Study: iPhone’s Siri just as dangerous in the car as texting

Along with tips on how to keep mobile devices and data secure, here’s another item companies may want to add to their smartphone training: 

The 7 worst Twitter hacks of all time

As more businesses turn to social media for marketing, customer service and other purposes, hackers are also increasingly targeting social networks to launch attacks against companies.

3 ways technology can boost employee productivity

Information technology departments are always looking for ways to add value to their organizations – and one of the biggest ways to do that is to help employees get more work done. 

3 IT policies most users ignore

IT departments rely on several different policies to keep systems up and running and protect company data. Unfortunately, IT policies are only as effective as the users who are expected to follow them. 

Study: IT departments struggle to fill cloud computing jobs

While IT jobs are expected to be plentiful in the near future, workers skilled in cloud computing will be among the most in-demand. What will companies do to fill those cloud computing jobs? 

4 ways to better market IT to rest of the business

In many companies, IT suffers from an image problem. Here are some steps IT managers can take to improve the perception of their teams among other departments. 

7 most dangerous websites users love to visit

A company’s own employees are a much bigger threat to IT security than hackers, a new survey shows. Here are top ways users threaten security – and why IT departments fail to stop them. 

4 key rules for IT security policies

Protecting sensitive company data starts with an effective IT security policy. In this guest post, IT writer Jenna Rodriguez offers some basic guidelines to consider when creating a policy. _____________________________________________________________ Writing policies is important for effective information management and data breach prevention. However, it’s also difficult to get users to follow those policies and to make [...]

Surveys: Corporate boards care about IT, don’t understand it

There are some mixed messages in recent studies of the relationship between IT and the executive board: While boards know IT is important to the success of the business, most members don’t have a clue about IT. 

Study: 91% of all accounts use one of the 1,000 least secure passwords

Password security requires a delicate balance. Many policies require complex codes, but if IT goes too far, users will end up breaking the rules when they can or keep their passwords written on paper.