roll out fixes across its services that […]

Terry Childs, the rogue system administrator for San Francisco who locked officials out of the city’s fiber-optic wide area network (WAN) this year, is facing four felony charges in the case. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris announced Friday that Childs, 43, will be arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court on January 13. He […]

What’s ahead in enterprise technology for the coming year? We explore new technologies to be on the lookout for as well as key security and data management issues. Virtualization will be a major enterprise thrust Companies are cringing as the double whammy of the recession and the credit freeze are crippling them, and they are […]

It’s not generally known, but Santa is really an alien using advanced technology and high-tech gadgetry since the dawn of time. Think about it: This fellow jumps onto a vehicle drawn by eight furry four-legged beasts that manage to fly without any wings or rocket propulsion. Think antigravity or maglev trains. What, you ask, is […]

A hacker got into the computer systems of electronic payment processing services provider RBS WorldPay, compromising more than a million customers’ records. Formerly known as RBS Lynk, RBS WorldPay, which claims it has more than 20 years in the business, is the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Personal and […]

Telecommunications giant Verizon has won a record $33.15 million judgment against Internet domain registrar OnlineNIC for cybersquatting . The judgment, which Verizon described as the largest ever in a cybersquatting case, was handed down by the U.S. District Court in the Northern district of California in San Francisco. OnlineNIC had registered at least 663 domain […]

As we enter 2009, enterprise IT managers will have even more work to do to focus strongly on securing data in the year ahead. The recession and the move to cloud computing, two seemingly separate issues, will both present challenges in the coming year, says one security expert. Insider threats will increase as employees, disgruntled […]