Information Protection and Security

With so much online fraud aimed at users of Web-based banking and brokerage sites, experts have long postulated that financial services providers would eventually play a bigger role in helping end users defend themselves, such as via offering advanced security features and anti-malware tools directly to customers versus relying on end users alone to protect their own devices.

With the popularity of Apple’s iPhone on the market, IT managers need to think about how to secure the iPhone when it comes into their networks. Smart policy is the name of the game. With that in mind, The Center for Internet Security recently released a security benchmark for the iPhone to help both administrators and end-users better secure data stored on the device. 
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President Barack Obama said today he will appoint an adviser to oversee the security of government and business computer networks in response to widespread attacks and information theft.
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The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare.
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Facebook successfully fights off phishing scams as it announces the selection of brand protection firm MarkMonitor to help it bolster in-house security efforts.
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Wireless networks bring flexibility, but IT managers say interference, latency and security issues can be challenging.

The popularity of social networking sites--such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and others--has exploded in recent years, with usage in the United States increasing 93% since 2006, according to Netpop Research.  The sites are popular not only with teenagers, but with adults as well: the number of adult Internet users having a social networking profile has more than quadrupled in the past four years, according the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

 Keeping networks and computers secure is everyone’s concern. So here is help for anyone interested in understanding the general vulnerabilities every computer user faces daily on the Internet.

As cell providers offer more services (email, web surfing, text messaging, etc.) the phones become vulnerable to the same attacks as computers, and other exploiting specific vulnerabilities.