A well-run corporation needs a written security policy. In theory, these policies set appropriate expectations regarding the use and administration of company data. In reality, however, many security policies are ineffective.

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Comprehensive security protection has become more difficult, and the threat environment has continued to develop new forms of attack with increasing levels of sophistication. Find out how you can improve the security of your operating systems, databases, web/application servers and applications with this free white paper.

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A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) or sexual topics (Adult blog), and are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.

As of September 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 106 million blogs.