5 tips to keep your data secure on the cloud

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: December 18, 2013
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5 tips to keep your data secure on the cloud

The number of personal cloud users increases every year and is not about to slow
down. Back in 2012 Gartner predicted the complete shift from offline PC work to
mostly on-cloud by 2014. And it's happening.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Most iPhone users enable activation lock, survey finds
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2. FTC wants to be enforcer of data security
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3. Microsoft joins group seeking to replace passwords
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4. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday reinforces the value of software upgrades
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648330/28/

5. CIOs stick with cloud computing despite NSA snooping
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648331/29/

6. Microsoft to encrypt services, notify users of gov't data requests
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648332/30/

7. DARPA makes games of finding software vulnerabilities
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648333/31/

8. Hacker-built drone can hunt, hijack other drones
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648334/32/


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Most iPhone users enable activation lock, survey finds

Four out of five iPhone users have enabled a feature that allows them to locate,
lock and wipe their phones if they are lost or stolen, according to the results
of a survey by the San Francisco district attorney's office.
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FTC wants to be enforcer of data security

Despite growing pushback from some companies and powerful industry groups, the
Federal Trade Commission continues to insist that it wants to be the nation's
enforcer of data security standards.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648328/35/

Microsoft joins group seeking to replace passwords

Microsoft has joined the FIDO Alliance, an industry group attempting to craft
industry standards that reduce reliance on passwords, long regarded as a weak
point in Web security.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648329/36/

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday reinforces the value of software upgrades

The latest round of monthly patches from Microsoft illustrates the need for
organizations to move from older versions of Microsoft software if they haven't
done so already.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648330/37/

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The Infiltration of Mobility on the Enterprise

As mobility infiltrates the enterprise in increasingly fragmented ways, IT
leaders are challenged to somehow keep things under control as mobile employees
work not only in traditional business settings like conference rooms, branch
offices and client locations, but also at home, in airports, and hotels.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648336/38/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=46cf4af7

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CIOs stick with cloud computing despite NSA snooping

Explosive revelations in the past six months about the U.S. government's massive
cyber-spying activities have spooked individuals, rankled politicians and
enraged privacy watchdogs, but top IT executives aren't panicking -- yet.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648331/39/

Microsoft to encrypt services, notify users of gov't data requests

Microsoft moved to reassure business and government customers worldwide that it
is committed to informing them of legal orders related to their data, and will
fight in court any 'gag order' that prevents it from sharing such information
with customers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648332/40/

DARPA makes games of finding software vulnerabilities

The U.S. Defense Department may have found a new way to scan millions of lines
of software code for vulnerabilities, namely by turning the practice into a set
of video games and puzzles and have volunteers do the work.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648333/41/

Hacker-built drone can hunt, hijack other drones

A security researcher has released software and technical instructions for
modifying a drone so that it can identify and hijack other drones.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8817488/823929840/648334/42/



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