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	Eliminating admin rights mitigates Windows 7 vulnerabilities The removal of administrator rights from Windows users is a mitigating factor for 90 per cent of Critical Windows 7 Vulnerabilities, according to BeyondTrust, a provider of Privileged Access Lifecycle Management solutions. 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! In this Issue Google's Chrome now silently auto-updates Flash Player US one step closer to cyber guards for nation's electric grid 5 Playful Tech Pranks Hotel chain starts using child porn detection Living with Windows: security Postmortem: Broken feedback loops in critical systems Covert Investigations: Cameras Adobe, Foxit examine new no-bug-needed PDF hack Forensics, Litigation, and Full Disk Encryption 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! Google's Chrome now silently auto-updates Flash Player Adobe's new partnership with Google will keep Internet users safer because Chrome will automatically update Flash Player without asking users, an Adobe director of engineering said. Read More US one step closer to cyber guards for nation's electric grid The US Department of Energy this week officially opened up the bidding for a National Electric Sector Cyber Security Organization that would protect the nation's electrical grid from cyber attacks.   Read More 5 Playful Tech Pranks A proper tech prank is a playful problem--mischievous rather than malicious. We've got a few quick tricks that you pull off with just a few minutes of access to your victim's gadgets. 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! Hotel chain starts using child porn detection The prestige Radisson Blu hotel chain has become the first in the world to roll out a new technology that can spot guests receiving or distributing real images of child porn. Read More Living with Windows: security Under ordinary circumstances, and in the hands of an educated user, a properly configured Mac is not much of a security risk. Sharing a network with Windows systems doesn't change that; the Mac is still relatively safe. Read More Postmortem: Broken feedback loops in critical systems A sad story caught my eye in a local paper recently. A 23-year-old anorexic prisoner died in prison in Swanton, Vermont in August 2009 because of a chain of human errors. The tragedy has valuable – if tragic – lessons for all of us involved in mission-critical operations, from controlling production systems through responding to computer intrusions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Collaboration Study: user Trends, IT Opportunities A recent survey of knowledge workers shows they still rely on familiar collaboration tools such as email and telephone calls, but desire new ways to be more productive. See all the results and find out how IT can embrace current work habits and easily adapt as new technologies emerge. Read More Covert Investigations: Cameras Is covert surveillance a necessary part of your investigation? Lux levels, nanny cams and other camera considerations Read More Adobe, Foxit examine new no-bug-needed PDF hack Adobe and Foxit Software are investigating attacks based on a new tactic that embeds attack code in rigged PDF documents, the two companies said today. Read More Forensics, Litigation, and Full Disk Encryption A few years ago, I boldly predicted that PC encryption would go through a technical transition. My instincts told me that software based encryption from companies like PGP, McAfee (SafeBoot), and Check Point Software (PointSec) would be usurped by laptops and desktops with standards-based (i.e. TCG standards) Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs). Read More
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