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    What may surprise today's IT leaders are the serious security issues posed by IM usage. Add that to the fact that most IM applications are used without corporate IT's knowledge or approval, and it's not a pretty picture for network security.

  • Net security: An oxymoron

    When it comes to computer security, Peter Neumann has a clear message to both governments and mass-market software makers: Get back to work.

  • All eyes on virus protection at Athens Olympics

    Terrorism isn't the only security threat officials are worried about at this summer's Olympic Games in Athens. They're also concerned about viruses and worm attacks that could cripple the Olympics' data network.

  • Clinton's 'Star Wars' doomed to fail?

    On Thursday, security experts likened a plan by the Clinton Administration to increase the network security of critical pieces of U.S. infrastructure to the moth-balled Strategic Defense Initiative of the 1980s -- well-meaning, but far too complex to implement.

  • U.S. backs off private monitoring

    With criticism rolling in from all quarters, U.S. government officials on Wednesday backed away from a controversial plan to monitor private-sector networks for hacking activity.

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  • Instant messaging threatens enterprise security

    What may surprise today's IT leaders are the serious security issues posed by IM usage. Add that to the fact that most IM applications are used without corporate IT's knowledge or approval, and it's not a pretty picture for network security.

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