Tarron Weir and Joseph Raquel might well be "poster boys" for the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) movement. In fact, their experience with the latest in secure remote-access technology more or less epitomizes what's going on in the VPN marketplace right now.
The message is clear for employees at the 19 Exchange Bank branches scattered across Sonoma County in California: Protect valuable customer information or risk damaging the financial institution's good name.
A former employee with the American Red Cross' St. Louis chapter - who had access to the Social Security numbers of 1 million people - has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Washington state has settled a lawsuit with two Californian spammers accused of bombarding the Seattle School District and other organizations with junk email.
Some believe it is nothing more than a paper exercise. The government earned poor marks on information security this year. Of the 24 agencies graded, seven agencies failed outright and, overall, agencies received an average grade of D+.
A United States federal government agency didn't need to point out the weaknesses of username and password authentication to E*Trade Financial's CIO Greg Framke. He already knew that such an antiquated method for validating online banking customers falls short in today's era of keyloggers and phishing scams.
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