UTPA is searching for a Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO. The job posting has been advertised in a variety of venues; you can find one such posting at the Educause web site.
The CISO is responsible for the security of all the University’s information systems and computer equipment and has key responsibilities maintaining the institution’s [...]

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Everywhere we look, there’s news about the economic downturn. The tech industry, accustomed to being spared when the economy suffers, hasn’t been so lucky this time. TechCrunch has been tracking layoffs in technology companies and reports that since August 2008, 195,856 employees of companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Seagate, and Google have lost their jobs. This is sobering [...]

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