Firewalls: The security tool we love to hate

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	Firewalls: The security tool we love to hate Firewalls, quick what do you think of? For many in the security industry and IT in general we think "are they still around, do we still use them?" But the fact is in a recent study by Wendy Nather of 451 Group if you asked Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to name their top 3 technology solutions they would implement in a green field situation, firewalls and anti-virus are still in the... Read More WHITE PAPER: Moovweb 3 Steps to a Cost-Effective Mobile Strategy In the new Moovweb white paper, "Creating the Right Mobile Strategy: What You Need to Know Before You Get Started", get the insight you need to make an educated decision on the move to mobile. Read Now! In this Issue The Facebook privacy conundrum: Desire for more confidentiality grows but so does amount of personal data INSIDER How to blunt spear phishing attacks Java security woes to stay with businesses for a long time Cloud forensics: In a lawsuit, can your cloud provider get key evidence you need? Hockey sticks, pocket knives and billiard cues among carry-on items TSA will soon let onboard planes Following hack, Evernote speeds move to two-factor authentication Spamhaus warns marketers to keep email databases tidy Ransomware targets Windows PowerShell WHITE PAPER: Egnyte File Sharing Beyond the Firewall Learn how to provide local file access outside with any computer or mobile device outside the firewall, without the need for VPN. See why cloud-enabled storage is the next generation of file sharing infrastructure Read Now! The Facebook privacy conundrum: Desire for more confidentiality grows but so does amount of personal data A look at the history of a select portion of Facebook users from 2005 thorough 2011 finds a contrast in privacy - on one hand the group sought greater privacy controls but actually disclosed more personal data over time. Read More INSIDER How to blunt spear phishing attacks According to Allen Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, 95% of all attacks on enterprise networks are the result of successful spear phishing. In other words, somebody received an email and either clicked on a link or opened a file that they weren't supposed to. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Operationalizing Information Security ebook The use of security information and event management (SIEM) as part of an integrated security management program is an information security best practice. Read Now Java security woes to stay with businesses for a long time Oracle released an emergency patch to fix two flaws in Java 7 and Java 6 on Monday, but five new vulnerabilities were identified the same day Read More Cloud forensics: In a lawsuit, can your cloud provider get key evidence you need? Any business that anticipates using cloud-based services should be asking the question: What can my cloud provider do for me in terms of providing digital forensics data in the event of any legal dispute, civil or criminal case, cyberattack or data breach? Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Vital Security Strategies for Microsoft Exchange The demand for access to email anytime, anywhere, from any device makes it critical for IT to ensure Microsoft Exchange deployments are secure, fast, and available. Learn about vital security requirements every Exchange environment should have in place to improve security and availability for Exchange. Read Now. Hockey sticks, pocket knives and billiard cues among carry-on items TSA will soon let onboard planes As of April 25th the Transportation Security Administration will let a bunch of previously prohibited items such as small pocket knives and what it calls "novelty" or toy bats to be taken on aircraft as carry-ons. The idea the agency said was to let Transportation Security Officers better focus their efforts on spot higher threat items such as explosives and guns (see more on that topic below). Read... Read More Following hack, Evernote speeds move to two-factor authentication Evernote is speeding up its plans to offer two-factor authentication to users following a recent data breach that exposed user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Read More Spamhaus warns marketers to keep email databases tidy Spamhaus is warning marketers to keep their databases cleansed of bad email addresses lest their messages be mistaken for spam and blocked. Read More Ransomware targets Windows PowerShell Malware uses Microsoft encryption to hold computers hostage Read More
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