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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Natural disasters used to be foremost on the minds of planners at PSCU Financial Services, but post 9/11 realities have changed that focus. The major CU payments processor has launched an IT infrastructure and business continuity plan aimed at ensuring continuing service in case something big...

The Linux operating system, driven perhaps by concerns of Microsoft security vulnerabilities and orphaned software as well as the appeal of open platforms, continues to make inroads into corporate America. If they're to be taken as a leading indicator, the experience of 140 large North American companies surveyed by Forrester...

A Forrester Research analyst says sellers of virtual private networks (VPN) and firewalls have "achieved a rarity in the IT market - they've under-promised and over-delivered." The think firm's Laura Koetzle bases her assessment on the results of a recent survey of 878 technology-decision makers at major North American companies....

KENSINGTON, Md. - Compliance with IT security regulations is becoming a major undertaking for credit unions, along with the actual defense against hackers and viruses, and Lafayette Federal Credit Union has taken that bull by the horns by deploying risk-assessment software its chief technology manager says will ensure the D.C.-area...

NASSAU, Bahamas - Between 65-70% of all computer crime comes from employees and contractors, according to Glen Christopher who spoke at the Seventh Annual Leadership Conference held by the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) on August 1-4th. However, the remaining attacks can come from any hacker, cracker or script...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - It's hard to put a price on security, but when it comes to patching that growing flood of server and PC vulnerabilities, it's only going up. Generally the term "patches" refers to software downloads needed to plug potential or actual ways that hackers, of both the ethical...