Cisco security products open to attack; Data leakage prevention

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Sybase The Top 5 IT Considerations for Secure Wireless Choosing a wireless email solution? Selecting a vendor is only part of the equation. Will your solution secure mobile data? Leverage the newest devices? Enable device encryption? Learn the IT considerations you must know before you buy. Get our free white paper now. Compliments of Sybase iAnywhere. Network World's Security News Alert, 05/07/07 From Cisco Subnet: Cisco security products open to attack:  Cisco's security tools are vulnerable to LDAP authentication bypasses and denial of service attacks, warns the vendor. Click here for more. Web-hosting companies accused of being havens for infected sites, 05/04/07: StopBadware.org on Friday identified five Web-hosting companies with myriad infected Web sites residing on their servers, which the industry watchguard says puts unwitting Internet users at risk. Click here for more. Opinion: Data leakage prevention: The dangers of port dependence, 05/07/07: My organization has a mandate to deploy Data Leakage Prevention next quarter. How do I gauge the completeness of a solution with respect to coverage of all network traffic? Click here for more. From servers to storage: Virtualization saves It's touted as one of the fastest and easiest ways to better manage and control your infrastructure. Download this guide today and see how network IT execs are making virtualization pay off in the real world; discover the 8 virtualization gotchas you need to know; and much more. Click here to download. Privacy groups renew push against Real ID bill, 05/04/07:  Privacy advocates are making a last-ditch effort to muster public opposition to the controversial Real ID bill, which proposes to create a national standard for issuing state drivers' licenses and other forms of state-issued identification. Click here for more. Oracle database auditing product aids compliance, 05/07/07" Oracle Monday announced general availability of auditing software that consolidates and manages information from databases, providing an in-depth view of audit data. Click here for more. Opinion: Do we really need a security industry?', 05/03/07:  Security expert/pundit/provocateur Bruce Schneier, always entertaining, had one of those “He’s right but so what?” columns on Wired.com last week. Click here for more. U.K. tightens border controls through biometrics, 05/03/07:  The British government -- beset by fears of terrorists, crime and illegal immigration -- has drawn up wide plans to drop a tight electronic curtain over its borders over the next seven years. It is testing several technologies as part of its "e-Borders" program, which aims for more thorough oversight over travelers coming to the U.K. Click here for more.

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