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	Five Security Missteps Made in the Name of Compliance In the hurry to meet a regulatory compliance deadline, companies risk making some costly security mistakes. Here are five examples. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire A Holistic Approach to Compliance Makes Business Sense IT management has tremendous incentive to figure out a new, more effective and comprehensive approach to meeting information security and compliance goals. This webcast will explore those pain points, the solutions, and the best practices organizations should consider to make strategic information security an enabler of business value. Learn More! In this Issue How to Stop P2P Data Breaches 10 hot computer science schools (slideshow) Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference' How to Alert Connections of a Social Network Hack Experts: Developers Responsible for Programming Problems FTC seeks extensive information from firms being investigated for P2P breaches IBM: Vulnerabilities fell in 2009, but other risks abound Microsoft launches 'phone home' anti-piracy update ATM Skimming: How to Recognize Card Fraud Microsoft recruited top notch guns for Waledac takedown School district faces lawsuit over Webcam spying claims Attackers going after end users rather than servers Cisco gaining mindshare in security, says research firm WHITE PAPER: Eaton - NWW 10 Ways to Increase Power System Availability This white paper discusses 10 such underutilized best practices for building and maintaining a highly available data center power infrastructure. Read Now How to Stop P2P Data Breaches The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has notified hundreds of US businesses that their sensitive data is circulating freely on peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks for all to see. While no company wants to have confidential information exposed to unauthorized users on the Web, many businesses, depending on the nature of the data being exposed, also fall under legal compliance mandates to safeguard the data. Read More 10 hot computer science schools (slideshow) Leading universities report rising enrollment in computer-related courses Read More Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference' Next week's RSA 2010 conference will have some nearby competition. Here's the story of Security B-Sides as the conference alternative. Read More How to Alert Connections of a Social Network Hack You've been hit by a social network scam on Twitter and don't know how to warn your contacts? Mary Landesman of ScanSafe offers four simple, clear steps to help protect your contacts. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Escaping PCI Purgatory PCI compliance is a challenge for midsize and large companies alike, as there are four phases to meeting the PCI DSS requirements: assessment, remediation, compliance and maintenance. Read this white paper as IBM reveals five key 'sticking points' organizations have been facing on the path to PCI DSS compliance. Learn More Experts: Developers Responsible for Programming Problems A group of security luminaries lead by SANS Institute and MITRE are calling for software developers and vendors to shoulder the burden when it comes to programming mistakes in their products Read More FTC seeks extensive information from firms being investigated for P2P breaches Several companies being investigated by the FTC for inadvertently exposing customer and employee data on peer-to-peer networks, have been asked by the agency to submit extensive information on their data-collection, usage and protection practices. Read More IBM: Vulnerabilities fell in 2009, but other risks abound The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent, according to IBM's annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report. Read More Microsoft launches 'phone home' anti-piracy update As promised, Microsoft has started offering Windows 7 users an update to the company's anti-piracy software via Windows Update. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ultrium Best Practices for Long-Term Data Retention Disk-based solutions for data protection have opened up new storage options for organizations. The question should not be whether to choose disk or tape, but rather how to leverage both technologies to deploy a cost-effective tiered-storage architecture. This paper discusses the 5 best practices for backup and long-term data protection. Learn More ATM Skimming: How to Recognize Card Fraud Criminals are increasingly turning to card skimming as a profitable way to steal cash. Would you know what to look for at your local ATM? Read More Microsoft recruited top notch guns for Waledac takedown Four days ago, top-notch computer security researchers launched an assault on Waledac, a highly sophisticated botnet responsible for spreading spam and malicious software. Read More School district faces lawsuit over Webcam spying claims The MacBook's built-in iSight camera and microphone are awfully convenient for Skype phone calls and iChat video conferencing, but a more sinister potential use came to light this week with the allegation that a suburban Philadelphia school district used iSight cameras to spy on students at home. The FBI has launched an investigation to determine whether federal laws were broken. Read More Attackers going after end users rather than servers The Web traffic study also finds issues with botnets, corporate policies, and outdated browsers Read More Cisco gaining mindshare in security, says research firm A survey of 259 information security professionals shows Cisco gaining clout with them as a network-security provider, according to research firm TheInfoPro. Read More
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