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10 Hot Security Startups to Watch

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10 Hot Security Startups to Watch
Tablets and smartphones, which employees are bringing into work in "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) style, are leading IT managers to ask security questions, starting with whether they should sort out corporate mobile apps and data from personal ones. It's all encouraged a spate of security start-ups to come up with their own answers, and highlighted here are a few that have recently hung out a shingle for mobile security. But it's not just mobile spurring the creation of young security firms out to change the world. Read More


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10 funny videos about computer passwords
Remember the time you forgot your password? You can laugh about it now. Read More

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Shootout results: Best security tools for small business
If you run a small business, you have a lot of choices to protect your network. You can buy a consumer-grade router for less than $50, you can spend more than $4,000 for an enterprise firewall, or you can select something in between. Read More

BYOD breeds distrust between workers and IT
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement is supposed to boost worker productivity but a study released on Monday said it can also breed distrust between employees and IT departments. Read More

Bit9 CEO: Trust-based model the new weapon in war against malware
Bit9 chief executive Patrick Morley talks mobile security, company partnerships with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, and the evolving role of today's CISO Read More


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There is no 'I' in Team, but There is '$' in Failure
The mobile enterprise has arrived. In a world where there will be more devices than people on earth by 2017 according to Cisco's Visual Networking index (VNI), mobility will continue to transform enterprises in a profound way that cannot be ignored. Read more!

Foreign messaging services complicate government spying
Pirate Bay co-founder's new service, called Heml.is, hides the plaintext information from any entity collecting the data Read More

Microsoft's new app security rules dubbed a paper tiger
One analyst said he believes giving developers six months to fix an app, so as to not scare away developers, is excessive Read More

Feds asked to sit out Defcon hacking conference this year
The organizers of the Defcon hacking convention have publicly asked U.S. federal government workers not to attend the event this year due to tension in the hacker community caused by the recent revelations about the U.S. government's electronic surveillance efforts. Read More

Google researcher's outing of Windows vulnerability may have led to cyber forays
Microsoft detects targeted attacks after Windows flaw made public Read More


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Cryptocat vulnerability excuse sparks debate over open source
Is proprietary software inherently more secure? Or is it the other way around. Security experts weigh in. Read More

Spam blizzards used to hide malicious activities
Distributed Spam Distraction attacks may last up to 24 hours, and inundate an inbox with as many as 60,000 messages, AppRiver report notes Read More

Despite encryption carrot, California companies chose risky stick
State Attorney General report reveals some businesses reluctant to scramble data to protect it Read More

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