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10 encryption tips for the enterprise

Whether you’re protecting corporate data from internal leakers, hackers looking to steal money from you and your customers, foreign spies, your own government, or employees accidentally leaving their laptops in a taxi, encryption is today’s hot go-to tool. But encryption done wrong can be worse than no encryption at all, since it gives you an

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Security Keys

AFP Exchange

What treasury and finance executives need to know about encryption Treasury and finance executives need to know enough about encryption and security to ensure that those policies not only match the company’s general attitude towards risk, but also account for particular risks associated with certain departments and processes. Encryption is a good safety measure because

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Cloudy Outlook

AFP Exchange

Cloudy Does the cloud help or hinder credit card payment security and compliance? Depending on whom you ask, processing credit card payments in the cloud is either a great leap forward for security and compliance, or a big step backward. Actually, it can be either–depending on the type of cloud you have in mind and

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Policy Debate

AFP Exchange

Cyberinsurance still a puzzle for many companies

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Cyberinsurance: Products Mature but Still Underused

Risk Professional

Risk transfer opportunities have proliferated, as have the threats The bad news keeps coming. Every month, some company somewhere is hacked and loses confidential data. A storm of negative publicity — and lawsuits — quickly follows. Everyone is a potential target, and nobody is safe. Yet, according to a global survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the majority

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Bitcoin: Seven reasons to be wary

CSO

Of all the virtual currencies out there, BitCoin is the most interesting from a technical perspective – and the least interesting from the business point of view. BitCoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that uses cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money. Unlike all other currencies, BitCoin is completely independent. “It is company

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Virtual Worlds, Real Risks

Risk Professional

Online communities and collaborative workspaces create operational and security vulnerabilities — but also opportunities to deploy enterprise-grade, risk-based solutions. Carroll University’s library commons was a victim of its own success. The commons — which takes up an entire floor of the library building — is a place where students gather and collaborate, get supplemental instruction

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Manage Those User Privileges

The IT Services Site

In most companies, too many employees have too many privileges. After all, they are quick to speak up when they need access to data or applications, but they tend not to be as quick to speak up when they no longer need that access. As a result, most companies see privilege creep. Employees are collecting

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Cyber Security Review

Treasury & Risk

As threats proliferate, here are five areas where companies need to strengthen and update their policies and practices. It’s particularly galling when a company specializing in security issues gets monumentally hacked. That was the case for Stratfor, which suffered a massive data breach just before the holidays that exposed thousands of client names, e-mail addresses […]

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Putting IPads to Work

Treasury & Risk

Spurred by enthusiastic senior executives and rank-and-file employees, companies are starting to roll out iPads in the enterprise, especially for board meetings and sales staff.

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Cloud Containment

Journalism, Treasury & Risk

As cloud vendors mature, Web-based delivery of applications, storage and infrastructure is getting more secure and trustworthy.

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