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Tagged: software development

The New Arms Race

Will honest IT professionals ever catch up to criminal hackers?

  • June 17, 2015
So it happened again: another cyber attack, this time of the federal Office of Personnel Management. According to CNN, “U.S. officials believe the breach, which was revealed (June 4) and…

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The New Arms Race

Will honest IT professionals ever catch up to criminal hackers?

  • March 4, 2015
Although people afraid of identity theft probably believe the Internet remains in its Wild West days, the web actually has entered its Cold War era. Sure, it might not seem…

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