Data Security Lagging at Midmarket Industrial Firms

Computerworld Security: August 27, 2013
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Data Security Lagging at Midmarket Industrial Firms

Executives at midsized industrial firms believe their data is at little or no
risk, even though they hold valuable intellectual property and business process
data sought by criminals, according to consulting firm McGladrey.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627539/17/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Major DDoS attacks .cn domain; disrupts Internet in China
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627541/19/

2. Kenneth van Wyk: Why mobile apps beat Web apps for privacy
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3. Darlene Storm: Government wants PSYOPS tool to hijack every AM and FM radio station in target area
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4. Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you
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5. Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy
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Major DDoS attacks .cn domain; disrupts Internet in China

China's Internet suffered a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack
early Sunday that briefly disrupted and slowed access to sites in the .cn
domain.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627541/31/

Kenneth van Wyk: Why mobile apps beat Web apps for privacy

Internet communications are prey to surveillance, but you can better shield
them.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627542/32/

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Darlene Storm: Government wants PSYOPS tool to hijack every AM and FM radio station in target area


U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking a tool capable of hijacking
"every AM and FM radio station in a specific area and then broadcasting a
message(s)" to all those stations.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627543/34/

Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14, but not for you

Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public
after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627544/35/

Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy

Organizations handling protected health information have until Sept. 23 to
comply with new security and privacy requirements that were included as part of
the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
of 2009.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8709105/823929835/627545/36/



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