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	US lacks serious cyber intelligence There is an urgent need for businesses and our government to develop high-level cyber intelligence as a way to combat the unacceptable levels of online security threats because the current "patch and pray" system won't cut it in the future. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Security Considerations for SMEs It is never possible to guarantee that a company is totally secure or that a breach will not occur, however implementing the latest tools and providing ongoing, end-user education will minimize those risks and allow companies to focus more on growing their business rather than repairing it. Read now! In this Issue Inside Cisco global security operations HP's 'Secure Boardroom' gives execs comprehensive view of corporate security posture Open Source Security Pioneer Sourcefire Goes Agile GlobalSign plans to reopen Tuesday despite web server hack HP introduces new Enterprise security software Warning: HIPAA has teeth and will bite over healthcare privacy blunders Why I'm ignoring my W7 warning messages and other Microsoft Patch Tuesday news WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Focus Network Strategy On User Experience, Not App Delivery Free Forrester Report helps you understand why network design has to change and how to focus your network strategy on user experience. You'll get insight on business trends driving change and recommendations for maintaining the best user experience when centralizing services, such as virtual desktops. Compliments of Citrix. Read now Inside Cisco global security operations Cisco's Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) provides threat information, vulnerability analysis, and mitigation solutions to enterprise customers. Staff and resources are at work around the world, including at 11 Threat Operations Centers. Network World visited Cisco's TOC in Austin, Texas, for an inside look at how the distributed security teams come together. Read More HP's 'Secure Boardroom' gives execs comprehensive view of corporate security posture HP today unveiled "Secure Boardroom," an online portal where the corporate CEO, CIO and risk officer can be presented with a view of technical and business information related to operational security. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Best Practices for a Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape This paper describes how Verisign draws on their success and hands-on engagements with customers in a range of industries to identify a set of best practices that enables organizations to keep pace with DDoS attacks while minimizing impact on business operations. Read Now! Open Source Security Pioneer Sourcefire Goes Agile Martin Roesch and the company he founded, Sourcefire are almost legendary in open source security circles. Roesch is the creator of Snort, the open source intrusion detection/prevention system that became the de facto standard for the entire category. Sourcefire was formed to both commercialize and continue Snort as an open source project. Read More GlobalSign plans to reopen Tuesday despite web server hack GlobalSign expects to bring its certificate-issuing systems back online on Monday, and resume business Tuesday, it said over the weekend. The U.S. certificate authority (CA) stopped issuing new SSL certificates last Tuesday in order to audit its security, after being named as a target by the hacker who claimed to have attacked Dutch CA DigiNotar. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Research—Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications Gartner report "How to Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications" is a study of three popular website acceleration techniques: network optimization, front-end optimization and edge caching. Read now HP introduces new Enterprise security software Hewett-Packard is expanding its Enterprise Security Solutions portfolio to help businesses deal with persistent security threats from cloud computing and social media. Read More Warning: HIPAA has teeth and will bite over healthcare privacy blunders Healthcare organizations that are performing risk assessments as a way to craft patient-privacy policies might want to consider a new potential attack vector: federal regulators. Read More Why I'm ignoring my W7 warning messages and other Microsoft Patch Tuesday news On Tuesday, Microsoft will release five updates to fix 15 vulnerabilities, none critical, as part of its routine Patch Tuesday security patches. "A welcome break from Microsoft while we deal with the growing SSL Certificate Issues," says Paul Henry, security and forensic analyst for Lumension. He extends a hearty thank you to Microsoft, though in truth Microsoft is following its usual pattern of... Read More
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