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	Conformity announces SaaS solutions I hadn't heard much from Conformity since last year's conversation with co-founder Scott Bils, so I was glad to get a note last week letting me know that it was about to splash out with a new release. Well, three new releases, actually, but one which is germane to this newsletter. Read More WEBCAST: Webroot Anatomy of a Complete Security Solution Today's malware threats use any number of guises - viruses, phishing scams, network propagation, USB infection - but their motive is usually the same. Steal sensitive information. Attend this webinar to find out how to protect your organization against today's complex malware threats. Register now! In this Issue Report rips key government security efforts How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi An inside look at intellectual property theft Identity theft fears weigh on Americans Microsoft to patch unhackable Windows 7 bug later today Texas court upholds border search of laptop The Battle for Internet Freedom in Italy Facebook to meet with UK protection agency Send Secure Info Over the Internet Advanced persistent threat How security professionals monitor their kids Extreme Networks joins RSA security alliance Virtualization and cloud security modeled on NAC With Luxand Blink, Your Face Is Your Password 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! Report rips key government security efforts You'd think maybe just once one of these examinations of government agency network security efforts would turn up some good news. Not today. Read More How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Picture this: You're at a café with your laptop and latte in hand, getting ready to review new sales leads and the quarterly financial projections. First you hop on the free Wi-Fi that the shop's management provides. Then you connect your laptop to a projector so that the entire café can take a look, and finally you hand out some printed copies of your confidential product specifications to the other patrons so that they can follow along. Read More An inside look at intellectual property theft Measuring the exact cost of intellectual property theft is difficult, even for the government entities assigned to measure such activities. Read More Identity theft fears weigh on Americans Most Americans remain afraid of identity theft, but their level of anxiety is increasing, according to a survey by Unisys. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Identity and Access Governance – What You Need to Know Live Webcast: Wednesday, May 5th at 1pm ET/10 am PT. Oracle presents a timely event featuring the Burton Group's, Kevin Kampman, who will provide an overview of the latest technology for identity management. Get guidance on compliance, security, identity management and other topics and participate in a live Q&A. Register Today! Microsoft to patch unhackable Windows 7 bug later today Microsoft will play it safe by patching a Windows 7 bug that it says can't be exploited. Read More Texas court upholds border search of laptop The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has become the latest federal court to uphold the right of U.S. customs agents to conduct warrantless searches of laptop computers at U.S. borders. Read More The Battle for Internet Freedom in Italy On Sept. 8, 2006, someone posted a cell-phone video on Google Video showing four bullies punching and kicking an autistic boy in their school in Turin, Italy. Read More Facebook to meet with UK protection agency Facebook is to meet with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) this week to discuss safety on the social networking site. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Improve Productivity by Optimizing your SSL VPN Are you getting all you can from your SSL VPN? Read this whitepaper to find out Learn More Send Secure Info Over the Internet Michael Spector (and yes, he's my brother) asked how to safely email passwords, account numbers, and other sensitive information. Read More Advanced persistent threat The focus on security has shifted from network security to enterprise information protection, where the main point is simple: data is the focus for both the offense and the defense, and the cost of defense grows more quickly than the cost of offense. Read More How security professionals monitor their kids Cell phones, texting, IM, email, Facebook, MySpace--kids are interconnected today in ways hardly imagined two decades ago. But these technology-based communication platforms also enable new forms of an age-old parenting strategy: monitoring your kids. Who are they talking to? What are they talking about? Are they going where they said they are going? Read More Extreme Networks joins RSA security alliance Extreme Networks recently joined the RSA security partnership programme that certifies which products or services can interoperate with RSA's network security solutions. Read More Virtualization and cloud security modeled on NAC Virtualization and cloud computing have disrupted the security industry to its core. We have not quite figured out how to deal with very dynamic infrastructure while most security is implemented in a mostly static ring of devices surrounding the resources they protect. Read More With Luxand Blink, Your Face Is Your Password Luxand Blink! is a free product from Luxand, a maker of facial recognition and image editing software. What Blink! does is allow a PC equipped with a webcam to scan your face during the login process. If it matches a previously saved template, it will allow you to login by facial recognition instead of password. Read More
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