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Monday, November 22, 2010

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TSA identity measures create unfriendly skies
This past week, Gartner put on their annual Identity and Access Management Summit in San Diego. This coming week is the American Thanksgiving holiday and, more importantly for this newsletter, the busiest flying day of the year in the United States -- the day before Thanksgiving. Read More


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Total Economic Impact of Oracle Identity Manager
A Forrester Study commissioned by Oracle. This paper details return-on-investment (ROI) calculations based on real customers' data, and guides you in computing cost savings with user provisioning. Use the model suggested in this report to design your implementation and measure results. Read now

WHITE PAPER: Vyatta

Open Networking Solutions Guide
Complete overview of the opportunities that open networking presents today's network administrator facing evolving infrastructures and shrinking budgets. Read now!

Cisco co-founder now talks, lives, breathes turkey
Entrepreneur Sandy Lerner looks at world through her organic Ayrshire Farm No one would ever accuse Sandy Lerner of standing still too long and not trying new things. The co-founder of Cisco and founder of a major cosmetics company is now running a large organic turkey farm from her 3,000 acre spread in Virginia. Read More

Wiseguy scalpers bought tickets with CAPTCHA-busting botnet
Three California men have pleaded guilty charges they built a network of CAPTCHA-solving computers that flooded online ticket vendors and snatched up the very best seats for Bruce Springsteen concerts, Broadway productions and even TV tapings of Dancing with the Stars. Read More

Intellect calls for private, public cybersecurity deal
Technology trade body Intellect has called for an effective cyber security partnership between industry and government. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain

How to Reduce Your Backup Burden
Discover the top 10 reasons businesses are turning to data protection solutions that combine the latest advancements in disk-based backup with secure, integrated online technologies offer the fast, assured data recovery. Read now

User activity monitoring answers the age-old questions of who, what and when
The city of Richmond, Va., had a user access problem. Due to an inadvertent misconfiguration of Active Directory, internal users were able to access systems and databases that they shouldn't have had access to. A user activity monitoring tool helped the city see the inappropriate access and lock down their systems. Read More

Prepare for Cyber Monday Shopping Risks
Some of the greatest bargains of the holiday shopping season are offered online on Cyber Monday. Of course, cyber criminals and malware developers are also gearing up for the biggest online shopping day of the year, so you better have your defenses up before you jump online and start making purchases. Read More

China telecom operator denies hijacking Internet traffic
China's largest fixed-line phone carrier has denied it hijacked worldwide Internet traffic this past April following a U.S. government report that said the company had redirected network routes through Chinese servers. Read More


WHITE PAPER: CA

The Value of Service-Centric Visibility
IT organizations are under pressure to avert problems before they occur. To achieve the proactive approach required and move to the next level of service delivery, they need "service-centric" visibility that ties infrastructure components to the services that rely on them. Read More

Gartner: Security policy should factor in business risks
Understanding the business risk posed due to security threats is crucial for IT managers and security officers, two analysts have claimed. Read More

Some tech issues may move forward in split Congress
Technology issues focused on growing the U.S. economy and creating jobs can move through a divided Congress next year, if lawmakers can set aside controversial issues such as network neutrality, some congressional observers said Thursday. Read More

US court eJuror system could lead to whole new list of jury duty excuses
US District court eJuror system rollout nearly completeNow you can say your jury duty request got lost in the cloud or the network was down or the Internet ate it.  That's because the US District Court system is close to completing a rollout of its national eJuror system the lets prospective jurors have option of responding to their jury questionnaire or summons online. Read More



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