The worst security SNAFUs of 2013

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	The worst security SNAFUs of 2013 This year's award for "Biggest Security SNAFU" can only go to the National Security Agency. Since June, NSA officials have winced as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden began dispensing secrets to the media about how NSA carries out massive surveillance around the world using advanced technology. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sophos Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM) Get independent research and analysis of the top vendors in the UTM market – compliments of Sophos. Click to continue In this Issue The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2013 Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices Lessons for CSOs in Snowden exploit of NSA networks Security Threat Landscape: Predictions for 2014 2013 tech news quiz IBM: Smart machines set to rule the world Mass surveillance prompts IETF work on SSL deployment guidelines IT security chiefs can make big bucks but are they happy? 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Read More Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices have become the target of malware and are even getting hit by highly targeted attacks known as "advanced persistent threats" that intended to steal sensitive data, according to a survey of 676 IT and security professionals. Read More Lessons for CSOs in Snowden exploit of NSA networks How Edward Snowden roamed the National Security Agency network, stealing documents that would later be released to select media, raises a number of red flags chief security officers should pay attention to, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Four Steps toward Planning a Successful Email Migration Email migrations isn't as simple as purchasing new hardware and moving user accounts. Strong planning and good tools are also essential. In this tech brief, learn how you can execute four key steps in your email migration, and the tools that make it easy and secure. Read now! Security Threat Landscape: Predictions for 2014 Welcome to another edition of "Security Threat Landscape", a joint production between Network World and Fortinet. Keith Shaw and Derek Manky discuss some of the latest security threats via this monthly video podcast. This month, Derek rolls out some of his security predictions for 2014. Read More 2013 tech news quiz Snowden, Ballmer, 3D handguns, iPhone 5s – this year had it all Read More IBM: Smart machines set to rule the world IBM today took the wraps off of its eight annual "IBM 5 in 5" appraisal of the key technologies that could change high-tech life in the coming five years. Perhaps not surprisingly Big Blue this year says future tech developments will revolve around cognitive or smart learning systems that will learn, reason and involve human interaction like never before. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee SIEM: Keeping Pace with Big Security Data Today's threat environments require automated security monitoring and real-time visibility into all activity on all systems, networks, databases and applications. Learn how SIEM can have the right database back-end and offer security intelligence that leverages contextual data to achieve a strong security posture and shorten response time. Learn more >> Mass surveillance prompts IETF work on SSL deployment guidelines A newly created working group within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has set out to develop best practices for deploying SSL encryption for Internet communications. Read More IT security chiefs can make big bucks but are they happy? The top IT security chiefs make salaries that can run over $1 million per year, but are they happy? Ponemon Institute, which interviewed about 700 security professionals in the top IT security spot at their companies to find out, learned they make big bucks but the job often feels stressful and isolated. Read More Smart devices get smarter, but still lack security As you shop for that new "smart" refrigerator that can do everything including figuring out when you're low on milk, perhaps you should also think about the risk of some mischievous hacker taking control of it and having 5,000 gallons of milk delivered to your door. Read More
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