Systems Security

• Application Security 101

  Understanding the basics of the application security lifecycle helps to lock up hacker-friendly loopholes. It helps you not only protect your business, but cover your assets.
  Lora Shinn

• Keeping Web 2.0 Platforms Private and Secure

  Blogs and social networks can help companies improve relationships with employees and customers. But they can also leave a business open to privacy and security problems. It’s critical to have strong policies and software.
  Michelle V. Rafter

• Pay for Storage? Weighing the Free -- and Low Cost -- Options

  Google's entrance into online storage, offering users some free storage – with more available for a fee -- increases the choices for small businesses. Here's how to decide between online versus computer-based options.
  Renee Oricchio

• Wi-Fi Security: Block Rogue Access Points

  Wireless networks have moved to the small business arena, helping offices spread Internet connectivity and mobility at a low cost, but bringing security concerns. Unauthorized access points can undercut your Wi-Fi security.
  Patricia Brown

• Disaster Recovery: Is Your Company a Phoenix?

  While disaster recovery and business continuity are cited as a top priority and business initiative, many technologists find that obtaining funding for disaster recovery is easier said than done.
  Lisa Metcalfe

• Safeguard Your Biggest Asset -- Your Data

  A company’s data is its life blood, so why risk having it lost, stolen, or hacked into with shoddy security and privacy practices? Regular audits can help companies pinpoint weaknesses and establish good privacy protocols.
  Michelle V. Rafter

• The Offsite Office: Manage IT with a Remote Staff

  Research finds nearly 75 percent of small and mid-sized businesses have one or more employees who telecommute. IT managers need to ensure that these remote workers are connecting to the network securely and backing up company data.
  Renee Oricchio

• The Right Way to Respond to a Data Breach

  Laptops get stolen. Insiders steal data. And hackers are always trying to intrude. In many states, businesses that experience data breaches have to notify all customers. Don't let one ruin your business.
  Renee Oricchio

• Time to Try Online Backup for Your PCs?

  Not only have the prices for online backup for business PCs fallen, but big offline players like EMC and Seagate Technology are also getting into the act. But does online backup really provide security, ease, and reliance?
  Marc Saltzman

• The Urge to Purge: When to Dump Data

  When business data is saved on magnetic media, traces are often left on disks and tapes -- even when employees hit the delete button. But technology is available today to permanently delete data from office computers. Should you use these tools?
  Mary O. Foley

• Decrease Your Data by De-Duplication

  Storing and managing data is a challenge -- and an expensive one at that -- as the amount of data being stored rises. What is a business to do? Try data de-duplication, the technology that tackles the data explosion.
  Patricia Brown

• New Strains of Anti-Virus Protection

  No security solution will block every zero-day exploit or thwart every threat, but a host of new products can help IT managers identify a broadening plethora of security woes.
  Tiare Rath