TechTarget News - Week of Apr 03, 2011
Mon Apr 4, 2011
RSA discloses phishing-attack data breach details
RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed the firm's data breach in mid March was the result of a spear phishing attack. The spear phishing attack exploited an Adobe Flash vulnerability that was unpatched at the time.
Tue Apr 5, 2011
PizzaExpress parent turns to customer data analytics to target diners
The Gondola Group of restaurants, which includes PizzaExpress, Ask, Zizzi, Byron and Kettner's, has gone digital with targeted promotions to casual diners over the past 18 months.
Tue Apr 5, 2011
Immigration cap will not stem flow of IT workers to UK on ICT visas
The immigration cap, which comes into force on 6 April 2011, will have little effect on the number of economic migrants entering the UK because businesses can continue to use the uncapped Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme to access skills, according to Migration Watch.
Tue Apr 5, 2011
City of York falls foul of data protection act following printer mix-up
The City of York Council has fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after having accidentally disclosed personal data following a printer mix-up.
Tue Apr 5, 2011
Sex offence technology helps business avoid legal liability
Technology that cross references image hash codes against child sexual abuse material will help businesses avoid legal liability.
Wed Apr 6, 2011
Indian BI technology market to grow by 16% in 2011: Gartner
The Indian BI technology market in 2011 will see a 16% growth over 2010. Read more about the latest BI technology market trends in this Gartner forecast.
Thu Apr 7, 2011
Copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet is arriving, but not on 10GBase-T
Forget the predictions that copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet would run on 10Gbase-T. Copper-based Ethernet is here, but SFP Direct Attach maybe the cabling of choice.
Thu Apr 7, 2011
Dell set to unveil cloud plans
Dell is due to make a global announcement later today, where it is expected to unveil its plans for cloud computing.
Thu Apr 7, 2011
Sophisticated cyber thieves behind Epsilon data breach, says parent company
US marketing firm Epsilon was hit by one of the biggest data thefts to date, the work of highly sophisticated cyber thieves, says parent company Alliance...
Fri Apr 8, 2011
After breach at RSA, two-factor authentication options abound
Companies specialising in two-factor authentication hope to boost business following the breach of RSA's SecurID, and many plan to capitalise with new products at Infosecurity Europe.
Fri Apr 8, 2011
Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre
In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its
Fri Apr 8, 2011
Admins face huge April Patch Tuesday security update from Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that it will release 17 security bulletins to address 64 vulnerabilities
Fri Apr 8, 2011
Motivated, information security policye-aware employees are the best defence
Keeping employees motivated is the best way to ensure you have satisfied customers, and if it is an employee's responsibility to keep the customers happy,...
Fri Apr 8, 2011
CIOs need IT governance rethink
CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.