US needs to get better at preventing foreign access to advanced technology

	8 must-have Android security apps | Corporate data breach average cost hits $7.2 million
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	US needs to get better at preventing foreign access to advanced technology GAO watchdogs find holes in high-tech access, licensing rulesWhen it comes to protecting the US family jewels - high-tech data on everything from aeronautics, information systems and electronics to lasers and unmanned aerial vehicles --  parts of the government tasked with protecting those assets need to do a way better job. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Trend Micro Deep Security 7.5 Servers and desktop virtualization are essential elements of any IT strategy that seeks to decrease capital and operations expenditures. Tests have shown that Trend Micro Deep Security consistently outperforms non VM-aware implementations. Learn more about Deep Security in this whitepaper. Read now! In this Issue 8 must-have Android security apps Corporate data breach average cost hits $7.2 million Cyberattack-alert system could be model for U.S. Researcher blows $15K by reporting bug to Google Researchers unmasking anonymous email senders How Google and Android users can make secure mobile market 3 simple reasons VoIP abuse will grow Microsoft patches critical Windows drive-by bug Google issues last-minute Chrome fixes before Pwn2Own WEBCAST: Juniper Networks Securing the Next-generation Datacenter For the security teams responsible for safeguarding corporate IT assets, these trends present a host of challenges, necessitating several new capabilities and approaches to ensure ongoing, effective security Learn more! 8 must-have Android security apps While Android is a terrific operating system in many ways, it does pose some real risks for IT departments. Last week's revelation that Google had to remove around 50 malware-infected applications from its Android Market highlighted the downside of the company's "free love" approach to publishing applications where it will let anyone put their app on the market and will only take it down if alerted by a third-party user. The upside of this, of course, is that the market also offers a wide variety of quality security applications that can protect you from malicious apps. Here are eight Android applications that can help IT departments keep a better hold on employees' Android-based devices. Read More Corporate data breach average cost hits $7.2 million The cost of a data breach went up to $7.2 million last year up from $6.8 million in 2009 with the average cost per compromised record in 2010 reaching $214, up 5% from 2009. Read More Cyberattack-alert system could be model for U.S. An ambitious project to create a statewide cyber-alert "early warning" system in the state of Washington to link with the federal Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) is starting to take shape and could be a cybersecurity monitoring model for other states. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Adopt Cloud Computing while Maintaining Strong Security Cloud security controls can often be implemented by extending existing enterprise systems and processes to the cloud. This paper discusses the approaches cloud service providers are currently deploying and the role identity and access management plays when adopting a strong cloud security strategy. Read Now Researcher blows $15K by reporting bug to Google A security researcher lost a sure $15,000 at this week's Pwn2Own hacking contest because he had earlier reported the bug to Google, which has patched the vulnerability in its Android Market. Read More Researchers unmasking anonymous email senders Just because you send an email anonymously doesn't mean people can't figure out who you are anymore. Read More How Google and Android users can make secure mobile market Android has a lot going for it, but as the last week has shown its approach to selling and distributing applications is going to need some improvement. Ever since launching Android in 2007, Google has gone out of its way to making the mobile operating system the most accessible and app-friendly in the industry.  Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Putting the Top 10 SIEM Best Practices to Work This e-book, provides guidance to operationalize security and put the top 10 best SIEM practices to work. Rather than an exhaustive examination of SIEM, it offers insightful details with regards to how IT organizations and information security professionals can gain more assured value from SIEM. Read now! 3 simple reasons VoIP abuse will grow In its recent annual security report, Cisco predicted VOIP abuse as a potential area for cyber crime growth. Read More Microsoft patches critical Windows drive-by bug Microsoft today shipped three security updates that patched four vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but did not patch IE ahead of the Pwn2Own hacking contest that begins Wednesday. Read More Google issues last-minute Chrome fixes before Pwn2Own Google patched 25 vulnerabilities in Chrome today in one last update before the Pwn2Own hacking contest starts Wednesday in Canada. Read More
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