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Small-business cybersecurity: Mitigating employee and customer threats
Small-business cybersecurity programs often hinge on how organizations prepare for -- and respond to -- employee and customer threats. Feature
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IT security risk management: A midmarket CIO guide
Security stressing you out? Our midmarket CIO guide will make IT security risk management a not-so-scary proposition in your organization. Guide
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Marquette CIO enhances student safety with virtual patrolling
Marquette CIO Kathy Lang built a virtual patrolling center that uses sophisticated video surveillance and a Cisco wireless mesh to monitor student safety on and around the university's urban campus. CIO Decisions Midmarket I
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Security strategies for SMBs
A successful security strategy is a vital tool for an SMB. Here are five tips on how to create and manage your security plan. Top 5 Tech Advice
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Security advice wrap-up
Security is an essential part of IT at small and medium-sized businesses. How much have you learned from SearchSMB.com lately? Find out with this quiz. Quiz
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Security advice wrap-up answer key
Security is an essential aspect to IT at small and medium-sized businesses. How much have you learned from our recent tips, blog entries and news stories? Find out with the answers to our Security Essentials Quiz! Quiz Answer
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Book chapter: The Spyware Menace
Protecting your PC from spyware and malicious software is a complicated process. Laura Hunter has the answers you need for eradicating and preventing these problems. Book Chapter
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Quiz: Tech or treat!
Technology is scary to most people, especially when you consider the terms and concepts involved. Here's our collection of Halloween horror for technophiles and technophobes alike. Quiz
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Top Check IT Lists for midmarket IT professionals
We've gathered our most popular SMB Check IT Lists for your convenience. From choosing VPNs to detecting spyware on PCs to getting certified, our Check IT Lists offer quick, at-a-glance information for on-the-go IT professionals who need timely, hand... Check IT List
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Product roundup headquarters
Staying up to date on new products for your SMB can be difficult and time-consuming. We've consolidated our collection of recent product announcements onto one page for your convenience. Feature
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Developing an incident response plan of attack in the data age
Data minimization is one tactic SMBs should consider as they develop and revamp data breach prevention and incident response plans. News | 12 Feb 2013
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Cybersecurity legislation takes a back seat, again
Cybersecurity legislation was denied again in a Congress that seems disinterested in facing the truth, but there is plenty of blame to go around. CIO Matters | 20 Nov 2012
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CIOs can take leadership role in corporate social responsibility
Companies that take corporate social responsibility seriously are more trusted by the public, and CIOs can be leaders in making CSR a reality. CIO Matters | 08 Nov 2012
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Top 10 GRC strategy tips for your midmarket organization
Read the top GRC strategy tips from our SearchCompliance.com sister site for advice on cybersecurity, risk management, compliance processes and more. News | 16 Aug 2012
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How to change your password after the LinkedIn hack
After the LinkedIn hack, here's what you need to do to ensure you and your users are safe from password-hacking programs. CIO Matters | 08 Jun 2012
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Setting the stage with a security business continuity plan
A security business continuity plan shouldn't be an afterthought or overlooked completely, but that is too often the case, data security experts say. News | 18 Jan 2012
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Java vulnerability now weaponized and exploited
Attackers are aggressively hitting a Java vulnerability. Is your network safe? Don't be so sure about that. News | 02 Dec 2011
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Phone hacking scandal reveals lack of corporate culture
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch's testimony about the British phone hacking scandal revealed a corporate culture that had no control over risk or ethics. Blog | 19 Jul 2011
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Network and server monitoring saves frustration and money
Lack of behavioral analysis through network and server monitoring proves the old adage that what you don't know will hurt your system in the long run. News | 21 Jun 2011
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Defining IT controls key to SOX compliance success
A CIO walks though her approach to SOX compliance from automating management and controlling costs, to defining IT controls and making sure they stick. News | 09 Mar 2011
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SMB network security tools don't have to break the bank
Malware doesn't care if you're an enterprise or a mom-and-pop shop. The good news is SMB network security tools don't have to cost a fortune. SMB Tech
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The chief security officer of the future will tackle decentralized IT
The chief security officer of the future will face myriad threats in a decentralized IT environment. Here's how risk management might look in 2020. Tip
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IT consumerization mythbusters: The BYOD policy edition
IT consumerization carries with it ample myths and logical fallacies. Scott Lowe busts bring-your-own-device myths in this expert tip. Tip
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Use a free fishbone diagram template on your next root cause analysis
Drive process leadership by trying a free fishbone diagram template on your next root cause analysis expedition. Tip
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What's the big deal about big data analytics?
Are businesses chasing Hadoop and Teradata just because they're the hot new thing? CEO John Weathington advises CIOs to stop and think before they jump into big data analytics. Tip
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Security tutorial: Back to school for your risk management strategies
Refine your risk management strategies with our tutorial highlighting the strongest tips from our information security network, tailored for the midmarket CIO. Tip
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Sort out your mobile workforce confusion: Our top five mobility reads
Your mobile workforce is ready to go -- check out our top mobility must-reads to learn which applications and tools will make you a hero in the boardroom at the end of the quarter. Tip
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Mobile device security and risks: What you need to know
Are you concerned with mobile device security? Our expert has tips for deploying and managing your mobile workforce while keeping everyone -- and your network -- safe. Tip
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Using social media for business: Don't risk your confidential data
When using social media for business, how do you manage your brand and make sure that your company secrets aren't being blasted in status updates? Tip
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Backup quality testing key to risk management strategy
A checklist of security, continuity and backup policies that constitute a comprehensive risk management strategy. Tip
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FMEA (failure mode and effective analysis)
FMEA (failure mode and effective analysis) is a Six Sigma method for collecting knowledge about failures to avoid making the same mistakes in the future. Definition
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risk assessment framework (RAF)
A risk assessment framework (RAF) is a strategy for prioritizing and sharing information about the security risks to an information technology (IT) infrastructure. Definition
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latency
In a network, latency, a synonym for delay, is an expression of how much time it takes for a packet of data to get from one designated point to another. Definition
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The inside scoop for CIOs from International CES 2013
A live podcast from International CES 2013 highlights the latest technologies and their potential applications -- and disruptions. International CES 2013
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Application performance management can make or break your brand
Application performance management is more difficult and necessary than ever to the business. This webcast advises CIOs on how to get APM up to snuff. Expert tip
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Cloud governance: Balancing the risks and rewards
Cloud governance requires a savvy touch. Find out how to balance the rewards and risks of ad hoc cloud purchases. Podcast
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Law office technology aiding data privacy, document security efforts
Law office technology can help CIOs better secure data and documents. Learn about legal-field technologies in this video Q&A with CIO William Caraher. CIO Innovators
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Small-business cybersecurity: Mitigating employee and customer threats
Small-business cybersecurity programs often hinge on how organizations prepare for -- and respond to -- employee and customer threats. Feature
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SMB network security tools don't have to break the bank
Malware doesn't care if you're an enterprise or a mom-and-pop shop. The good news is SMB network security tools don't have to cost a fortune. SMB Tech
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Developing an incident response plan of attack in the data age
Data minimization is one tactic SMBs should consider as they develop and revamp data breach prevention and incident response plans. News
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The inside scoop for CIOs from International CES 2013
A live podcast from International CES 2013 highlights the latest technologies and their potential applications -- and disruptions. International CES 2013
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Application performance management can make or break your brand
Application performance management is more difficult and necessary than ever to the business. This webcast advises CIOs on how to get APM up to snuff. Expert tip
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Cybersecurity legislation takes a back seat, again
Cybersecurity legislation was denied again in a Congress that seems disinterested in facing the truth, but there is plenty of blame to go around. CIO Matters
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CIOs can take leadership role in corporate social responsibility
Companies that take corporate social responsibility seriously are more trusted by the public, and CIOs can be leaders in making CSR a reality. CIO Matters
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IT security risk management: A midmarket CIO guide
Security stressing you out? Our midmarket CIO guide will make IT security risk management a not-so-scary proposition in your organization. Guide
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Cloud governance: Balancing the risks and rewards
Cloud governance requires a savvy touch. Find out how to balance the rewards and risks of ad hoc cloud purchases. Podcast
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The chief security officer of the future will tackle decentralized IT
The chief security officer of the future will face myriad threats in a decentralized IT environment. Here's how risk management might look in 2020. Tip
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About Risk management for the midmarket
Risk management involves planning, organizing, leading and controlling the activities of a company to minimize the effects of risk on the organization's capital and earnings. Find risk management news, tips and resources for midmarket CIOs in this topic section.