Is the U.S. prepared for cyber war or are we sitting ducks?

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	Is the U.S. prepared for cyber war or are we sitting ducks? Before I say anything at all, please eyeball this quote from 60 Minutes by Admiral Mike McConnell, previously chief of national intelligence who oversaw CIA, DIA, and NSA, regarding the cyber terrorism and the US electricity infrastructure: Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Ironport Systems Learn the 3 Best Practices for Securing E-mail Any IT manager will tell you it's critical to protect data. With information flowing freely today via mobile devices, collaboration technologies and unified communications, it isn't easy. Learn data leak prevention (DLP) triage and the steps to protect proprietary data in e-mail, while also complying with government and industry regulations. Read now! In this Issue Supreme Court ruling lets employers view worker text messages with reason Employee monitoring: When IT is asked to spy Can X Prize help deliver Gulf region from BP oil disaster? Banking's big dilemma: How to stop cyberheists via customer PCs iPad hacker arrested on multiple drug charges after FBI search Advocacy Groups Ask Facebook for More Privacy Changes Security Careers: The Mic is Always On. Always. Not safe for work: What's acceptable office computer use IBM research project looks to reshape mobile email RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue Supreme Court ruling lets employers view worker text messages with reason The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Ontario, Calif., police department has the right to search through personal text messages sent by employees on city-issued devices. Read More Employee monitoring: When IT is asked to spy It's 9:00 in the morning, or 3:00 in the afternoon, or even 10:00 at night. Do you know what your users are up to? Read More Can X Prize help deliver Gulf region from BP oil disaster? The X Prize Foundation, known for offering millions of dollars in prize money to drive innovations in aerospace, life science and energy will soon offer its potentially extensive help to the White House in an effort to tackle challenges of the devastating BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Replace Controllers with Protocols Learn how a controller-less approach to WLAN keeps costs linear and predictive regardless of network size or deployment type. This architecture provides the capital cost advantages of autonomous APs and the technical advantages of controller-based approaches. Learn more! Banking's big dilemma: How to stop cyberheists via customer PCs In online banking and payments, customers' PCs have become the Achilles' heel of the financial industry as cyber-crooks remotely take control of the computers to make unauthorized funds transfers, often to faraway places. Read More iPad hacker arrested on multiple drug charges after FBI search One of the hackers in the group that snatched more than 100,000 iPad owner e-mail addresses from AT&T's servers was arrested Tuesday on felony drug charges after the FBI searched his Arkansas home Read More Advocacy Groups Ask Facebook for More Privacy Changes Facebook recently made some significant changes to its privacy settings, but ten advocacy groups are want the social network to do more. The groups are asking for six additional privacy changes, ranging from providing a more secure user connection to the Facebook site, to giving you more control over how third-party apps access your data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Deploying a Secure WLAN This paper walks through the steps to build a highly-secure wireless LAN and explains the technical considerations for: • Wireless privacy • Authentication • Client management and NAC • Network firewall and intrusion detection and protection • Identity-based access control • Rogue detection and WIDS • Compliance Read more! Security Careers: The Mic is Always On. Always. "This is a big BLEEPING deal," remarked Vice President Joe Biden. Apparently he forgot the microphones were on and sensitive enough to capture his remark, intended to be private. Read More Not safe for work: What's acceptable office computer use How many minutes, or hours, did you spend on Facebook today? Even if you spent just a few minutes on the popular social networking site during office hours, you're not alone. Data from Nucleus Research finds 77 percent of workers who have a Facebook account use it during work hours. Read More IBM research project looks to reshape mobile email Tired of messing with that bulky email on your smartphone? Well IBM researchers say they are working on a technology that will help users more quickly and efficiently zip through mobile email. Read More
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