Being Smart about Cloud Security

An authority on Web security believes your data might be safer in the cloud. For many companies, cloud computing sounds like risky business. They worry that storing customer details or running critical software on the servers of cloud providers such as Amazon or Google could make their data more vulnerable…

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Mark Bowden’s ‘Worm,’ About Conficker

Mr. Bowden, the author of such muscular nonfiction narratives as “Black Hawk Down” and “Guests of the Ayatollah,” writes about technology issues as a semi-civilian. He sounds more like a generalist who has armed himself with research than a natural cybergeek. (He cites science-fiction classics, fascinatingly obscure data and one…

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