Saving identity

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	Saving identity Last issue I quoted two industry visionaries, Courion's Chris Zannetos and Netmesh's Johannes Ernst, on the troubles within the identity world -- both the enterprise side and the user-centric side. They painted a bleak picture of where we are and how we got here. Is there a chance to save the visions we've had for identity? Or should we just pack it in and go back to building silos of data protected by border security? Read More WHITE PAPER: Ultrium LTO Tape Fallacies Exposed Misinformation about tape storage abounds. Most strewn about by a few disk-only proponents. Tape storage continues to play a vital role for data protection. David Hill of the Mesabi Group sheds light on the most common misperceptions. Read now In this Issue Apple patches unused Pwn2Own bug, 55 others in Mac OS US slowly, very slowly oozes rare earth assault WoW player offers $1,000 bribe to have account ban lifted Student used spyware to steal passwords, change grades Cisco has long history with VPNs Tall tales and the Duck test Berlin court rules Street View doesn't invade privacy Proxy configurations: The lesser of two evils The clock is ticking for encryption After RSA breach, are SecurID tokens in jeopardy? WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Nemertes Research - The Great Divide Yesterday's one-size-fits all campus networks have bifurcated into specialized access and data center networks. IT managers need to rethink how they purchase and implement access networks, with mobility as the first consideration. Read now! Apple patches unused Pwn2Own bug, 55 others in Mac OS Apple Monday issued patches for 56 Snow Leopard bugs, most of which can be exploited to hijack user machines. Read More US slowly, very slowly oozes rare earth assault Japan earthquake, rare earth mining increase could change landscape for USSometimes when you are so far behind in a particular game of strategy, it's ok to fallback, regroup and slowly reevaluate your plan of attack . Read More WoW player offers $1,000 bribe to have account ban lifted Quite a price to pay for not liking archaeology Yes, it could be just another Craigslist hoax, but my go-to guy for all things gaming says he doesn't think that's likely, so I'll just shake my head in wonderment. The Craigslist ad was placed on March 16 by a displaced World of Warcraft player from Irvine, Calif. It reads: I got my WoW account banned yesterday during the archaeology bot ban wave. I wasn't a gold farmer or seller, never bought gold.... Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Can You Harness Cloud Without Creating Storms? In addition to extending its portfolio of solutions for cloud computing and virtualization, CA is investing aggressively in game-changing solutions to help you optimize your business value with insight to guide investment and sourcing choices, and ultimately, dynamic controls to orchestrate your service supply chain. Learn More Student used spyware to steal passwords, change grades A former high school senior from Orange County, California, has pleaded guilty to charges that he installed spyware on school computers in order to boost his grades. Read More Cisco has long history with VPNs In 1999, Network World tested a dozen VPNs, with a product from Altiga Networks coming in tied for second place. Our main complaint was the lack of split-tunneling capability, a feature that was quickly added. Read More Tall tales and the Duck test Tall tales do the online rounds all the time and the DoE's letter isn't what a lot of people believe. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn More Berlin court rules Street View doesn't invade privacy Google won a civil lawsuit in Germany lodged by a woman who contended its roving camera cars that shoot photographs for Street View violated her privacy. Read More Proxy configurations: The lesser of two evils As we tested the IronPort S-Series, we quickly ran into an old and unsolved problem with enterprise Web proxies: how to get end user browsers to actually use the proxy. Read More The clock is ticking for encryption In the indictment that led to the expulsion of 10 Russian spies from the U.S. last summer, the FBI said that it had gained access to their encrypted communications after surreptitiously entering one of the spies' homes, where agents found a piece of paper with a 27-character password. Read More After RSA breach, are SecurID tokens in jeopardy? The intrusion by hackers of security giant RSA, a unit of EMC, has left customers and analysts wondering if it is still safe to use millions of the one-time passcode tokens used to log into enterprise IT systems. Read More
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