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	Cloud identity Symplified I mentioned in the last issue that Symplified had mentioned to me (OK, it was Marc Gendron, their always helpful PR consultant who mentioned it) that identity management ranked as the No. 1 security technology priority among respondents in Gartner's 2010 CIO Survey. 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 Microsoft patches 22 bugs, stops Autorun hole that helps Conficker Google uncorks iPhone language translation app Domestic Spying: Is the Price Worth the Sacrifice of Privacy? Out of control: Giant US electronic records project could top $1B Identity theft down but cost skyrockets Check Point expands security blade platform, intros best-practices program Android Market's instant app download a security threat, Sophos says FedEx says tracking system "back to normal" after software glitch Bug bounty program reveals 22 unpatched flaws, 5 in Office iPad Security: How a Hospital Group Treated Trouble RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Web Security, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security offers award-winning protection at the perimeter, while it helps enforce your AUP. And our TCO is the lowest on the market - proven in an independent study. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. Microsoft patches 22 bugs, stops Autorun hole that helps Conficker Patch Tuesday is a biggie, as expected, with a surprise addition for XP, Vista that stops USB infections via Autorun.As expected, Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday is big: 22 bugs fixed via 12 updates, including patches for three zero-day exploits. Microsoft also made a change to the Autorun services in XP and Vista that it hopes will put a cramp in the spread of Conficker. Read More Google uncorks iPhone language translation app Google Translate iPhone app accepts voice input for 15 languagesGoogle today announced a new Apple iPhone app that promises to let users translate text in 57 languages and voice in 15 languages. Read More Domestic Spying: Is the Price Worth the Sacrifice of Privacy? The extremely high cost of domestic spying is very hard to determine since most of it is classified information with classified budgets, but is the sacrifice of privacy making us any safer?Mike German suggested that more people should report on the extreme cost of domestic spying. In the security vs. civil liberties arena, we continue to sacrifice privacy even though there is really no evidence that all this surveillance is making us any safer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Converging Legacy Networks for Real Time Applications See how Alcatel-Lucent can help you deploy and maintain a reliable, converged Local Area Network (LAN) solution. This paper offers key insights on how to design and build a LAN that delivers the highest quality of service, availability and security. Read now. Out of control: Giant US electronic records project could top $1B GAO report says National Archives records software project could top $1.4BThe government's all-encompassing digital federal records keeping system is costing a lot more - perhaps as high as 41% more -- than originally planned and could top $1.4 billion if estimates from the Government Accountability Office are correct. Read More Identity theft down but cost skyrockets Identity theft related to credit and debit cards dropped by 28% in 2010 over 2009—but the out-of-pocket cost to victimized consumers rose by 68%. Read More Check Point expands security blade platform, intros best-practices program Check Point is introducing four applications for its a la carte security platform that allows customers to create tailored security appliances on off-the-shelf hardware. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint Why 4G for the Enterprise? As the US economy slowly recovers in 2010, enterprise cautiousness toward purchases of enterprise communications technology continues. Enterprises will only adopt communications technology that offers the best value in terms of scalability, ROI and worker productivity. Learn more Android Market's instant app download a security threat, Sophos says Android Market's instant-download feature for applications that customers buy has a flaw: It could open up Android devices to malicious downloads from attackers, according to security firm Sophos. Read More FedEx says tracking system "back to normal" after software glitch FedEx, which Monday saw a nationwide software glitch impact the mobile devices called PowerPads used by its package-delivery personnel, said it has resolved the problem. Read More Bug bounty program reveals 22 unpatched flaws, 5 in Office As it had promised last year, the world's biggest bug bounty program today released information about nearly two dozen unpatched vulnerabilities, including five in Microsoft Office. Read More iPad Security: How a Hospital Group Treated Trouble Doctors have fallen in love with the Apple iPad, becoming one of the biggest early adopters among professionals. They want iPads for personal use and to get their work done. It's the latter that has healthcare IT staff scrambling to secure the devices. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of AAA Identity Management Security. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 15 more useful Cisco sites Three years ago, we compiled our initial list of 20 useful sites for Cisco practitioners, partisans and pundits. Now we're adding to that list with 15 more sites we found useful for the Cisco masses. A sneak-peek preview of Android 3.0 Expect a new holographic look, customizable home screens, a Windows-style taskbar, and tabbed browsing in Google's upcoming version of the Android OS, code-named Honeycomb. MOST-READ STORIES DEC founder Kenneth Olsen mourned by computer industry HP accuses Cisco of diverting data center standard Former FBI agent: Feds routinely spy on citizens Why Debian matters more than ever Microsoft's top 12 rivals U.S. tries to fire up mighty offshore wind energy projects Suddenly everybody's selling IPv6 FedEx suffers nationwide software glitch FCoE: From fee to free GoDaddy isn't as pretty as you thought
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