Shortened URL spam has doubled in 2010

Business transactions are faster and have a broader reach to more people in more countries than ever before. Businesses of all sizes can cast a global shadow by setting up a website and conducting business over the Internet. At the same time the volume of data is growing, so are the threats.

In the past, businesses confronted the threat of cyber attacks and data breaches primarily by building firewalls and other “perimeter defenses” around their networks, but the threat has continued to evolve, and more criminals are hacking into applications that are running on a plethora of new devices and environments, including cloud, mobile, and social media. Which begets the question: Is it still worthwhile investing in application security?

Red Cross named the first recipient of the CourionCare Program for Non-Profits with massive overhaul to security and identity management.

That program helped the agency reduce the risk of security and compliance breaches by automatically eliminating system access when a user changed responsibilities or left the organization.