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IT Security Consultants In Modern Business Environment

October 12, 2011

The role that information technology plays in the world today cannot be overstressed. Perhaps the biggest testimony to the importance of IT is the fact that it has become a part of the National Curriculum, with laptops being regularly used in schools throughout the UK. However, the biggest area to be affected by the emergence [...]

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How Google protects your data in the cloud [video]

May 31, 2011

Not long ago, Amazon’s cloud computing had a breakdown over several days and Sony lost millions of customer details to hackers and had to shut down their Playstation Network for about a month while they patched things up, as you probably already know. While this video by Google is produced before the Amazon and Sony [...]

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Top 50 passwords you shouldn’t use – and learn how to create a strong password!

December 23, 2010

As you probably already know, Gawker media was compromised not long ago and passwords belonging to their users went out on the Internet. Gawker media is behind several sites with Gizmodo probably being the most popular one, at least in the tech-world, I imagine. Based on the 188.279 passwords leaked, Graham Cluley from Sophos made [...]

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Top 9 Reasons That Cloud Computing Is The Future Of Software

July 12, 2010

1. Software-as-a-Service is easier to buy. Customers can pay on a monthly basis and walk away anytime they want. In fact, many SaaS vendors offer free trials or limited-functionality versions of their products. This allows customers to get a feel for the software before they invest their money. 2. With cloud computing, piracy is impossible. [...]

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Charlie Miller: Snow Leopard Easier To Hack Than Windows 7

March 3, 2010

Apple fanbois, you better buckle up, cause when the anti-Apple crew gets a hold of this little titbit from Charlie Miller, they might mock your choice of being a Mac user just a little bit. Italian IT Security site, oneITsecurity, published an interview with Charlie Miller, two-year contest champion at Pwn2Own where the deal is [...]

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Chinese Military School Behind Google Hacking

February 22, 2010

About a month ago, Google was about to pull out of China because they no longer wanted to continue censoring results on Google.cn as instructed by the Chinese Government. Long story short, Google got mad because somebody within China hacked some Gmail accounts and other major IT companies within the US. Now, New York Times [...]

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Google Giving Up on Censorship-China?

January 13, 2010

Google will no longer be cooperating with the Chinese censorship authorities, they said in a recent press release: We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate [...]

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