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Mergers and acquisitions can appear to be a double edged sword. To the average onlooker, the time it takes to integrate systems and processes might well overshadow the business benefits of the deal. Plus there’s the puzzle of how to communicate with customers, migrate end users, re-branding and cost. However, the recent news that Symantec [...]

We’ve all experienced that feeling of being completely anonymous on the web – not because we’re visiting sites we shouldn’t, but simply because whilst working from home or surfing the net in your lounge at home you sometimes remember that there are millions of other nameless, faceless people doing the very same thing at the [...]

This Ponemon Institute annual survey documents the high costs that result when companies lose customer data.

United Kingdom – “2008 Annual Study: U.K. Cost of a Data Breach”
United States – “2008 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach”
Germany – “2008 Annual Study: Germany Cost of a Data Breach”

Banks are putting their customers at risk by using standard security questions, such as mother’s maiden name, to confirm identities online or over the phone, according to Symantec.

BitDefender highlighted mobile malware, botnets, phishing and identity theft as the main threats for 2008.

The security firm’s 2008 security threat predictions include PC-based malware which, in 2008, is all about the money.