John Desmond

The saying goes, ‘What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’. For the casino owners, though, the saying should be more along the lines of, ‘What money they make in Vegas should stay in their bank accounts’. So when computer hackers try to steal vital information out of the customer databases of the major Las Vegas […]

To IBM, identity management is bigger than big. IBM has always put a high priority on account control, and identity is inextricably linked to accounts. In the last few years, IBM has rounded out its identity management product offerings by making acquisitions, developing new products internally, integrated existing products, and forming partnerships. At the same […]

Competition for consumer business in the banking industry is playing out more and more on Web-based products and services, as banks seek to differentiate by making it easier for customers to check balances, conduct transfers and pay bills online. This was especially true at the Bank of Alameda in Alameda, Calif., a mid-sized bank founded […]

The experience of Patelco Credit Union of San Francisco with the IP360 vulnerability management appliance from nCircle helps explain the growing popularity of security appliances. Patelco had the protection of intrusion detection systems that were logging tremendous volumes of information about attacks undertaken on its servers, so the problem was not a lack of effort. […]