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	13 security myths Security experts hammer on security ideas they say are just "myths" Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CSO Perspective Protect your Organization from CyberAttack! Hear from the Honorable Dale Meyerrose, VP and General Manager, Cyber Integrated Solutions, Harris Corporation on Understanding Today's Cyber Attacker: The State of Cyber Crime and Espionage. Attend The CSO Perspectives Seminar on March 22nd in Washington D.C. and learn more! In this Issue The Evolution of Endpoint Security Malware Network Threats Rising, How to Defend Yourself Prioritizing tech projects: How managers make a short list of long demands ENIAC, world's first digital computer, turns 66 Slideshow: 15 worst data breaches Senators Unveil Cybersecurity Bill to Empower Homeland Security US could save $4.4B by dumping paper $1 bill for coin Startup Porticor launches with encryption technology for cloud computing Philips reports security breach Researchers crack online encryption system Are self-signed SSL certificates as insecure as they say? First look: Norton's 2012 desktop, smartphone security push Four keys to successful BYOD WHITE PAPER: Quantum Meet "Big Data" Backup Challenges Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now The Evolution of Endpoint Security Back in 2007, ESG asked 206 IT enterprise security professionals to respond to the following statement: Endpoint security has become a commodity market with little difference between products. A majority (58%) of respondents either "strongly agreed" or "agreed" with this statement. Read More Malware Network Threats Rising, How to Defend Yourself In 2011, cybercriminals stepped up their game with the creation of malware networks (malnets)-distributed network infrastructures that exploit popular places on the Internet like search engines and social networking sites to repeatedly launch a variety of malware attacks. Read More Prioritizing tech projects: How managers make a short list of long demands As top technology dog at Aspen Skiing Co. for the last 16 years, Paul Major has honed the art of keeping multiple balls in the air. Read More ENIAC, world's first digital computer, turns 66 Massive machine was world's first large-scale electronic general-purpose digital computer Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Malware Storm This paper describes the evolution and future of the online threat environment, and outlines the security, economy, performance, and control available to smaller businesses who act now to adopt Security as a Service. Read More Today! Slideshow: 15 worst data breaches Data security breaches happen daily in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? For some perspective, we take a look at 15 of the biggest incidents in recent memory. Read More Senators Unveil Cybersecurity Bill to Empower Homeland Security After years of deliberations and several false starts, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduce cybersecurity overhaul that would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to oversee security at critical infrastructure providers, improve system of sharing information about threats. Read More US could save $4.4B by dumping paper $1 bill for coin If the US government really considers getting rid of the paper $1 bill in favor of a coin it could save $4.4 billion over 30 years, or an average of about $146 million per year. Read More Startup Porticor launches with encryption technology for cloud computing Israel-based startup Porticor launches this week with technology aimed at giving enterprises a way to encrypt data held in cloud computing services, including those from Amazon and Rackspace. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap New eBook: Enterprise IP Buyer's Guide We are all aware of the impact performance can have on the bottom line. Organizations are increasingly choosing Website Performance Optimization (WPO) technologies to boost reliability, availability and their bottom line. Learn More Philips reports security breach Health-care technology and lighting vendor Royal Philips Electronics has reported a possible security breach affecting a portion of its website. Read More Researchers crack online encryption system An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a team cryptanalysts. Read More Are self-signed SSL certificates as insecure as they say? Given the recent problems with SSL certificates provided by third-party companies, one has to wonder why we place all this trust in these vendors. We allow them to process and produce "trusted" certificates for our websites, but in the end even Google, Microsoft and state and federal governments are falling victim to fraud. Read More First look: Norton's 2012 desktop, smartphone security push Norton today released an updated version of its Norton 360 desktop and mobile security software, while also rolling out a new licensing arrangement for combined PC, Mac and Android use. Read More Four keys to successful BYOD The bring your own device (BYOD) movement formally advocates use of personal equipment for work and obligates IT to ensure jobs can be performed with an acceptable level of security, but how can risks be addressed given the range of devices used and the fact that you lack control of the end point? Read More
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