Why Are We Mismanaging Passwords?; Microsoft releases fixes for just four flaws

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, 09/13/07 Podcast: Why Are We Mismanaging Passwords?: Research suggests the typical enterprise spends more than $500,000 each year on maintaining and updating privileged passwords, those non-personal, shared and administrative passwords that exist in almost every device or application. Yet they're still not secure. Adam Bosnian, VP of of products and strategy at Cyber-Ark Software, discusses new approaches to privileged password management with Keith Shaw. (12:22) Microsoft releases fixes for just four flaws, 09/11/07: Microsoft Tuesday issued four security bulletins that patched just four vulnerabilities in Windows, Visual Studio and the MSN and Windows Live Messenger software, setting a 2007 record for the fewest flaws fixed in a month's scheduled updates. Why can’t CIOs and CSOs just get along?, 09/12/07: IT chiefs and security officers might seem likely to view the corporate world similarly from their c-level positions, but that’s often not the case. 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. FCC details E911 location accuracy requirements, 09/12/07: The FCC laid out a series of benchmarks yesterday in an effort to ensure that wireless carriers meet E911 location accuracy requirements within five years. Keyloggers proposed to fight terrorism in cybercafes, 09/12/07: An organization in Mumbai, India has proposed that police use keylogging software at cybercafes to keep track of communications between terrorists.

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