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9/11 Anniversary: What our emergency response systems still can't do

What do top CIOs make? | Start up offers Saas app to manage data-breach incidents

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9/11 Anniversary: What our emergency response systems still can't do
Ten years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks demonstrated huge gaps in the nation's emergency communications systems, there is still a long list of standard networking capabilities that are unavailable to first responders and 9-1-1 operators. Read More


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What do top CIOs make?
CIOs and CTOs at major companies including GM, Boeing, Home Depot and FedEx took home multimillion-dollar pay packages in 2010. See what each of these senior IT leaders' pay packages is worth, once the salaries, bonuses, stock options and perks are tallied. Read More

Start up offers Saas app to manage data-breach incidents
If your company suffered a data breach, would you know what to do to comply with state, federal and local law? Start-up Co3 Systems is offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application to tackle that unhappy task, tracking how a corporate data-loss incident is handled. Read More

Researcher raps Apple for not blocking stolen SSL certificates
A security researcher criticized Apple for what he called "foot dragging" over the DigiNotar certificate fiasco, and urged the company to quickly update Mac OS X to protect users. Read More

VMware, Symantec work up cloud-based single sign-on security services
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Application Performance Management
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9/11 Anniversary: US gets serious about fixing emergency communications
At the 10-year mark of the nation's most devastating terrorist attack -- and one of its biggest disasters of any kind -- the United States is finally getting serious about overhauling its emergency response systems, particularly its workhorse 9-1-1 call centers. Read More

9/11 Anniversary: Standard for Internet-based emergency calls nears completion
The Internet engineering community is close to solving the thorny technical problem of identifying and routing emergency calls over the Internet similar to how they are handled over the regular telephone system. Read More

9/11 continues to influence IT strategy
Many companies had refined their IT disaster recovery programs prior to 9/11, but the attacks exposed a lack of attention to continuity of business operations. Read More

Senators push for changes in cybercrime law
Senators suggest a U.S. cybercrime law should be narrowed to avoid criminal charges for violations of terms of service or computer use policies. Read More


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Unified Communications: Getting the Green Light
In these articles, Network World and its sister IDG Enterprise publications explore the rising importance of UC within the enterprise and provide advice on how to create a working strategy. Learn more

Cybercrime costs rival those of illegal drug trafficking
Young males in emerging markets are the most likely to fall victim to cybercrime, whose total cost per year is approaching the scale of illegal drug trafficking worldwide, according to a study by the Norton division of Symantec. Read More

Mobile apps and security: What you need to know
A Melbourne-based app developer has spoken about the security pitfalls of smartphone apps, saying that while certain mobile environments are more susceptible to malware, such risks can be eliminated through encryption and using common sense. Read More

Customer Leaves Apple Store with Confidential Data
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