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	5 hot IT certification picks for 2010 Industry organizations and vendors are broadening their IT certification training catalogs to address emerging technologies and market needs. Vendor-specific (Cisco, Microsoft) and technology-specific (network, security and open source) certifications can help advance IT careers. Read More E-GUIDE: BlackBerry Expert Guide: Crafting a Secure Mobility Strategy Securing mobile data in transit and at rest is a top IT concern. This eGuide offers expert advice on simplifying management and security of smartphones, improved fail-over for DR and control of enterprise application downloads and permissions. Read now and download a free license of BlackBerry Enterprise Express to manage up to 75 users. Read Now. In this Issue Will "rare earth" manipulation cause a high-tech meltdown? Hackers try to exploit illegal downloading fears Zeus botnet exploits unpatched PDF flaw Spam volumes grew 6 percent last year, says Google Privacy in a mobile world: Massachusetts data privacy law Senators question Cyber Command's role Obama does the hard sell NASA's future Oracle issues emergency Java patch to stop zero-day attacks In data breaches, keeping number of records lost secret can protect stock prices Apple releases new Leopard, Snow Leopard Security Update WHITE PAPER: NetApp Top 5 Hyper-V Best Practices Read this whitepaper to get advice on everything from making sure you configure enough network connections, especially in iSCSI, to specifying the specific initiator groups and the correct LUN type when provisioning the NetApp LUN for use with Hyper-V. Learn More! Will "rare earth" manipulation cause a high-tech meltdown? China controls 97% of the "rare earth" materials used to build everything from hybrid cars, lasers and radar systems to satellites, cell phones and computers - a situation that could put the United States in a perilous strategic position if not fixed.  Read More Hackers try to exploit illegal downloading fears Hackers are exploiting the controversy surrounding illegal downloading in a bid to steal credit card details from web users, says F-Secure. Read More Zeus botnet exploits unpatched PDF flaw The Zeus botnet is now using an unpatched flaw in Adobe's PDF document format to infect users with malicious code, security researchers said today. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! Spam volumes grew 6 percent last year, says Google Despite security researchers' efforts to cut spam down to size, it just keeps growing back. The volume of unsolicited email in the first quarter was around 6 percent higher than a year earlier, according to Google's e-mail filtering division Postini. Read More Privacy in a mobile world: Massachusetts data privacy law The Massachusetts Data Privacy law, effective as of March 1, 2010, states that all businesses that collect personal data from or about Massachusetts residents will need to adopt a comprehensive written security program. Unlike most state-based data privacy laws, which focus primarily on public disclosure once a breach occurs, the new Massachusetts law prescribes that more stringent protective measures be taken to prevent breaches from occurring in the first place. Read More Senators question Cyber Command's role The main focus of the U.S. Department of Defense's new Cyber Command will be protecting military networks, not engaging in cyberwarfare, the nominee to head the organization said Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. The Full Story on WAAS Cost Saving Benefits Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) can deliver a very favorable ROI within 11 months says Forrester Consulting in this informative report. WAAS lets you effectively choose how to deploy applications, store data and provision infrastructure services between branch and data center locations. Learn More Obama does the hard sell NASA's future President Obama took to the heart of the NASA community today to promote his vision of the future of the space program.   In a speech at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Obama said his plan for Read More Oracle issues emergency Java patch to stop zero-day attacks Oracle today patched a critical Java vulnerability that is being exploited by hackers to install malicious software. Read More In data breaches, keeping number of records lost secret can protect stock prices When companies publicly declare that they have suffered a data breach, it's best not to reveal how many individual records were involved if they don't want to take a hit in their stock prices, according to a study. Read More Apple releases new Leopard, Snow Leopard Security Update Apple on Wednesday released a security update for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard. Read More
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