Baseline articles from March 2005

Baseline archives from March 2005

An Extra Measure of Security.(M. Angela Sasse will give training on information technology department)
March 7, 2005... M. Angela Sasse, a professor at University College London who specializes in security, recommends top-to-bottom training in an information-technology department--and higher in the organization. "There has been a tendency to delegate security to...

Ears To The Ground.(Tony Scott joined The Walt Disney Co. as chief information officer)
March 8, 2005... Tony Scott has traded in his wheels for mouse ears. With no fireworks, the former chief technology officer at General Motors became chief information officer at The Walt Disney Co. last month. His mandate: Take responsibility for all...

Public Disservice.(Federal Bureau of Investigation unable to keep its project managers and executives)
March 8, 2005... The Federal Bureau of Investigation has people problems. It can't find or retain the project managers and executives needed to implement one of its most important technology projects since Sept. 11, 2001. That's the upshot of FBI Director...

Back On Track.(New York City Transit rebuilds Chambers Street relay room)
March 8, 2005... Tracy Bowdwin, nighttime assistant chief signals officer for New York City Transit, spent Sunday, Jan. 23, making sure snow hadn't piled up on the rails and switches were working properly following a snowstorm. En route to his downtown Brooklyn...

Geekfathers: CyberCrime Mobs Revealed.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Crime is now organized on the Internet. Operating in the anonymity of cyberspace, Web mobs with names like Shadowcrew and stealthdivision are building networks that help crackers and phishers, money launderers and fences skim off some of the...

Critical Data: Mob Snapshot.(case of credit card fraud)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Shadowcrew Base Case Web Address: www.shadowcrew.com (Web site taken down by U.S. Secret Service in October 2004) Business: Trafficking in stolen and counterfeit credit, debit and identification cards* Administrators: Andrew...

Baseline Wins Top BizJournalism Prize.(2005 Grand Neal)(Brief Article)
March 17, 2005... Ziff Davis Media's Baseline magazine was honored Wednesday with the 2005 Grand Neal at the 51st Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards presentations at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Neals are the "Pulitzer...

Technology Becomes Baseball's Big Hitter.(mass media coverage of Major League Baseball)(Brief Article)
March 18, 2005... Major League Baseball faces the kind of channel conflict a lot of businesses would love to have. More than 800,000 fans are willing to buy subscriptions to watch MLB games online. That business is worth more than $100 million to MLB. But...

Humans Resist Automation at NYSE.(New York Stock Exchange Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... The New York Stock Exchange has to automate its trading systems and slash the time it takes to execute a trade, or risk losing business to electronic exchanges. But much of its strength, and the loyalty of its customers, comes from the...

Humans Resist Automation at NYSE.(New York Stock Exchange Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... The New York Stock Exchange has to automate its trading systems and slash the time it takes to execute a trade, or risk losing business to electronic exchanges. But much of its strength, and the loyalty of its customers, comes from the...