IT defenders still focused on same old foes

John Leonard
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Despite the proliferation of mobile, social media and cloud, companies see the main threats as coming from weak passwords and insider theft

"Antivirus is dead!" proclaimed Brian Dye, senior VP at security firm Symantec recently. Far from being an unguarded "Ratner" moment by a company best known for its Norton antivirus software, this ...

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