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March 2011

Disaster Preparedness Still Not a Priority for SMBs

Disaster Preparedness Still Not a Priority for SMBs

Symantec announced just recently the findings of its 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey, which measured the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and their customers toward disaster preparedness.

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Internet Explorer 9 Promises a More Beautiful Web Experience

Internet Explorer 9 Promises a More Beautiful Web Experience

By 2014, close to half of all Internet users will live in Asia and it may surprise, but 70 percent of Asians already spend more than three hours a day online, watching mo...

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Regulation for More Protection? - or What!

Regulation for More Protection? - or What!

In September 2010, Ovum stated in an Asian e-Marketing article that the risk of sensitive information being divulged on the web by organizations makes regulation a necessar...

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Opt-in or Opt-out is Still the Question

Opt-in or Opt-out is Still the Question

Once upon a time, direct marketers and their customers enjoyed mutually rewarding relationships.

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Mobile Security - An Increasing Need for Asia Pacific Enterprises

Mobile Security - An Increasing Need for Asia Pacific Enterprises

In Springboard Research’s latest Asia Pacific (AP) IT Market Predictions 2011 Report, we noted that rapid growth in the use of smart mobile devices, combined with an expl...

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Frost & Sullivan: Asia Pacific’s Security Information and Event Management Market to reach $243 Million in 2014

Frost & Sullivan: Asia Pacific’s Security Information and Event Management Market to reach $243 Million in 2014

The Asia Pacific (APAC) security information and event management (SIEM) market witnessed a healthy growth momentum in 2010 and is expected to grow at a strong compound a...

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Internet Security Software Demystified

Internet Security Software Demystified

You think having security software on your computer keeps you safe from Internet threats, right?

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Appointments

Appointments

iris Singapore has promoted Jimmy Lee to creative group head after two and a half years at the agency as senior art director. He will take a creative leadership role on sev...

When Google’s ‘Panda’ goes Global …

When Google’s ‘Panda’ goes Global …

Hot at the heels of an algorithm update to combat duplicate content last month, Google has followed up with “Panda”, another algorithm change that hits purveyors of “low ...

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Trend Micro Safeguards Kids from the Dangers of Social Networks

Trend Micro Safeguards Kids from the Dangers of Social Networks

Trend Micro unveiled recently its “Online Guardian for Families”, the company's first product designed for parents concerned about their kids' social networking activitie...

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The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) eCrime Report

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) eCrime Report

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), founded in 2003, is a global industry, law enforcement, and government coalition focused on eliminating the identity theft and fra...

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Spoofing Attacks

Spoofing Attacks

In the context of network security, a spoofing attack is a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gai...

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Frost & Sullivan’s 2011 (ISC)2® Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS)

Frost & Sullivan’s 2011 (ISC)2® Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS)

A study based on a survey of more than 10,000 information security professionals, worldwide finds that a growing number of technologies being widely adopted by businesses...

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New IE9 Survey Reveals Fresh Insights on Web Surfing Habits in Asia

New IE9 Survey Reveals Fresh Insights on Web Surfing Habits in Asia

When it comes to browsing the Internet, women in Asia tend to put safety first (78 percent), while their male counterparts choose speed above all else (83 percent).

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Ever-increasing List of Security Threats

Ever-increasing List of Security Threats

Businesses will struggle to keep up with the growing list of threats such as cyber espionage unless they adopt a different approach to tackling them, according to Ovum.

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Yahoo! and Nielsen launched First Asia-wide Online Advertising Effectiveness Study

Yahoo! and Nielsen launched First Asia-wide Online Advertising Effectiveness Study

Yahoo! Inc. and Nielsen have announced the launch of Brand Impact, a study aimed at quantifying the branding effectiveness of online advertising campaigns across Asia.

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Microsoft’s Five Key Tips when Using IE9

Microsoft’s Five Key Tips when Using IE9

Microsoft Corp. launched this month their latest version of Windows Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in 40 languages and this has been the company’s most-downloaded browser beta...

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Protecting your Mobile Device from Attack

Protecting your Mobile Device from Attack

Mobile phones with built-in office and Internet functions, so-called smart phones, are starting to become omnipresent and consequently will inspire more and more hackers ...

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Smartphones: Stepchildren of IT Security?

Smartphones: Stepchildren of IT Security?

Working with smartphones to access important data or to interact quickly with colleagues is already a quite common business practice as this enables higher productivity.

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Astaro Points Out Most Crucial Internet Security Holes

Astaro Points Out Most Crucial Internet Security Holes

I just read a comprehensive article written by Markus Hennig, Chief Technology Officer at Astaro, on how to avoid Internet security holes and would like to share with you...

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Cleaning Data Storage Effectively

Cleaning Data Storage Effectively

Whoever is planning to sell or scrap their old computer, used mobile phone or storage media, should make sure that all files are really deleted.

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Security Threats Ad Infinitum in 2011

Security Threats Ad Infinitum in 2011

The February 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report indicated that last month has been the most prolific period in terms of simultaneous attacks and malware family integrat...

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Symantec’s Acquisition of VeriSign completes its Business Strategy

Symantec’s Acquisition of VeriSign completes its Business Strategy

Symantec Corporation’s acquisition of VeriSign’s identity and authentication business, which includes the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Code Signing Certificate Services...

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Cloud Computing More Secure than On-Premise Alternatives

Cloud Computing More Secure than On-Premise Alternatives

As this issue of Asian e-Marketing focuses on “Security in the Digital Age”, I want to highlight once again an article that Andrew Milroy, ICT Director, ANZ, at Frost & Sul...

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Ensure You Are Not Labelled a Spammer

Ensure You Are Not Labelled a Spammer

The success of email is unquestionable, but sadly no one uses it more intensely than spammers.

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Network Box’s Data Leakage Prevention

Network Box’s Data Leakage Prevention

According to a survey conducted by managed security firm Network Box Corporation, over 92 per cent of companies feel that it is important to deploy data-leakage preventio...

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