Computer Security


Recent Computer Security Articles

Denial-of-Service

By Bill Varcoe |  Apr 1, 2000

The onslaught that brought down large sites such as Yahoo!, eBay, CNN.com, and buy.com was caused by a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. It is one of the ea...  Read more

Prevent Malicious Attacks on Your Business Data

By Bill Varcoe |  Apr 1, 2000

Viruses are pieces of foreign code (programs) introduced into your system to perform unauthorized acts against your internal network. Some of the viruses ...  Read more

Troubleshoot Downtime Issues

By Lane McCulloch |  Apr 1, 2000

Whether you detect downtime on your own or are alerted to it with the help of a monitoring service, you must take immediate action to correct the problem....  Read more

Understand How Downtime Is Measured

By Lane McCulloch |  Apr 1, 2000

Measuring whether your site is "up" or "down" seems like it would be pretty easy: Either it's available or it's not. However, effective monitoring for dow...  Read more

Implement a Strict Quality Control System

By Jennifer LeClaire |  Apr 1, 2000

Unlike face-to-face shopping, where customers can touch and inspect goods before making a purchase, online customers must rely completely on your ability ...  Read more

Back Up Data

By Michelle Radeke |  Apr 1, 2000

Before you choose a backup solution, you need to examine your needs. First, you'll need to determine how much data you have to back up and how frequently ...  Read more

Checklist: Research Your Backup Solution Options

By Michelle Radeke |  Apr 1, 2000

Once you've determined your needs, you'll need to investigate the options you think best fit those needs. This section includes an overview of how to eval...  Read more

Research Data Backup Turnkey Solutions

By Michelle Radeke |  Apr 1, 2000

There are a number of different features you may want to consider, such as data security, storage space, and user interface. Itemize your needs in an orga...  Read more

Research Off-the-Shelf Data Backup Solutions

By Michelle Radeke |  Mar 27, 2000

You can purchase backup software, hardware, and media from online resellers, such as NECX Global Electronics E...  Read more

Build Your Own Data Backup Solution

By Michelle Radeke |  Mar 27, 2000

If you have your Web site or a network server in-house, or you can't afford a moment of downtime due to hardware failure, you may need to build a custom s...  Read more

Implement a Data Backup Procedure

By Michelle Radeke |  Mar 27, 2000

Once you find your solution, you'll need to create a procedure for how you will back up your data and how you will handle restoration in the case of data ...  Read more

It's Midnight. Do You Know Where Your Tech Support Is?

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Mar 15, 2000

Finally, a new breed of tech consultant provides affordable, timely help to growing businesses.  Read more

Bold Storage

By Ilan Mochari |  Mar 15, 2000

Here's why Melissa McNatt, a regional sales director, turned to free online document storage to help her securely handle crucial files while traveling.  Read more

A Byte out of Cybercrime

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Mar 1, 2000

With so much sensitive information streaming through the Internet, it's no wonder that high-tech crime-fighting units are springing up all over the countr...  Read more

Meet Mie-Yun Lee

By Lane McCulloch |  Mar 1, 2000

Mie-Yun Lee is an expert on businesspurchasing for the office. Since she founded Read more

These days Web users are cynical. How can I combat that cynicism?

By Lane McCulloch |  Mar 1, 2000

Internet in Business mentor Jakob Nielsen responds: When I started working on online communication in 1983, I knew the Web would b...  Read more

What are some simple ways to make my small-business Web site more effective?

By Heather Martin |  Mar 1, 2000

Internet in Business mentor Jakob Nielsen responds: Emphasize that you are trustworthy in honest, plainspoken language. For exampl...  Read more

How can I keep abreast of Internet trends that will affect my business?

By Lane McCulloch |  Mar 1, 2000

Internet in Business mentor Jakob Nielsen responds: I suggest that you incorporate the Web into your life as much as possible. Buy...  Read more

Will well-built but unknown sites eventually win the confidence of Web surfers?

By Christi Frum |  Mar 1, 2000

Internet in Business mentor Jakob Nielsen responds: Eventually that will happen, although in the immediate future, privacy concern...  Read more

It's Midnight. Do You Know Where Your Tech Support Is?

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Mar 1, 2000

Finally, a new breed of tech consultant provides affordable, timely help to growing businesses.  Read more

A Byte out of Cybercrime

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Mar 1, 2000

With so much sensitive information streaming through the Internet, it's no wonder that high-tech crime-fighting units are springing up all over the countr...  Read more

Fair Play?

By Mary Kwak |  Mar 1, 2000

Come April 21, Zeeks.com will face a new challenge -- as if constantly coming up with "kewl" features for its ever-chan...  Read more

Research Off-the-Shelf Data Backup Solutions

By Michelle Radeke |  Mar 1, 2000

You can purchase backup software, hardware, and media from online resellers, such as NECX Global Electronics E...  Read more

Build Your Own Data Backup Solution

By Michelle Radeke |  Mar 1, 2000

If you have your Web site or a network server in-house, or you can't afford a moment of downtime due to hardware failure, you may need to build a custom s...  Read more

Implement a Data Backup Procedure

By Michelle Radeke |  Mar 1, 2000

Once you find your solution, you'll need to create a procedure for how you will back up your data and how you will handle restoration in the case of data ...  Read more

Bold Storage

By Ilan Mochari |  Mar 1, 2000

Here's why Melissa McNatt, a regional sales director, turned to free online document storage to help her securely handle crucial files while traveling.  Read more

Thrown by the Zone

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Feb 1, 2000

In 1984, when Debbi E. Milner and her husband, John, founded the computer reseller Jade Systems Corp. in their home, they never dreamed they would be comp...  Read more

Myth 1: Building a Web Site Is Easy

By Emily Barker |  Feb 1, 2000

Businesses making the jump to the Web should leave plenty of room for error. A look at the technical difficulties Hire Quality encountered when trying to bui...  Read more

BigBrother.com: The Net War on Privacy

By David Batstone |  Feb 1, 2000

How dearly do you value your privacy? Are you willing to exchange it for a free computer? Or perhaps a discount on your groceries? A recent survey ...  Read more

Beef Up Your Disaster Preparedness Plan

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 7, 2000

If your office were affected by flood, fire, earthquake, or another natural disaster, could you bounce back? Your recovery from a disaster begins with hav...  Read more

Pumping Your Visitors for Information

By Jeff Cannon |  Jan 1, 2000

What to Ask Your Users Regardless of your site, there are two types of information you will need at first. The first type can be...  Read more

Beef Up Your Disaster Preparedness Plan

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 1, 2000

If your office were affected by flood, fire, earthquake, or another natural disaster, could you bounce back? Your recovery from a disaster begins with hav...  Read more

The News Today, Oh Boy

By George Gendron |  Nov 1, 1999

Inc. magazine's editor discusses the diverging fates of two people featured on the cover of Inc. in the past: Doug Mellinger, founder of PR...  Read more

Backing Up Your Business Data

Oct 20, 1999

One day - maybe 10 years from now, maybe tomorrow - the computer that servesyour Web site will break down, destroying your business records. If yo...  Read more

HR Keeps Business Disaster Plans Focused on People

Oct 1, 1999

Hurricane Floyd was just the latest of the reminders that companies receive from time to time to keep theirdisaster plans up to date. It's an important re...  Read more