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Implementing policy to secure cloud, mobility

IT departments supporting a wide array of Internet connected devices may have to migrate from application- or OS-specific security policies to network policies that can extend to many types of devices
Khoo Boo Leong 10-Jun-2013

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Minority of data loss victims looking to the Cloud for backup

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