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	Security absurdity: US in sensitive information quagmire Protecting and classifying sensitive information such as social security numbers shouldn't be that hard, but perhaps not surprisingly the US government has taken complicating that task to an art form. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Global Threat Intelligence for the well informed SMB Please read the "Quick Tips for SMBs" that were gleaned from the Threat Report to learn more about how to help your company protect their business information. Read Now. In this Issue VoIP and compliance regulations make strange and difficult bedfellows Do security regulations hinder business? HP buys ArcSight: More Than Just Security Management Signing away our privacy Microsoft helps Adobe block PDF zero-day exploit What Your Digital Photos Reveal About You AP secure content management market to grow by 15.4% in 2010 Survey highlights need for access controls WEBCAST: Certeon Virtualize Beyond the Data Center Join independent network expert, Jim Metzler, for an in-depth discussion on the nuances among various virtualized network components, the importance of WAN optimization in a virtual data center and an explanation of how WAN optimization virtual appliances can easily integrate into your environment. Learn More VoIP and compliance regulations make strange and difficult bedfellows As attacks against VoIP persist businesses not only have to defend themselves, they have to do it under the gun of regulators who want proof that security was addressed in accordance with their ever-changing rules. Read More Do security regulations hinder business? Government needs to better understand the realities of running profitable businesses -- and quickly -- as it imposes security regulations that can affect the profitability of corporations battling in a competitive environment. Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies Increase Download Completion Rates Join IDC for this live Webcast as new research on Electronic Software Delivery is revealed. Find out how to effectively monitor and deliver small and large downloads to ensure end user success and satisfaction. And because it's live, you can ask the experts questions specific to your environment. Register Today. HP buys ArcSight: More Than Just Security Management The waiting and guessing games are over, today HP announced its intent to buy security management software leader ArcSight for $1.5 billion. I didn't think HP would pull the trigger on another billion dollar + acquisition before hiring a new CEO but obviously I was wrong. Read More Signing away our privacy Gibbs refuses to sign away his privacy rights. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks The High Performance Network for iSCSI IT organizations have been focusing on creating a converged infrastructure to support high-performance iSCSI while allowing other applications to coexist on the network. Read now! Microsoft helps Adobe block PDF zero-day exploit Microsoft and Adobe are urging that users run Microsoft's Enhanced Migration Experience Toolkit to block ongoing attacks against the popular PDF viewer software. Read More What Your Digital Photos Reveal About You The moment is special: Your kid just learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. So you fire up your iPhone's camera, snap a photograph, upload the image to TwitPic, and share the evidence of your child's triumph via Twitter. Read More AP secure content management market to grow by 15.4% in 2010 The secure content management (SCM) market in the Asia-Pacific region is set to grow 15.4 per cent in 2010 compared to just 6.3 per cent in 2009, according to Frost & Sullivan. The growth partnership service provider and research and best practice specialist, also anticipates revenues to increase to US$522 million by December 2010. Read More Survey highlights need for access controls We can't seem to get far from data/identity governance issues this month. Dave McKee, from Aveksa (he's actually director, senior media strategy at Schwartz Communications doing PR for Aveksa) just sent me a link to a new survey from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) entitled "Who is Most Likely to Commit Fraud at Your Company? Profile of a Fraudster Drawn from ACFE Survey of Experts." Read More
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