Internet bug busters always on call

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The computer emergency response team, located within Carnegie-Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, responds to, and attempts to prevent, problems created by computer viruses transmitted across the rapidly growing Internet.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Management, Internet, Internet security, Computer viruses, Carnegie-Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute

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Ethical hackers? test for weakness

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The manager of the Internet security unit at Deloitte and Touche L.L.P., Simon Tang, began his computer career as a hacker. Mr. Tang supervises ten employees, who are known as ?ethical hackers? because they seek to identify and correct weaknesses in corporate Internet operations.

General services, Science & research, Accounting, auditing, & bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing Services, Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services, Research, Cable television, Accounting firms, Accounting services, Computer hackers, Cable television/data services, Deloitte & Touche L.L.P., Hacker, Tang, Simon

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Mutual fund reform gathers steam in US: Regulators, politicians and industry critics call for overhaul to root out trading abuses

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The sweeping overhaul of the $7-trillion (US) mutual fund industry is discussed as a widening conflict-of-interest scandal has forced the resignation of the head of US's fifth largest fund. Regulators, politicians and industry critics have called for key reforms to root out trading abuses, enhance corporate governance and rein in fees paid by 95 million mutual fund investors.

Legal issues & crime, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Legal/Government Regulation, Management investment, open-end, Company legal issue, Cases, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Securities fraud, Mutual fund industry, Putnam Investments Inc., Industry forecasts, Lasser, Lawrence

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