Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC?

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	Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? Will 2012 be the year when U.S. retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers - from dynamic firewalls to intrusion detection, and account management. Halo is SaaS and installs in 5 minutes. Halo Basic is free for up to 25 servers. Try Halo In this Issue Data Center Networking Discontinuity Impacts Network Security NASA: Solar blasts decreased orbital debris in 2011 New Facebook attack targets e-cash users China: US lacks evidence to put Taobao on "notorious markets" list Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear DARPA set to develop super-secure "cognitive fingerprint" Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. Data Center Networking Discontinuity Impacts Network Security Data center consolidation and server virtualization are creating data centers of massive scale, and thus radically changing the data center environment. Unfortunately, legacy data center networking equipment was not designed for this type of scale and dynamic use case. ESG calls this state data center networking discontinuity. Read More NASA: Solar blasts decreased orbital debris in 2011 While high-levels of solar activity is not good news for satellites, GPS and electronics they can have one benefit: such massive solar bursts can decrease the amounts of dangerous orbital debris. Read More WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! New Facebook attack targets e-cash users Security firm Trusteer Wednesday said it's identified a new browser-based malware attack against Facebook users that's aimed at stealing money through e-cash payment system Ukash. Read More China: US lacks evidence to put Taobao on "notorious markets" list U.S. authorities acted irresponsibly when they last month labeled Alibaba Group's e-commerce sites as "notorious markets" for selling pirated and counterfeit goods, said China's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear Cisco has issued a security advisory on some of its wireless and unified communications products in response to attack tools that exploit a weakness in a protocol they use. The weakness was detailed by US-CERT in a Vulnerability Note last month. Read More DARPA set to develop super-secure "cognitive fingerprint" Developers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to build information technology security that goes beyond simply recognizing complex passwords but rather gets in your head to confirm your identity before you get access or continue to have access to important information. Read More Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation Alcatel-Lucent is now offering a router with technology from Arbor Networks that defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks, the two companies said on Wednesday. Read More
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