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	10 strategic security initiatives for every organization SpiderLabs, the advanced security team within the consulting firm TrustWave, has just released its Global Security Report of 2010. The report is based on 200 forensic analyses and 1900 penetration tests conducted by in the past year. Nicholas Percoco of SpiderLabs shares his top 10 security initiatives that every organization should undertake in order to reduce the risk of a costly security breach. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Network Virtualization: Reduce IT Operational Costs Network virtualization solutions extend the benefits of virtualization technologies throughout campus and distributed networks, reaching every endpoint and managing every user. Read more now! In this Issue Security of virtualization, cloud computing divides IT and security pros Network Worlds Best Products 2010 Best of the Tests U.S. software engineer piloted domestic terrorist attack on Austin, Texas Massive Storms Don't Halt D.C. IT Ops Chinese schools deny role in Google hack Happy 10th birthday, Active Directory WHITE PAPER: Sophos Windows 7 security With the public release of Windows 7 debates and discussions have been raging on the security improvements in the new platform, and some potential problems have also emerged. In this white paper, we run through the most significant changes and additions, and look at what they might mean to users and administrators. Read now. Security of virtualization, cloud computing divides IT and security pros Is moving to virtualization and cloud computing making network security easier or harder? When some 2,100 top IT and security managers in 27 countries were asked, the response revealed a profound lack of consensus, showing how divided attitudes are within the enterprise. Read More Network Worlds Best Products 2010   Read More E-BOOK: Sybase 5 Key Mobile Management Must-Dos Discover the five steps you can take to realize comprehensive management of your mobile environment. This IDG Playbook will guide your strategy for managing and securing your booming mobile environment, regardless of the variety of hardware and operating systems. Read More Now Best of the Tests We tested more than 100 products in 2009 in a wide variety of categories, but 15 of those products were head and shoulders above the rest and earn our Best of the Tests Award. Here are the categories and winners: Read More U.S. software engineer piloted domestic terrorist attack on Austin, Texas Terrorist plane attacks are personal to Americans! And their especially personal to me, and why is that you may ask? Well, because during the Vietnam War I was fortunate to serve 2 years in the U.S. Army at The Pentagon and upon graduating college, I was fortunate to work in both World Trade Center Towers. These great buildings were my personal domain and I knew them like the back of my hand. Every... Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Direct Access and UAG Better Together Direct Access (DA) is a game-changing technology for remote access in your company; removing the need for a VPN all together. Within Microsoft, we've seen great productivity benefits to end users. We surveyed users from our DA pilot and over 87% saw instant productivity gains, overall resulting in net benefit of ~1 hour each day for users. Furthermore, Microsoft operations is saving costs by things such as not having to convert internet connected sites to dedicated lines. For more information on the business value of DA and Microsoft's implementation, watch the Direct Access MSIT video. Learn More Now Massive Storms Don't Halt D.C. IT Ops Nothing was moving in the nation's capital during back-to-back storms earlier this month. But most of the city's 600 IT workers were as busy as ever, working from home. Read More Chinese schools deny role in Google hack Two schools in China where computers were reportedly linked to cyberattacks on Google and other companies have denied involvement in the hack, Chinese state media said Sunday. Read More Happy 10th birthday, Active Directory Ten years ago this week, Microsoft debuted its first network directory with the official release of Windows 2000. Back then, Microsoft was late to the directory game -- which had already been mastered by Novell, Banyan, Sun and others – but determined to make up for lost time. Today, Active Directory runs in more than 90% of the world's 2,000 biggest companies, while the rest of the market picks... Read More
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