The Real Name mystery

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	The Real Name mystery Sarah Caudwell (pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn, 1939-2000) was a British barrister and writer of detective stories. Sadly, she only finished four novels before her untimely death. Reviews of her work uniformly use words such as witty, delightful, clever, diverting, etc. I happened to be rereading her first ("Thus was Adonis Murdered") while writing last week's newsletters and was struck by a good analogy for the "Real Names" (see "Google+: antisocial networking?") issue. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now In this Issue 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon USB devices: The big hole in network security Business Apps on the iPhone: Dos and Don'ts Who are you? Non? Anon? Wireless "tattoo" monitors your health and could become electronic bandage I cannot sleep at night because I just got back from Black Hat Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12 Get control over your cross-platform identity management issues PCI group outlines technology to conceal sensitive account information If the riots resume, will the UK try to block social media? 5 reasons why SIEM is more important than ever Firefox 8 to block unapproved add-ons WHITE PAPER: BMC Deliver Workload Automation Services to Business Users Workload automation touches every aspect of the business. It is made up of all scheduled and ad hoc processes that support critical business functions. Read More! 10 scariest hacks from Black Hat and Defcon Researchers showed all manner of serious attacks on everything from browsers to automobiles. Read More USB devices: The big hole in network security USB devices may be important tools foir business but they have security issues Read More Business Apps on the iPhone: Dos and Don'ts Techies love features and functions; business users are more focused on simplicity and speed. CIOs must seek to balance both worlds when developing a business app for the iPhone. Read More Who are you? Non? Anon? Gibbs ponders anonymity. At least, it might be Gibbs ... how would you know? Read More WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu Midmarket Blades Lead the Pack A rock solid base for Dynamic Infrastructures. For IT organizations the blade server environment, in combination with virtualization technologies on various levels, is the IT infrastructure of choice to achieve considerable consolidation benefits and ensuring flexible usage of server resources. Read now! Wireless "tattoo" monitors your health and could become electronic bandage Researchers are touting a wireless skin-thin, microelectronic tattoo as an alternative to hard-wired electrodes for healthcare tests or monitoring and ultimately new applications such as electronic bandages. Read More I cannot sleep at night because I just got back from Black Hat I've attended the Black Hat Security conference in Las Vegas for many, many years now. It is by far the best security event each year and this year was no exception. Each year seems to go something like this for me: Read More Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12 Not unlike the week before, this past week saw hacking once again grab everyone's attention. This time it was an alleged threat from the shadowy group Anonymous to "kill" the social-networking site Facebook. The reason given? Anonymous supposedly thinks Facebook abuses people's privacy and cooperates with authoritarian governments. Read More Get control over your cross-platform identity management issues According to the Gartner 2010 CIO Survey, identity management is the No. 1 IT security priority through 2011. This will be an ongoing concern well beyond 2011 as companies grapple with increasingly complex and disparate infrastructures and a multitude of new mobile access devices. New tools offer help in gaining control across heterogeneous platforms, even into the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Approaches to DDoS Protection - A Cost Analysis All organizations with an online presence or dependence on Internet-based systems need to fortify their defenses against DDoS attacks. Read this paper to learn what an attack can cost an organization, how to develop a DDoS mitigation strategy, and how to get maximum protection from your investment. Read Now! PCI group outlines technology to conceal sensitive account information The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council today published guidelines aimed at helping merchants and others processing payment cards make effective use of what's known as "tokenization" technologies to conceal sensitive account information. Read More If the riots resume, will the UK try to block social media? Scrambling to deter future violent rioting, the U.K. government is considering shutting down social networks such as Twitter and Facebook during civil disturbances, but the heavy-handed proposal is already drawing criticism. Read More 5 reasons why SIEM is more important than ever IT environments are growing ever more distributed, complex and difficult to manage, making the role of security information and event management (SIEM) technology more important than ever. Here's why. Read More Firefox 8 to block unapproved add-ons Starting with Firefox 8, Mozilla will automatically block browser add-ons installed by other software until users approve them, a company product manager announced yesterday. Read More
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