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	Can big data nab network invaders? The buzz in security circles about "big data" goes something like this: If the enterprise could only unite its security-related event data with a warehouse of business information, it could analyze this Big Data to catch intruders trying to steal sensitive information. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Do You Need to Lock It Down or Free It Up? With companies moving towards the cloud, trends in BYOD, and stricter policy enforcement requirements, every CIO needs more transparent and efficient networks. Christopher Young, SVP of Cisco's Security and Government Group, reveals how context awareness and security enablement empower businesses to embrace the global workforce and mitigate risk. Watch the keynote In this Issue NASA chief says IT security issues will not impact missions – Congress wants more details Daylight saving time awakens cyberslacking zombies Privacy Invasion: Social media monitoring required to attend college or to be hired? Inside Apple's iPad world-wide ubiquity RSA Observations Part II Anonymous takes down security firm's website, vows to fight on after arrests Fake AV attack targets Wordpress users Iranian nuclear program used as lure in Flash-based targeted attacks Healthcare Industry CIOs, CSOs Must Improve Security RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage If you thought that public cloud providers protect your cloud servers from harmful intrusions and other security threats - think again. The burden of securing your cloud servers typically rests with you. Register today to secure 25 cloud servers for free with the award-winning CloudPassage Halo. NASA chief says IT security issues will not impact missions – Congress wants more details While NASA administrator Charles Bolden bobbed and weaved around questions about NASA's IT security issues today saying there have never been any disruptions nor impacts on a space mission as a result of security problems, it was clear the Senate panel listening to him wasn't satisfied with his answers. Read More Daylight saving time awakens cyberslacking zombies Can the upcoming time change turn productive, only-on-the-web-for-work employees into zombie cyberslackers bent on destroying efficiency? Researchers in a report garnered from pouring over Google searches from the last six years say data show the shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep cause employees to spend more time than normal surfing the Web for content unrelated... Read More Privacy Invasion: Social media monitoring required to attend college or to be hired? Sometimes social networking comes back to bite you with privacy invasion such as when attorneys snoop on social networks to vet jurors or potential employers pry into social media before hiring employees. Sometimes it might be drunken posts or photos that do a person in. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Security Information and Event Management eGuide Security threats these days are increasingly focused on critical components of enterprise infrastructures – the servers, databases, and directories that store and manage crucial corporate information. Learn More! Inside Apple's iPad world-wide ubiquity As iPad 3 emerges, we look at the iPad as a cultural phenomenon Read More RSA Observations Part II I missed the keynotes at RSA as I was buried with wall-to-wall meetings from the time I arrived on Monday through Thursday evening. Nevertheless, I had to chance to speak with a lot of security industry insiders and IT security professionals during my time at RSA. Building on my previous blog, here are a few additional take-aways: Read More Anonymous takes down security firm's website, vows to fight on after arrests Hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous hacking collective early Wednesday defaced Panda Security's PandaLabs website in apparent response to the arrests of five hackers Tuesday in the U.K. and the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives Download this whitepaper, Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives to see why many organizations are reaping the rewards of successful SOA transformations and what you need to do to make yours one of them. Read More! Fake AV attack targets Wordpress users Security company Websense has detected a new wave of mass-injections of a well-known rogue antivirus campaign, targeting websites hosted by the WordPress content management system. Read More Iranian nuclear program used as lure in Flash-based targeted attacks A new targeted email attack is exploiting interest in the Iranian nuclear program to trick people into opening booby-trapped Word documents that exploit a known Flash Player vulnerability to install malware. Read More Healthcare Industry CIOs, CSOs Must Improve Security Given that stolen medical records can bring $50 apiece on the underground market, the frequency and magnitude of data breaches involving electronic health records is increasing. In an effort to help CIOs and CSOs build a better business case for enhancing security, a group of standards and security organizations have issued a new report on the financial impact of such data breaches. Read More
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