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	Ping Identity joins OpenID Foundation There were some interesting moves in the user-centric identity space last week, which may (or may not) foretell some changes coming in the next year. Read More SPONSOR: Radware Rethinking Application Security Hacker motivation has changed from gaining fame to financial gain. Cyber crime activities now employ a new level of network attacks, which go undetected by standard network-security tools. This paper discusses the changing threat landscape and how you can protect your business from emerging threats. Read More In this Issue UC Security Lacking The Ominious Warnings from the Google China Incident Conficker worm hasn't gone away, Akamai says Smartphone security next big thing Microsoft Warns of IE Zero-day Used in Google Attack Smartphones targeted by porn scams Cisco ASA users can't use SSL VPNs with IE 8 SPONSOR: Sybase op 5 Best Practices for Managing Mobility The mobile world today is similar to that of the personal computer world of the early 1980s: it is begging for IT management to ensure a productive and secure user experience. This Webcast offers practical, immediately usable best practices designed to get IT started on the road to comprehensive mobile management and security. View Now UC Security Lacking Beyond standing email security, most UC security efforts lean toward protection of VOIP, Nemertes finds. SIP protection lags far behind, and IM security is barely on the radar. Read More The Ominious Warnings from the Google China Incident Caught between a rock and a hard place, Google did something few companies are brave enough to do -- it went public about a data breach. This is especially noble as the company is really betting on cloud computing and SaaS for future growth. While Google applications were not breached, Google (and all cloud providers) took a PR hit with this incident. That said, Google did a good job of reassuring... Read More SPONSOR: Unisys The Perfect Storm for Enterprise-Class Clouds Although Cloud computing's original appeal was to small and medium-sized businesses wanting to establish their own web-based commerce without the expenses of a data center, one of the surprising twists is in its appeal to large businesses – finding that the predominant IT delivery model has not kept pace with the rapid responses needed by business. Read Now Conficker worm hasn't gone away, Akamai says Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the Internet, according to Akamai Technologies. Read More Smartphone security next big thing Future smartphones will come pre-loaded with anti-virus software clients to prevent the loss of data and services to malware. And mobile banking and person-to-person payments will be authenticated by fingerprint sensors on the handset. Read More SPONSOR: WatchGuard When Pressing the Send Button Results In Compliance Violations Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time - not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard's easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution. Click here. Microsoft Warns of IE Zero-day Used in Google Attack A critical zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer was exploited as part of the attack on Google and other companies, according to both Microsoft and McAfee. Read More Smartphones targeted by porn scams Cyber criminals have gone back to their old-school tricks to target innocent smartphone users. Read More Cisco ASA users can't use SSL VPNs with IE 8 It may be March before Cisco's ASA security appliances support the latest version of Microsoft's Web browser, limiting what applications businesses can access over their SSL VPN connections. Read More
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