| Managing security in bad times: CISOs speak out IT security executives are struggling to hold onto budgets and align IT security projects with business needs amid tough cost-cutting Kaspersky says Web hack 'should not have happened' It's the worst thing that can happen to a computer security vendor: This weekend, Moscow's Kaspersky Lab was hacked. Time to Tweak Microsoft's Patch Tuesday? It's been about six years since Microsoft set aside the second Tuesday of each month as the day to release security patches, and most IT administrators have come to appreciate a consistent schedule to plan around. Firms Take Steps to Head Off Encryption Dangers The growing call to encrypt stored data is raising questions among users and analysts fearful that a lost password or damaged drive could bury important information forever. Security services in mind, StillSecure buys ProtectPoint StillSecure is looking to get into the security services business with the acquisition of ProtectPoint today. FTC kills fraudulent online check-processing operation The Federal Trade Commission got a U.S. District Court to permanently stop what it called illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and required the group to give up some $535,000 in ill-gotten gains. Your Security Game Plan How much progress is really being made in securing storage? For several years now, pundits have sounded the alarm about a range of security risks associated with storage. That includes everything from a lack of fundamental network security practices for SANs to the ever-familiar problems associated with handling off-site media. Regarding the latter, hardly a week goes by that some organization isn't reporting the loss or theft of laptops or tapes containing confidential information. NAC questions nag at big security vendors Symantec and McAfee appear to be bumping up against a common wall when it comes to one component typically found in security software suites: Network access control. Security problems still plague retailers' wireless LANs A large-scale scan by Motorola's AirDefense group has found that wireless LAN vulnerabilities in retailer networks though much improved over last year, are still all too common, despite repeated, widely-publicized wireless security breaches. Kaspersky, OpenDNS collaborate to slow Conficker worm OpenDNS has added a feature to its DNS services to fight a widespread worm, with help from Russian security company Kaspersky Lab. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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