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A Ziff Davis Publication
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Ziff Davis's CIO Insight Quick Facts is a bi-weekly
newsletter that provides quick and easy-to-use ideas and
resources for information-overloaded CIOs.
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September 12, 2006
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In This Edition
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1. Security Breaches Strike One in Three Companies
2. Protecting Customer Data Just Like Cash
3. Scoble's Thoughts on Vista
4. Focusing On RFID
5. The Inconvenient Truth about Pretexting
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WEEK IN REVIEW
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1. Security Breaches Strike One in Three Companies
CIO Insight's latest research study reveals some bad news:
More than half of all companies over $1 billion say they've
experienced security breaches in the past 12 months--and
45 percent of have targeted by organized criminals. Careless
behavior and software vulnerabilities are still allowing viruses
and malware to penetrate corporate firewalls, says Executive
Editor Allan Alter. And overall, security breaches strike one
out of every three companies across the U.S. Meanwhile,
54 percent of IT executives consider Microsoft Windows a
security risk, and they don't feel open source software is any
safer, writes Alter in a recent Research Central blog entry.
September 2006 Security Survey: Security Breaches Strike
One in Three Companies
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49711-0-0-0-1
Windows, Open Source and Security
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49714-0-0-0-1
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2. Protecting Customer Data Just Like Cash
Unlike most companies that consider physical security and IT
security as two distinct issues, at Mohegan Sun, it's one and the
same--especially when it comes to protecting customer data,
says Senior Writer Ed Cone. "Collecting data on customers'
gambling habits is a delicate issue, particularly in a business
where expectations of privacy are so strong that Las Vegas could
turn 'What happens here, stays here,' into a marketing slogan."
As a result, data is protected like money in a bank: in a vault,
behind three checkpoints and a set of steel doors.
For more on how companies are protecting sensitive data and
securing the enterprise, check out CIO Insight's Special Report
on Data Security, with detailed analysis, case studies and opinion
pieces.
Case Study: Mohegan Sun and the Future of Data Security
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49717-0-0-0-1
Special Report: Data Security
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49720-0-0-0-1
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3. Scoble's Thoughts on Vista
CIO Insight Senior Writer Ed Cone recently chatted with Robert
Scoble, the former Microsoft blogger who's now creating content
for Silicon Valley startup PodTech. The full piece will appear in
the October issue of CIO Insight, but Cone shares some of Scobel's
thoughts--on the forthcoming Vista release, Google's challenge to
Microsoft and the value of Web 2.0--in a recent Know-It-All blog
entry.
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49723-0-0-0-1
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4. Focusing On RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) shows great promise for
several industries, including retail, manufacturing and even
healthcare. CIO Insight's special focus on this emerging technology
highlights some of the most forward-thinking uses of RFID in the
marketplace, including case studies, analysis and interactive online
tools to help you determine ROI.
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49726-0-0-0-1
Gillette's Fusion Launch Makes a Good Business Case for RFID
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49729-0-0-0-1
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5. The Inconvenient Truth about Pretexting
Dan Briody's most recent BizBytes blog entry takes aim at the
Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal. Privacy is dying rapidly,
Briody writes, but its demise is not the fault of identity thieves
or pretexters. "For the real culprits, corporate America need only
look in the mirror. Even while companies ostensibly fight to thwart
identity theft, launching multi-million dollar advertising campaigns
that assure customers of their commitment to data security, they are
undermining their own efforts at every turn. And they know it."
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-402-1-20-167797-49732-0-0-0-1
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