12 must-watch security startups for 2013

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	12 must-watch security startups for 2013 Despite security concerns, businesses are growing more confident in adopting cloud-based services, and in addition are investing more in corporate mobile devices while also allowing employees to use their own in bring-your-own-device mode at work. So it's not surprising that recent security startups are zeroing in on things such as encrypting data held in the cloud or how to safeguard corporate data on BYOD devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc The Distributed Enterprise: Remote Access and IT Management For IT managers, remote offices can cause any number of headaches. Fortunately, Raritan offers solutions to help manage remote office control, security and budgetary issues. This white paper examines and analyzes the increases in uptime and security provided by out-of-band access and control tools. Learn more. In this Issue FBI: Dirty deedsters are tweaking telephony attacks; coercion Don't faint: Microsoft applauds hacker for Windows RT jailbreaking attempt McAfee provides 'vision,' but few details on Intel-specific security push John McAfee spied on Belize Government using keyloggers Romanian sentenced to 21 months over payment card hacks Windows RT can be tweaked to run desktop apps, hacker says CES 2013: Mobility gurus acknowledge privacy concerns, but worry about the impact of legislation New laws keep employers out of worker social media accounts When it comes to VoIP and unified communications, are you sacrificing security for cost savings? WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Join Steve Dispensa, PhoneFactor Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Fender, PhoneFactor Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, to learn how phone-based authentication is helping companies tackle complex authentication challenges. Learn More FBI: Dirty deedsters are tweaking telephony attacks; coercion Scam artists continue to evolve their nasty side. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is reporting an increase in what 's known as Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) attacks where criminals have tied up victims' employers phone systems in an effort to extort money. The IC3 said some of these attacks have been directed at emergency service agencies, preventing them from receiving and... Read More Don't faint: Microsoft applauds hacker for Windows RT jailbreaking attempt Marked as #FreeWindowsRT, a Nicaraguan hacker called @clrokr tweeted that Microsoft "Surface is such an impressive device - make it even better with Win32!" That would be because he found a way to run "unsigned desktop application on Windows RT." Read More McAfee provides 'vision,' but few details on Intel-specific security push McAfee plans to release in midyear software it developed with parent company Intel that would secure personal data and provide online authentication across PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. Read More WHITE PAPER: Attachmate Luminet Technical Barriers to Investigating Insider Fraud Examines the limitations of common security controls when it comes to controlling insider abuse, with special attention to the types of abuse that can occur when insiders have legitimate access to enterprise information systems. Learn More John McAfee spied on Belize Government using keyloggers John McAfee's campaign against the Belize authorities has taken another strange turn with a claim on his blog that earlier this year he executed a huge software spying operation against them using a team of hackers and prostitutes and dozens of computers installed with keyloggers. Read More Romanian sentenced to 21 months over payment card hacks A 27-year-old Romanian man was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison after admitting he was part of a group that stole payment card data from hundreds of computers belonging to merchants in the U.S. Read More Windows RT can be tweaked to run desktop apps, hacker says Running traditional desktop apps on Windows RT may be one step closer to reality, thanks to a vulnerability that a hacker claims lets you run any desktop app on the ARM version of Windows. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation Unified Threat Management: A Better Approach to Security In this Webcast you will learn how Unified Threat Management (UTM) combines firewall, IPS, Web filtering, antivirus and more in a single box to combat a broad range of threats efficiently and economically. Learn More. CES 2013: Mobility gurus acknowledge privacy concerns, but worry about the impact of legislation There is a growing discontent over digital privacy issues, but legislation would have a chilling effect on the development of new apps and ecosystems. That was the conclusion of a panel entitled "The Smartphone-Tablet Economy: Apps, Devices, Commerce and the Consumer Obsession" today at CES. Read More New laws keep employers out of worker social media accounts Employers in Illinois and California cannot ask for usernames and passwords to the personal social media accounts of employees and job seekers under laws that took effect on Jan. 1. Read More When it comes to VoIP and unified communications, are you sacrificing security for cost savings? If you were to ask most IT professionals to connect CRM or ERP applications to an external IP network without some form of network security, they would look at you as if you had lost your mind. Even the most basic cloud-based business applications integrate security to help ensure the integrity of data and continuity of the service. Yet many organizations today are deploying business critical IP-based voice and video communications without applying standard corporate security policies. Read More
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