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	11 sorriest tech companies of 2012 Vendors apologize in 2012 for everything from Apple Maps to Cisco Connect Cloud to outage after outage and breach after breach Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DameWare, part of the SolarWinds Family Affordable Remote Support Software for Mixed-OS Environments DameWare Remote Support Software allows you to control Mac OS X, Linux and Windows machines - without leaving your desk! Fix end-users problem quickly & remotely with DameWare. Manage your IT infrastructure - domains, workstations, disk drives, & event logs - all from one console AND in a mixed-OS environment. Easy to afford. Simple to use. It's so affordable – why not just try it? Download a fully functional, free 14-day trial today and discover why thousands of system administrators use DameWare to remotely control Mac, Linux and Windows machines every day! In this Issue Are lawyers getting in the way of cloud-based security? INSIDER Do you have a disaster-preparedness plan? Heist once again highlights e-banking vulnerabilities How to Secure Big Data in Hadoop BlackBerry 10 is FIPS certified in advance of platform's release Huawei security chief: We can help keep U.S. safe from 'Net threats Evolving security standards a challenge for cloud computing, expert says Apple seeks standard to appease angry university net managers How (and why) to surf the Web in secret China could be behind Twitter password reset Man discovers $20K-plus in hollowed-out book at my dump Cisco VP to memo leaker: Finding you is now 'my hobby' The US military mines social media for rich intelligence New Android malware disguised as security app Top tools for BYOD management WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Are lawyers getting in the way of cloud-based security? In an age where enterprises and their employees are being relentlessly targeted with malware-based phishing, denial-of-service and other attacks, the ability of the IT security staff to defend their networks and valuable corporate data faces yet one more obstacle, according to some: their own company lawyers. Read More INSIDER Do you have a disaster-preparedness plan? What Sept. 11, 2001 taught network administrators is that having your backup server on site was not much of a backup if the entire grid went down. So in the past decade big strides have been made to create duplication offsite. With the latest natural disaster in Hurricane Sandy making a path of destruction through the East, the disaster preparedness plan is being put to a test. Read More Heist once again highlights e-banking vulnerabilities The CFO of a Missouri firm who discover that cyber thieves had withdrawn $180,000 from the company's account overnight called it "a helluva wake-up call." But he might have avoided the mess if he has paid better attention to the risks of electronic banking. Read More How to Secure Big Data in Hadoop The promise of big data is enormous, but it can also become an albatross around your neck if you don't make security of both your data and your infrastructure a key part of your big data project from the beginning. Here are some steps you can take to avoid big data pitfalls. Read More BlackBerry 10 is FIPS certified in advance of platform's release Research In Motion took the unusual step of announcing a tough security certification for BlackBerry 10 in advance of the device's launch next quarter. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now Huawei security chief: We can help keep U.S. safe from 'Net threats The chief security officer of Huawei, the Chinese company recently flagged by Congress as a national security threat, says the network equipment maker could actually help the United States defend itself against malicious Internet traffic. Read More Evolving security standards a challenge for cloud computing, expert says Any enterprise looking to use cloud computing services will also be digging into what laws and regulations might hold in terms of security and privacy of data stored in the cloud. At the Cloud Security Alliance Congress in Orlando this week, discussion centered on two important regulatory frameworks now being put in place in Europe and the U.S. Read More Apple seeks standard to appease angry university net managers Under fire from its customers in the higher education market, Apple has proposed creating a new industry standard that would fix problems with its Bonjour zero configuration networking technology that is causing scalability and security problems on campus networks. Read More How (and why) to surf the Web in secret They say no one can hear you scream in space, but if you so much as whisper on the Web, you can be tracked by a dozen different organizations and recorded for posterity. Simply visiting a website can allow its operators to figure out your general physical location, identify details about your device information, and install advertising cookies that can track your movements around the web. (Don't believe me? Check this out.) Read More China could be behind Twitter password reset Twitter sent notices of an attempted hacking to China-based foreign journalists and analysts just hours before apologizing for resetting the passwords of more users than necessary in a recent break-in of accounts. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Intensified Dangers of Email-Based Attacks Keep your organization safe by staying educated. Download this report to learn more about identifying and preventing cyber attacks. Learn more. Man discovers $20K-plus in hollowed-out book at my dump Now here's a story you'll probaby never read about one of those newfangled e-readers like the Nook or Kindle: Man finds $20K-plus in a hollowed-out book at local dump. ARGUMENTS: ebooks vs. print books Read More Cisco VP to memo leaker: Finding you is now 'my hobby' Cisco vice president of services Mike Quinn, a former CIA operations officer, believes that whoever recently leaked an internal company memo to a blogger committed corporate treason and violated a "family" trust. In an email sent to Cisco employees, Quinn invites the anonymous leaker to voluntarily step forward, concedes that such a confession is unlikely, and adds, "so I will now make (finding) you... Read More The US military mines social media for rich intelligence The US military mines social media for rich intelligence Researchers and students at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California are developing tools to collect targeted data from social media. One piece of Twitter software is already in beta version, being used overseas. If it works as planned, it could change the face of modern intelligence-gathering by the military. From: networkworld Views: 24 3 ratings Time: 04:19 More in Science & Technology Read More New Android malware disguised as security app Android Security Suite Premium -- loaded with Zeus variant ZitMo -- is a threat to companies given the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend Read More Top tools for BYOD management SOTI MobiControl and SAP Afaria lead the way in five-vendor test of MDM tools Read More
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