Microsoft refreshes SkyDrive, its free online storage service, with a performance boost and improved navigation making it both faster and easier to use.
Data backup hardware geared for small businesses provides high-capacity storage solution.
While you can't prevent identity theft with 100 percent certainty, these tips will help you avoid easy mistakes and make it much tougher for criminals to steal, well, you.
Christina Warren of the website Mashable explains why small businesses need to take measures to protect the passwords they use to access Web services.
ITBusinessEdge's Paul Mah uses a recently cracked case in Seattle to illustrate the risks for small businesses of failing to adequately secure their Wi-Fi wireless networks.
Paul Mah comments on recent research in Computerworld, showing that phishing, especially spear phishing - targeted e-mails from hackers trying to elicit information - is on the increase.
Network attached storage (NAS) vendor Netgear and Egnyte, provider of a cloud-based storage and backup solution, have joined forces to deliver NAS products with built-in cloud storage for redundancy.
ITBusinessEdge's Paul Mah reviews recent headlines about security breaches and notes the "social engineering" component in most. Mah suggests ways SMBs can better protect themselves against it.
Wired magazine's Gadget Lab relays a warning about a new hacking 'exploit' discovered by security researchers that could expose a Skype for Android user's personal data to hackers.
ITBusinessEdge's Paul Mah has been writing recently about security for SMBs. This time, he looks at the implications of a very sophisticated "spear phishing" attack on RSA, a computer security company.
Paul Mah continues his series on "Eight IT Projects for SMBs," looking more closely this time at backup options and how SMBs should implement their backup plans.
VaporStream is an online/offline email application that removes all trace of a message from your computer after you've read it.
ITBusinessEdge's Paul Mah tells about his experience as a guest student at an ethical hacker school and what he learned there about how SMBs can protect themselves against black hat hackers.
Paul Mah riffs on a recent article from a British publication about defending against cybercrime to make the point that SMBs need to pay attention to security in four separate domains.
If you can't be bothered reading the-sky-is-falling articles about data security, at least watch this two-minute video outlining the top five threats against your computers and data.
Small Business Trends' John Mariotti reviews recent news about hacking and digital invasions and explains why everybody, including small businesses, is vulnerable and needs to take precautions.
PC World's Logan Kugler explains some of the risks involved in traveling with computing devices, including smartphones and tablets, and offers tips on how to protect gadgets and data.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah continues his '8 IT projects for SMB' series, looking at the basics of data security for small and medium businesses.
ITBusinessEdge's Paul Mah analyzes recent reports about growing concern among SMBs over mobile security threats and malware that has allowed cyber criminals to drain bank accounts of small businesses.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah says changes in available technology mean that SMBs need to re-examine their backup strategies now to ensure they're still doing the best they can.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah analyzes the recent announcement of a new small business edition of Symantec's Endpoint Protection security software suite.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah talks to executives at Tandberg Data who make the case for SMBs sometimes still using decades-old backup tape technology to archive vital data.
The New York Times reports that because of the popularity of iPhones and other smarphones, the incidence of hackers targeting them with malware of various kinds is increasing.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah comments on a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article about managing passwords for better security and adds some cost-saving suggestions of his own.
Paul Mah blogs about the potential benefits of using a cloud-based outsourcing service provider for basic computer services and offers tips on what to consider before signing up.
All Business contributor Matthew McKenzie blogs about the one cloud application small businesses really should be using: online backup. McKenzie uses the free version of MozyHome.
Cisco is releasing an update to its Wi-Fi access point software that will add new security features to help detect and prevent intrusions via the wireless network.
Good news for small businesses that must store sensitive data for long periods. According to this article from PC World's Melissa J. Perenson, self-encrypting hard drives are rapidly becoming standard fare.
Where most flash drives that protect the data stored on them use some kind of onboard software, this one has a built in keypad and display for entering a password.
Entrepreneur magazine provides a primer for SMBs on how to stake a claim to their intellectual property, and how to protect property rights.
Yet another online backup service - like Carbonite and Mozy - this one specializes in capturing media files the others sometimes ignore.
Thinking of switching to Mac or adopting the iPad in your small business? A new report from McAfee says Apple products were never as secure as users believed and will be increasingly under attack.
PC World magazie reviews and ranks the top ten PC security software products. Number one in terms of both security and performance is Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011.
Whatever your political opinion of WikiLeaks, its supporters' use of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to protest its withdrawal of funding support should send a clear message to SMBs.
Without any fanfare, Microsoft has released a new version, 2.0, of its Security Essentials virus scanning and network security software, which is free for businesses with 10 users or fewer.
Investigators for The Wall Street Journal discover that several popular smartphone apps gather personal information about users and transmit it to advertisers.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah notes that recently publicized security breaches show the importance of using strong passwords and keeping up with software updates.
PC World magazine reviews Cryptainer LE, a free download that lets you set up a virtual hard drive on a PC to store sensitive data in encrypted files.
Too many small businesses sacrifice security for frugality. Their penchant for using cheap USB flash drives to transport data (easily lost) and free but unsecured Wi-Fi networks are prime examples.
A survey from anti-virus software vendor AVG shows that one in seven small businesses in the U.S. and the UK have absolutely no internet security in place.
PC World magazine's Preston Gralla makes the case for using a virtual private network (VPN) when connecting to the Internet at a public hotspot, and recommends AlwaysVPN.
PC World magazine reviews five security apps for Android mobiles, most of them free.
ITBusinessEdge SMB columnist Paul Mah looks at whitelisting, a new approach to network security for SMBs that promises to catch malware traditional virus software misses.
PC World rounds up eight free downloads that can help take the worry out of mobile computing, including protecting against wireless hackers and better monitoring battery power.
Part of a package of reviews of antivirus software, this article compares free programs to paid versions and analyzes whether it makes sense to buy or go free.
Smallbiztechnology.com interviews Frank Kenney of Ipswitch File Transfer on the growing threat from company data being carried around on inherently insecure employee smartphones.
Firesheep is an easy-to-use plugin for the Firefox browser that lets hackers eavesdrop on social media and Web mail communications over unsecured Wi-Fi nets. This tool from the EFF offers protection.
Don't look for hackers and cyber criminals to ease up in 2011, says Catalin Cosoi of security software vendor BitDefender. Cosoi makes three predictions about new or increased security threats in 2011.
Go to this page to register for and find out more about a free 45-minute recorded discussion on security for small business and a free copy of Symantec's Small Business Protection Guide.
Microsoft will give away Symantec software with Windows in a limited time offer through one retailer, PC Mall.
