States' efforts to improve cybersecurity are being hindered by lack of money and people. States don't have enough funding to keep up with the increasing sophistication of the threats, and can't match private sector salaries, says a new study.
Patrick Thibodeau | 03 Oct | Read more
Ferguson, Mo., the city now in the midst of protests over a fatal police shooting, runs the type of IT department that gets almost no attention.
Patrick Thibodeau | 15 Aug | Read more
China's blistering attacks on U.S. tech firms is more than quid pro quo over cyberspying charges. It's a signal of China's growing confidence in its own technology capabilities.
Patrick Thibodeau | 05 Jun | Read more
A recent White House report on big data wonders aloud about the capability of sensors and smart meters to turn homes into fish tanks, completely transparent to marketers, police -- and criminals.
Patrick Thibodeau | 03 May | Read more
Security researches are gradually raising warnings that the Internet of Things will increase, by multitudes, the number of things that can be hacked and attacked. The Hitchcockian plotlines are endless.
Patrick Thibodeau | 03 Dec | Read more
Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, put a question to a large audience Gartner's Symposium ITxpo here on Monday. 'Raise [your] hand if you're sure the Chinese are not inside your corporate network.' Only five hands were raised.
Patrick Thibodeau | 07 Oct | Read more
A U.S. official Tuesday defended the government's encryption efforts in follwing disclosures that the NSA has the ability to crack encryption protections.
Patrick Thibodeau | 10 Sep | Read more
The U.S. isn't doing a good job keeping secrets. Think Edward Snowden. But demand for trustworthy IT professionals is strong, especially if they want to work for Amazon Web Services.
Patrick Thibodeau | 04 Sep | Read more
Edward Snowden's revelations about the U.S. government's data collection program could cause U.S. providers of cloud-based services to lose 10% to 20% of the foreign market to overseas rivals.
Patrick Thibodeau | 26 Aug | Read more
President Barack Obama said Friday that the Edward Snowden spying revelations has given the world the wrong impression about the U.S. data surveillance programs, as he outlined a plan for correcting it
Patrick Thibodeau | 10 Aug | Read more
Edward Snowden's leaked revelations about the U.S. government's data spying program may result in U.S. cloud providers losing 10% to 20% of the foreign market to overseas competitors, according to a new study.
Patrick Thibodeau | 09 Aug | Read more
The threat of tornadoes in Oklahoma is real, but the data centers in that state are ready. Insider (registration required)
Patrick Thibodeau | 17 Jun | Read more
Pepco, a large utility that serves Washington DC and the surrounding area, is in the political bullseye. Its customers include many members of Congress so a security breach that hurts service would get noticed.
Patrick Thibodeau | 02 Apr | Read more
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has begun installing millions of sensors on just about anything that costs more than $US50.
Patrick Thibodeau | 17 Jan | Read more
Two monolithic buildings in lower Manhattan that serve as major network hubs for the U.S. are operating on generator power, thanks to Hurricane Sandy.
Patrick Thibodeau | 30 Oct | Read more