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	Microsoft protects cloud with directory-integrated two-factor authentication Microsoft is upping the security on Azure with Active Authentication, a new service now in preview which allows enterprises to secure access to hosted applications such as Office 365 with two-factor authentication. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. 2013 Next Generation Firewall Security Value Map Read this case study to learn how ZapFi enabled comprehensive gateway security and granular application intelligence for large-volumes of wireless and VPN traffic. In addition, ZapFi eliminated overhead and latency, by integrating Dell SonicWALL SuperMassive, TZ Series and Global Management System (GMS) solutions. View Now In this Issue Microsoft criticized for botnet takedown tactics To friend or not to friend: What if William Shakespeare had been a power Facebook user? Interview: Lauren Cooney on Cisco's take on SDN Even before NSA scandal, US residents were anxious about privacy breaches How Facebook Hashtags Impact Your Privacy US charges eight with multimillion-dollar cybercrime Obama's Cybersecurity Mandate Hits First Milestone WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Getting the Most Out of Your Next-Generation Firewall Trends such as BYOD and the adoption of social media and other grey applications as legitimate business tools have had profound effects on organizations of all sizes. Read Now Microsoft criticized for botnet takedown tactics Security pros are said to be against any vendor modifying a person's computer without permission, even if the intention is good Read More To friend or not to friend: What if William Shakespeare had been a power Facebook user? Carnegie Mellon researchers call the project Six Degrees of Francis Bacon (SDFB). But what it is is an great big data mining project that tries to trace the influence and ideas of Bacon, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and more than 6,000 others from the 16th-17th centuries to let scholars and students reassemble and discuss or debate the era's networked culture. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP 6 Steps to Application Performance Optimization Poor application performance can cost more than you think. In fact, Enterprise Management Associates reports that it can exceed $1 million per hour in large enterprises. Read Now! Interview: Lauren Cooney on Cisco's take on SDN Network World Editor-in-Chief John Dix chats with Cisco's Lauren Cooney about the company's take on software-defined networking (SDN), and why companies shouldn't just rip out their existing infrastructure to implement it. Read More Even before NSA scandal, US residents were anxious about privacy breaches Even before bombshell disclosures of the U.S. government's massive collection of Internet and cellphone data, many U.S. residents were very concerned about privacy violations. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Next-Generation Customer Experience Management This Aberdeen Analyst Insight provides an overview of the top factors driving 2013 customer experience management (CEM / CXM) programs. Learn More. How Facebook Hashtags Impact Your Privacy Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr and other social networks, Facebook finally gets hashtags. Here's what you need to know about the new feature and a look at how it does--and doesn't--impact your privacy settings. Read More US charges eight with multimillion-dollar cybercrime U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight people on Wednesday in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud that siphoned money from hacked accounts at banks and financial institutions, laundered it and sent it overseas. Read More Obama's Cybersecurity Mandate Hits First Milestone Government officials stress collaborative, voluntary approach as first wave of deliverables under the White House's executive order on cybersecurity comes due.. Read More
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