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	Online reputation management: Manipulating search engines Online reputation management (ORM) works much in the same way: accentuating the positives and giving the impression of mass approval. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Defend Against Insider Threats Organizations must accept the reality that insider threats are no longer an abstract concept. This paper explains the factors that are increasing the insider threat and details a proactive approach that leverages identity and access management to reduce risk and improve compliance. Learn More In this Issue DARPA expands insider threat research Microsoft's Push Back Against Spammers Top 8 ways feds (and corporate users) can take advantage of green IT Defcon: The lesson of Anonymous? Corporate security sucks Defcon: The security penetration testing quagmire Cyber-espionage attacks threaten corporate data in new unrelenting ways Freedom and privacy, R.I.P. Healthcare IT Consumers Fear Data Loss From EHR Systems Former Cisco engineer indicted on hacking charges Black Hat: Apple does well but Microsoft does better with enterprise security Security rundown for week ending Aug. 5, 2011 WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Email Security in Small and Medium-sized Businesses No organization can afford to operate without an email security strategy. The risk landscape is constantly changing with new threats surfacing every day. This white paper looks at email security in small and medium businesses, the solutions available and what features SMBs cannot do without. Read now DARPA expands insider threat research The ability to detect insider threats and behaviors from a plethora of live data is the goal of an ambitious research program being undertaken by the military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Last week DARPA took a big step toward realizing the potential of the program it calls Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) by picking Raytheon to help develop it further. Read More Microsoft's Push Back Against Spammers It's fashionable to beat up Microsoft as the gang that can't shoot straight. The willingness of the press and individuals alike to fall for the "IE users are dumb" scam is a great example of this. Read More Top 8 ways feds (and corporate users) can take advantage of green IT How does the federal government go about implementing green IT? According to a report out today from the Government Accountability Office, the feds have adopted a number of practices that are useful not just for government IT but all manner of private and public company IT groups as well. These include everything from dedicated funding for green products, to improved employee training and reducing use of paper. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Protect, Restore Exchange in Virtual Environments Disaster has struck. Your virtual Exchange system is down and the pressure's on. There's only one way to successfully avoid a potential catastrophe: You need a well-documented disaster recovery plan. Discover proven techniques to prevent data loss in this Quest white paper. Learn more. Defcon: The lesson of Anonymous? Corporate security sucks Anonymous has run up quite a score against corporations, governments and law enforcement agencies, but for all these warnings corporate executives are turning their heads from the real problem -- their network security is terrible, a panel of experts concluded at Defcon. Read More Defcon: The security penetration testing quagmire The relationship between CISOs and security penetration testers is anything but clear cut and raises ethical issues for both parties, a Defcon crowd heard from a former CISO. Read More Cyber-espionage attacks threaten corporate data in new unrelenting ways Stealthy, sometime long-term cyber-espionage attacks to steal sensitive proprietary information -- what some now call "advanced persistent threats" (APT) -- have become a top worry for businesses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaseya How to Launch a Successful IT Automation Initiative In this paper, we'll look at IT automation from the corporation's perspective, and discuss the steps organizations should take before launching such an initiative. We'll hear from companies that successfully implemented computer automation platforms, what their early steps were and what they would do differently if they could repeat the process. Read now Freedom and privacy, R.I.P. Gibbs sees two kinds of privacy, and if both aren't already lost, they soon will be. Read More Healthcare IT Consumers Fear Data Loss From EHR Systems Nearly 80% of U.S. consumers say that they're wary of electronic health records because they fear that their personal information might be stolen or lost. Read More Former Cisco engineer indicted on hacking charges A former Cisco engineer at the center of an extradition controversy has been indicted by a federal grand jury on computer hacking charges. Read More Black Hat: Apple does well but Microsoft does better with enterprise security While still not great, the operating systems behind Apple desktops, laptops and phones are getting more secure, researchers at Black Hat say. While not recommended for corporate use unless it's in islands within larger networks, the OSX operating system has made strides, says Alex Stamos, who lead a team of researchers from iSec Partners that researched the OSX and Windows 7 operating systems. Read More Security rundown for week ending Aug. 5, 2011 If you'd never heard the phrase 'advanced persistent threat' before, you may have gotten an ear full of it the past week in a collection of news stories that used the APT term to describe a variety of network security problems that are causing big problems. Read More
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