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	The government really is here to help Back in June the U.S. government issued a draft of The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. A number of good friends in the so-called user-centric identity community attended meetings where the draft was promulgated, and said that -- on the whole -- it was a good initiative. There was so little controversy, in fact, that we didn't even note it at the time here in the IdM newsletter. I'd planned to wait until the final version arrived. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle 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 In this Issue "Stealing Wi-Fi" isn't about Wi-Fi 'Patriot Act' phishing e-mails resurface, FDIC warns NASA appoints new information security chief Experts: Gov't trusted Internet identities a long way off Oracle issuing 66 patches DHS puts weight behind USC "mini-Internet" security testbed The 10 biggest hoaxes in Wikipedia's first 10 years Watchdogs sniff out 6 critical cybersecurity challenges facing the electrical grid Decoy networks, separation tactics part of AT&T security chief's infrastructure protection plans Universities against cyberthreats WHITE PAPER: ParAccel Tackle the Most Challenging Analytic Queries Learn how a columnar-based, massively parallel processing database can provide ultra fast analytics with: • Schema-neutral, load-and-go analysis • High performance against complex SQL workloads • All-in-memory processing Read now! "Stealing Wi-Fi" isn't about Wi-Fi Helen Rubenstein wants everyone to be neighborlyThe New York Times has an Op-Ed "contribution" from Helen Rubenstein, who fondly reminisces about how, for years, she piggybacked on her neighbors unsecured Wi-Fi connection to tackle her first freelance writing assignments, file her taxes, stream episodes of "Friday Night Lights," and, "speedily reply to student e-mails, video-chat with my sister, keep abreast of the latest literary hoo-ha, 'like'... Read More 'Patriot Act' phishing e-mails resurface, FDIC warns Scammers are trying to steal banking information using fake e-mails that look like they've come from the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the FDIC warned Wednesday. Read More NASA appoints new information security chief NASA named a veteran government IT official to serve as its deputy CIO for Information Technology Security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper System Reliability Improvements and Benefits with Diskeeper Over 300 IT managers evaluate Diskeeper on crucial issues that can make or break a site's viability. Read More Experts: Gov't trusted Internet identities a long way off The White House makes a renewed push for trusted identities on the Internet. While many applaud the government for taking a hands-off approach, others say it will take years for anything to reach fruition. Read More Oracle issuing 66 patches Oracle is planning on Tuesday to release 66 security patches affecting hundreds of products, according to a notice posted on its website. Read More DHS puts weight behind USC "mini-Internet" security testbed The University of Southern California has signed a 5-year, $16 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security to expand USC's DETERlab "mini-Internet" security testbed. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Development and Testing using Cloud Computing Find out how using IBM's Smart Business Development and Test on the IBM Cloud you can access development and testing resources more rapidly and pay for them only when you need them. Read Now The 10 biggest hoaxes in Wikipedia's first 10 years The online encyclopedia that anyone can edit has had its share of hoaxes of the years. Here are the top 10. Read More Watchdogs sniff out 6 critical cybersecurity challenges facing the electrical grid As the country's electricity grid undergoes a transformation and moves toward a more intelligently networked, automated system, it faces an increasing amount cybersecurity issues. Read More Decoy networks, separation tactics part of AT&T security chief's infrastructure protection plans As chief security officer at AT&T, Edward Amoroso has long observed how cyberattacks impact customer and service-provider networks. In his newly published book, Amoroso says it's time to unite to create the equivalent of a national cyber-protection shield to guard against attacks on industry and government networks by terrorists, state-sponsored attackers and plain old thieves. Read More Universities against cyberthreats Iowa State, USC putting their researchers and students up against growing malware and IT security threatsThe Iowa State Daily is reporting that Iowa State University students are cooking up cyber attacks on a SCADA test bed that will help them learn how to defend against such threats. Defending SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) networks -- those used for industrial control systems -- has beena hot topic since the Stuxnet worm struck SCADA networks, in particular those in Iran. Read More
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