How to avoid becoming a victim of SMiShing (SMS phishing)

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	How to avoid becoming a victim of SMiShing (SMS phishing) Get ready for SMiShing, or phishing attacks that come to your mobile phone. These types of attacks are on the rise, and with so many people using their smartphones to access corporate networks and data, it's a new danger in the world of BYOD. Follow these tips to avoid becoming a victim. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BICSI A Credential for the ITS Professional Today's data center designer must have knowledge of mechanical, electrical and telecommunications systems and their interaction – areas not typically found in the same reference manual or standard. But, with the BICSI 002, users get a comprehensive look at what should be considered when working with critical systems. Guidelines for a better tomorrow, today: ANSI/BICSI 002-2011, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices. Click for free methodology. In this Issue INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Create an Effective Executive Resume How the 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders were chosen Securing the network beyond passwords Premier 100 IT Leader: Malcolm Jackson SSH key mismanagement and how to solve it Federal CIOs Need Authority to Improve IT Efficiency The Best BlackBerry 10 Apps WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Data Protection Made Simple Increasing demands placed on IT, along with tightening budgets has prompted IT leaders to seek out alternative technologies and improved methods of providing backup, archiving and disaster recovery to meet the demands of the 24/7 business. Learn how CA ARCserve provides a single solution that cuts through the maze of data protection complexity. Learn More INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Create an Effective Executive Resume In CIO.com's most recent edition of the IT Resume Makeover Series, certified career coach and resume writer Cheryl Simpson demonstrates the elements necessary to get qualified IT pros into C-level interviews. Read More How the 2013 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders were chosen Each year, Computerworld accepts nominations from across the industry -- from vendors, IT users, public relations and marketing professionals, Computerworld readers and past Premier 100 honorees. Eligible nominees include CIOs, chief technology officers, senior vice presidents, vice presidents, IT directors and managers from a cross-section of user and vendor companies and their IT divisions, including but not limited to professionals in network management, database management, Web management, help desk operations, application development, project management, contract management or procurement. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Top Ten Reasons to Use Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Steelhead Cloud Accelerator is a unique technology integration that can offer performance improvement for SaaS applications consumed by enterprises. It combines the best of WAN optimization with the best of Internet optimization to provide a seamless transition for users between private and public clouds. Learn more. Learn more. Securing the network beyond passwords Passwords have been a weakness of network security since the development of computer networks. Through guessing weak passwords, exploiting weak passwords, acquiring passwords through social engineering, or more recently using malicious software like Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), attackers have focused on compromising passwords to gain access to the network. Read More Premier 100 IT Leader: Malcolm Jackson Malcolm Jackson, CIO of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is a drilling engineer by training, and he's tech-savvy -- he worked as a mainframe programmer when he started his career in the 1980s. But he also has a background in marketing, which is especially helpful at the EPA. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps EMA Advanced Performance Analytics report Advanced Performance Analytics (APA), as Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) defines it, brings real-time or near real-time "big data" to IT operations, architects, service managers and even applications development, as well as IT executives and non-IT business stakeholders. Read Now SSH key mismanagement and how to solve it In 1995, when I was a university student in Helsinki, I developed a security protocol to protect data-in-transit as it moved throughout our network. I named it the "secure shell," or SSH for short. Today, SSH is used by organizations of all types and sizes as a secure method to move data from machine to machine and provide remote administrator access. From the perspective of an attacker or malicious insider, SSH is an artery that carries vital organizational data. Read More Federal CIOs Need Authority to Improve IT Efficiency The soon-to-be-introduced Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act would grant agency CIOs control over federal IT budgets, encourage cloud computing and seek to reduce waste and under-performing technology programs. Read More The Best BlackBerry 10 Apps Looking for the best BlackBerry 10 apps that will be available on launch day in the United States Look no further. CIO.com's Al Sacco spotlights 20 of the best early BlackBerry 10 apps, including apps for social networking, image and video editing, cloud storage, audio, sports and more. Read More
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