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	DHS studying global response to Conficker botnet One year after the Conficker botnet was front-page news around the world, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing a report looking at the worldwide effort to keep it in check. 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 In this Issue Endpoint security gets complicated Escalating attacks prompted emergency IE update, says Microsoft Bringing Internet privacy into the 21st century Security Development Lifecycle still just a concept to many Document offers gloomy view of cloud US wants texting ban for bus, truck drivers; takes to Web for online rule-making Network World launches Open Source Subnet Unscheduled patch release from Microsoft? Pay attention WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! Endpoint security gets complicated Users say protecting network endpoints is becoming more difficult as the type of endpoint devices -- desktops, laptops, smartphones -- grows, making security a complex moving target. Read More Escalating attacks prompted emergency IE update, says Microsoft Microsoft said that it patched the critical vulnerability in IE this week because the number of attacks jumped after news broke that the exploit had gone public. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Automating Processes to Optimize a Windows 7 Deployment Experts state that it is critical that planning for Windows 7 starts in the first half of 2010. With the cost per PC deployment estimated at $527-$700 per client, automating processes and leveraging outside expertise can reduce deployment costs and free your staff. Learn More Now Bringing Internet privacy into the 21st century Finally, there's something Google and Microsoft can agree on: Our electronic privacy protections are in serious need of an overhaul. They, along with Intel, AOL, AT&T, the ACLU, and a dozen other household names, have formed the Digital Due Process coalition, aimed at urging Congress to modernize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) -- the only thing keeping Johnny Law from pawing through your digital life. Read More Security Development Lifecycle still just a concept to many As a reporter for a publication focused on software development two years ago, I wrote a couple stories about how first software was developed so it did what it was designed to do, then they'd worry about security. So learning since then that security is being built into the development lifecycle from the beginning is encouraging, though it seems like it's still just a concept. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Document offers gloomy view of cloud The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently published a document about cloud computing titled "Reaching for the Cloud(s): Privacy Issues related to Cloud Computing." I didn't like this document at all. Read More US wants texting ban for bus, truck drivers; takes to Web for online rule-making The US Department of Transportation wants to not only ban texting by commercial bus and truck drivers, its also wants the public to get more closely involved developing transportation regulations via a new public Web site.   Read More Network World launches Open Source Subnet I'm pleased to announce our news. Network World has launched a new Subnet community, the Open Source Subnet. Open Source Subnet will showcase news and blogger opinions for enterprise users of open source software. Read More Unscheduled patch release from Microsoft? Pay attention It's good and bad that Microsoft releases out-of-band patches. It's good the company is being proactive to help equip customers against threats, but it's bad the vulnerabilities pose such a potential risk that immediate action is a must.Microsoft out-of-band patch demands immediate attention Read More
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