According to a report in the Financial Times, Google are phasing out the use of Microsoft's Windows within the company because of security concerns. Citing several Google employees, the FT report reports that new hires are offered the option of using Apple Mac systems or PCs running Linux. The move is believed to be related to a directive issued after Google's Chinese operations were attacked in January. In that attack, Chinese hackers took advantage of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer on a Windows PC used by a Google employee and from there gained deeper access to Google's single sign on service.

In the Career Compass program, the initial exercise focuses on identifying and distilling five key elements that differentiate the participant from others.

On the face of it, the field of information security appears to be a mature, well-defined, and an accomplished branch of computer science.

May 2010-Protecting the United States’ digital infrastructure is a national security priority, according to the Obama administration’s new National Security Strategy released today.