VMware's purchase of SpringSource could help cloud security

Study: Adobe Flash cookies pose vexing privacy questions; SNARE, Gazelle, Vanish, Nemesis and Nozzle: sounds like quite the wild security conference Security Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Tripwire Secure Your Virtual and Physical IT Environments Learn how integrity monitoring software solutions enable IT organizations to achieve and maintain configuration control. Tripwire(R) Enterprise is the first solution to effectively combine configuration assessment and file integrity monitoring, enabling automated and sustainable configuration control throughout virtual and physical infrastructures. Spotlight Story VMware's purchase of SpringSource could help cloud security VMware is buying SpringSource, an acquisition that promises to tighten the relationship between the virtual environment that cloud computing relies on and the applications that run in that environment. Read full story Related News: Study: Adobe Flash cookies pose vexing privacy questions Adobe's Flash program is being used on heavily trafficked Web sites to collect information on how people navigate those sites even if people believe they've restricted the data collection, according to a new study. SNARE, Gazelle, Vanish, Nemesis and Nozzle: sounds like quite the wild security conference Whither the Cyber Security Coordinator? Data breach suspect jailed before being caught Don't know about you, but I'd have trouble sleeping tonight if I learned that my name and social security number were on a 64-page list of a thousand employees found stored -- of all places -- under a mattress. Tell me that mattress was in a prison cell and I'm staring bug-eyed at the ceiling all night. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Black Hat's best How well you remember the Black Hat conference's most notorious incidents? Wireless burning questions How much longer are you going to hang onto that Ethernet cable? And other questions. Security Road Map: Best Practices, Tools Discover how to recover from a data breach, gain compliance while saving money, and much more in this road map for regulatory compliance, breach avoidance and all-around solid security. Also learn the latest trends in network access control devices and data-leakage protection tools. Download this Executive Guide now. The necessary convergence of IT and Facilities If IT and Facilities could work collaboratively, organizations can operate more efficiently and effectively while still meeting their business objectives. That's why Eaton® is partnering with organizations that develop IT management systems to create an integrated approach to energy management. The necessary convergence of IT and Facilities   August 12, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 10 worst video game systems of all time Five Reasons It's Time For a Verizon iPhone Five netbooks Microsoft has crushed Cash for IT clunkers? Do HP, 3Com value claims trump Cisco? Storage start-ups rethink data access Review: Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar Why Microsoft is sabotaging desktop virtualization Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes Five ways to get affordable certification skills Data in Action: Effective data management for smarter outcomes Date: August 19, 2009 Exhibit Zone 8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT to 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00pm EDT Join us for a special, complimentary Virtual Conference, offering valuable information for lowering IT costs through industry-leading performance, enhanced storage compression and improved automation. Data in Action: Effective data management for smarter outcomes Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to security.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com