The 8 most dangerous consumer technologies; 9/11 security lessons lost on businesses?

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Secure Computing Webinar: Securing up network access Learn how token-based, one-time password authentication systems can help enterprises reduce business risk, better comply with regulations, are easy to manage and most importantly keep networks secure. Tune in to this webinar. Network World's Security News Alert, 09/12/07 The 8 most dangerous consumer technologies, 09/10/07: High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smart phones, VoIP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call -- and in fact can't imagine functioning without it -- the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring. 9/11 security lessons lost on businesses?, 09/11/07: In the six years since 9/11 people in charge of key infrastructure have lost their sense of urgency to improve security, according to a panel at the Security Standard conference today. Video: Security Buzz: What concerns attendees: Attendees at The Security Standard conference in Chicago share their thoughts on the biggest security threats facing enterprises today. Network World Buyer's Guides Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. With seven categories - security, storage, convergence and VoIP, network infrastructure, network applications, wireless and LAN/WAN management - you can quickly pinpoint the hardware or software you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best purchase decisions for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guides now. FBI cybercrime fighter lauds CAN SPAM, international efforts, 09/11/07: While fighting cybercrime has become a bigger problem for law enforcement over the past 10 years, given increased involvement from organized-crime groups, officials are seeing some results from recent legislation and international coordination efforts. Data-leakage prevention tools catch errors, not theft, 09/11/07: Data-leakage prevention tools from vendors such as Reonnex, Vontu, Onigma (bought by McAfee), Tablus (bought by EMC/RSA) and Port Authoritiy (bought by WebSense) are more effective against people making honest errors than they are against criminals trying to steal data, said Nick Selby, an analyst with 451 Group who spoke at the Security Standard conference. Cisco: We like hackers: Cisco says it has moved on since its ugly spat with hacker Michael Lynn two years ago. Now it positively embraces hackers. Trend Micro, Third Brigade team on IPS, 09/11/07: Trend Micro said today it is teaming with start-up Third Brigade to integrate its intrusion-prevention system capability into Trend Micro’s OfficeScan endpoint-security product. Conventional wisdom of information security, 09/10/07: After five years of conducting the "Global State of Information Security" survey, we have noted some critical trends in information security. We've also uncovered nontrends-numbers that remain so constant and predictable that we can now call them conventional wisdom. Here, then, are five pieces of wisdom based on numbers in the survey that never seem to change. PatchLink born again as Lumension Security, 09/11/07: Patch management company PatchLink is no more, but its demise is not bad news. The company has changed its name to Lumension Security. Offshore worker breaks into Caterpillar server, steals docs, 09/10/07: An IT engineer working for Caterpillar's engineering design center in India allegedly used another employee's username and password to access and steal about 4,000 confidential documents from a company server in the U.S. Fujitsu targets corporate PCs with palm vein login, 09/11/07: Fujitsu is targeting corporate desktop computer access with new versions of its palm vein biometric scanner.

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