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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password

Google promises that Chrome will be a much more secure than Windows. Well, yes, but it also has one big problem as well.

posted by sjvn | Opinion | Endpoint security | Internet | Network access control | Networking | Open Source | Operating systems | Security | 11/23/09 at 11:42 am | Google. Chrome OS, password, security


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64-bits of protection?

Microsoft claims that the 64-bit version of Windows 7 is actually safer than ordinary Windows 7. They actually have a point. Sort of.

posted by sjvn | Opinion | Endpoint security | Operating systems | Security | Windows | 11/18/09 at 10:48 pm | 64-bit, security, Windows 7


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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password

posted by sjvn | Opinion | Endpoint security | Internet | Network access control | Networking | Open Source | Operating systems | Security | 11/23/2009 - 11:42 | 2 comments | I like it!

64-bits of protection?

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Leverage the full power of VMware

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Preventing Data Breaches in Privileged Accounts Using Access Control

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From Trust to Process: Closing the Risk Gap in Privileged Access Control

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Privileged Access Lifecycle Management: How PALM Enables Security, Compliance, and Efficiency for Enterprise IT

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A Process-based Approach to Protecting Privileged Accounts & Meeting Regulatory Compliance

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IBM ISS X-Force Threat and Risk Report

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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | Security | Server and data center | 10/15/2009 - 10:16 | 3 comments | 5I like it!

Snow Leopard hungers for your data

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Security | Software | 10/14/2009 - 18:07 | 6I like it!

Why Windows security is awful

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Networking | Operating systems | Security | Windows | 08/25/2009 - 14:30 | 79 comments | 76I like it!

The first Linux botnet?

posted by sjvn | Opinion | Endpoint security | Internet | Open Source | Operating systems | Security | Windows | 09/12/2009 - 20:41 | 27 comments | 61I like it!

Windows 7: Unimproved Security

posted by sjvn | Opinion | Endpoint security | Internet | Security | Windows | 10/12/2009 - 09:52 | 26 comments | 21I like it!

Sidekick: Microsoft's biggest failure yet?

posted by sjvn | Opinion | Endpoint security | Internet | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | Security | Server and data center | Storage | Tech & society | Windows | 10/13/2009 - 12:09 | 21 comments | 25I like it!

Fake virus infection Web pages are everywhere

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Internet | Security | 09/15/2009 - 10:39 | 20 comments | 23I like it!

And the best free Anti-Virus program is...

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Personal tech | Security | Windows | 08/26/2009 - 16:57 | 15 comments | 31I like it!

Time to look for an AVG replacement?

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Security | Software | 08/18/2009 - 09:48 | 14 comments | 8I like it!

Protecting Mom's PC

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What's really the safest Web Browser?

posted by sjvn | Analysis | Endpoint security | Internet | Security | 08/19/2009 - 12:30 | 12 comments | 41I like it!

Five messages to never trust in your e-mail box

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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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