Wisegate tries to blend the firsthand knowledge of goods and services that Yelp.com provides with the personal vetting that goes on at Match.com and aims it all at IT executives looking for a little help as they plan projects and make purchasing decisions. That’s what Sara Gates had in mind when she...

Hurricane Irene is coming fast and will hit the East Coast of the United States within a matter of hours. Hurricanes are a very destructive force of nature bringing the threat of floods, as well as winds capable of uprooting trees and leveling buildings. The devastation may seem overwhelming, but business...

Increasingly, businesses accept the idea that employees should be able to use their personal mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, for work. But debate is raging as to whether these employee-owned devices should be managed and secured exactly as corporate-owned devices might be. A survey of 988...

An angry employee who hacked his boss’s PowerPoint presentation so that it showed a pornographic image has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence and 100 hours of community service by a judge in the U.S. The embarrassing event happened in September 2009 as the Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems...

Our critical infrastructure is an attractive target for enemy nations, terrorist groups, or even run-of-the-mill cyber criminals, and many security experts believe that it is not remotely protected against cyber attacks. The SCADA systems that manage and control much of the critical infrastructure for the...