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What Is Biometric Authentication?
You may have heard of biometric authentication, but weren't sure exactly what that meant. This article will help you understand biometrics, biometric authentication, and how identity management can use unique attributes of every person to help validate their identity quickly and accurately.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jul 2, 2009 to
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The Best Antispyware Programs - Reviews & Comparisons of the Top Antispyware Programs of 2009
If you’re looking for the best antispyware program, look no further. Here is a list of the top antispyware programs, how they compare to each other and honest reviews on their performance, features, price to value and more.

Published by Rhonda Callow (10,423 pts ) on Jun 30, 2009 to
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Privilege Escalation Prevention in Practice
In the 3rd article in this series on the principle of least privilege we discuss real world methods for reducing the risks of privilege escalation. Multi-user computing environments will always have some potential for misuse via privilege escalation and abuse. Here's how to reduce those risks.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 23, 2009 to
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The Principle of Least Privilege
You may hear security experts throw around a lot of terms that don't have the same meanings they have in everyday conversation. Abstract concepts in Information Security theory need to be applied effectively in real world computing environments. Let's examine the principle of least privilege.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 23, 2009 to
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Privilege Escalation
The 2nd article in this series on the principle of least privilege examines privilege escalation and the related risks of users obtaining more or different privileges than the developer of an application intended possible. Vulnerabilities become exploits. Let's look at how this happens.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 22, 2009 to
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How to Use Information Security Metrics
The concept of information security metrics is much wider than it seems to an average computer geek. In short, these information security metrics help in creation and constant improvement of security systems so that you can use the Internet without any worries.

Published by Arun Kumar M (12,943 pts ) on Jun 16, 2009 to
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How Do People Make Computer Viruses?
Computer viruses seem to appear all the time. But where do they come from? How do people make them? In this article we'll examine how computer viruses are made, and why they continue to be a problem. This is not a how-to guide--instead we look at the big picture of virus creation.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 16, 2009 to
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The Top Ten Famous Computer Viruses
Computer viruses may not be aware of their fame and notoriety, but they certainly get their share of press. This article presents the top ten most famous computer viruses and thoughts on virus fame in the future.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 15, 2009 to
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What Is a Computer Worm?
We hear that our computer security is threatened by computer viruses and computer worms. But what is a worm, exactly? How is it different from a virus or a trojan? This article demystifies computer worms so you can protect yourself.

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 10, 2009 to
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What Is Encryption?
Protecting valuable information has been a problem since the dawn of civilization. Romans used codes called ciphers to protect information they sent by courier. This is called encryption, and we use it with digital information every day. So what is encryption and how does it work?

Published by Lee Clemmer (7,746 pts ) on Jun 9, 2009 to
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