Phishing remains a major security threat to businesses and their customers around the world—and the threat keeps rising. Compared to the last six months of 2011, the first six months of 2012 saw a 19 percent increase in global phishing attacks, with businesses suffering an estimated $2.1 billion in phishing-related losses between January 2011 and
Business moves fast—which means that software development teams need to move even faster. The emergence of new software development models, such as the agile development process, has given organizations powerful tools for responding to events quickly and has helped organizations evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams.
Enhancing information security is no longer solely a task for IT—it’s a strategic, enterprise-wide priority. According to interviews conducted by IBM with 138 security leaders, two-thirds of senior executives are paying closer attention to enterprise data privacy than they were two years ago. Recent statistics on data security breaches and data loss help explain why.
Big Data is one of the key buzzwords for 2012; and for good reason. Thanks to our increasingly instrumented and interconnected world the data flows generated by today’s devices and sensors can provide significant insight into customer interactions, manufacturing facilities, railway infrastructures, and so much more. Or they would, if we were to capture, store,
Meet real-world challenges with performance, availability and unprecedented affordability from IBM DB2. As big data builds into an avalanche of information, many organizations are finding themselves increasingly overwhelmed. But smart business leaders know that effectively collecting, processing and embedding this constantly growing stream of both structured and unstructured data into daily operations is key to
News headlines about the increasing frequency of information and identity theft have focused awareness on data security and privacy breaches — and their consequences. In response to this issue, regulations have been enacted around the world. Although the specifics of the regulations may differ, failure to ensure compliance can result in significant financial penalties, criminal
Everywhere you turn in enterprise IT, you hear the buzz about big data: billboards, commercials and likely your own conference rooms and inboxes. The variety, volume and velocity of data streaming through enterprise systems is on the rise, and so is the amount of discussion about the best way to handle it. But while the
Deliver continuous data system performance whenever your business demands it with IBM PureData System for Transactions. Your partners and customers expect instantaneous response and continuous uptime from your data systems. But the volume and velocity of data make it difficult to respond with agility to new business opportunities. IBM® PureData™ System for Transactions is designed
The purpose of this guide is to provide practical, concrete steps that allow you to efficiently incorporate employee-owned devices into your deployment while securing and protecting corporate infrastructure and data.
This report outlines Forrester’s guidance for developing a business case to justify a BYOD program to support your workforce computing strategy. Supporting the growing number and increasing diversity of mobile devices used for work is particularly challenging for I&O executives. Results of Forrester’s Forrsights Workforce Employee Survey, Q2 2012 show that more than two-thirds of