McAfee predict that Adobe, Facebook and Twitter will be the top hacks for 2010. Amongst its other predictions, it also sees the emergence of a new vehicle for attacks in the form of HTML 5, an update to the Web markup language that will support delivery of online video and allow Web applications to run [...]
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Many people ask, what is Web 2.0? I found this basic but good overview from none other than Stephen Fry
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One of the biggest information security news items over the past Year is the leaking of confidential or sensitive data by specific applications. Ironically, the applications that facilitated these breaches were specifically forbidden, but because these programs masquerade as valid applications or hide within SSL encryption, traditional network security and IPS appliances are oblivious to [...]
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An alarming trend has been indentified by our Partner, Palo Alto Networks, in their Applications Usage and Risks Report: browser based file sharing has overtaken the use of client specific Peer 2 Peer applications for the first time.
So what?
Well its simple, if today you detect and remove the use of file-sharing software within your business [...]
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In a recent application survey of 200 Enterprises it was found that Twitter was used in 89% of companies monitored, up from 35% in Spring 2009, making it more popular than Instant Messenger. Amazingly the 250% increment of Twitter resulted in a 775% increase on bandwidth. The march of Social Networking applications into the [...]
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Today the consumer is more likely to air their grievances on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and their Blogs before making an actual complaint to the retailer, but only the Web 2.0 savvy retailers are listening.
According to Brand Reputation, over 80% of surveyed consumers are more likely to look for online reviews than [...]
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Monday at Gartner Symposium in Florida, Carol Rozwell, of Gartner gave some wise words:
“Banning access to social media from the corporate network is futile.”
Carol is correct, we can’t stop social networking, you only have to look at the largest firewall installed, China! They have failed to manage the flow of incoming information via Web 2.0 [...]
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I’m sorry to tell you, its got more holes than a Swiss Cheese! Don’t be alarmed….. most have.
Why? They’re just simply out of date….
Basically today’s Web 2.0 applications have technology leapfrogged your security infrastructure, so while you diligently close ports and protocols these Net Generation applications choose another port, or better [...]
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Time and time again CIOs and IT managers we speak to claim they believe that Social Networking and Web 2.0 applications deliver their business value but when further interrogated they cant quantify this. But the amusing point is… they comment that their corporate security policy prevents access to these anyway, but they know the employee [...]
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How important is the new world for web 2.0 content to a new startup business? Give me a few years and I’ll let you know. David Macfarlane and Alex Ayers, the founding Directors of Varidion Limited have are creating a Cloud Networking business based on the principals of Web2.0. The venture will deliver [...]
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