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	MacGyver IT: 21 tools for IT heroes On the road, under duress, or out in the boonies -- save the day with these essential IT troubleshooting and repair tools Read More WEBCAST: 8x8, Inc Using Cloud Communications for a Competitive Advantage Watch this Frost & Sullivan webcast to learn why distributed organizations are rejecting the old model of premises-based communications solutions and have turned to cloud communications. Learn more >> In this Issue iOS vs. Android: Which is more secure? NSA gets its first civil liberties and privacy officer Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks GoDaddy owns up to role in Twitter account hijacking incident Cloud availability trumps security concerns when it comes to Shadow IT Wikipedia dodges critical vulnerability that could have let attackers take over Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access Retailer data breach trend not likely to end soon Coca-Cola suffers data breach after employee 'borrows' 55 laptops Apple reveals details on security, law enforcement info requests Danger looms at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but is Russia's security up to snuff? Google lays $2.7M on the line for Pwnium hacking contest WHITE PAPER: CommVault CIO Guide to Virtual Server Data Protection This whitepaper looks at the key questions CIOs should be asking to ensure a successful virtual server data protection solution. Learn More iOS vs. Android: Which is more secure? With millions of new iOS and Android devices pouring into the enterprise every quarter, it's important to know just how much risk these devices bring -- and if one mobile operating system has an edge over another when it comes to securing enterprise applications and data. Read More NSA gets its first civil liberties and privacy officer The National Security Agency has reportedly appointed Rebecca Richards, a former deputy privacy official at the Department of Homeland Security, as its first privacy officer. Read More Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks LiveJournal is a social-media blogging site that attracts millions of users each month from across the globe, especially the U.S. and Russia. Owned by Moscow-based SUP Media, its website is hosted in a Montana data center, and according to Tim Turner, the firm's London-based CIO, LiveJournal regularly faces massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Read More GoDaddy owns up to role in Twitter account hijacking incident GoDaddy has acknowledged that one of its employees fell victim to a social engineering attack allowing a hacker to take over a customer's domain names and eventually extort a coveted Twitter user name from him. PayPal, which the victim claimed also played a role in the attack, denied the accusations. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® START small, grow tall: Why cloud now Executives and leaders look forward to the day when IT will be delivered as a pure service throughout the organization - available on demand much like electricity or water. Without a clear plan, organizations risk re-infecting their IT environments with complexity and sprawl. This paper will show you how to avoid these pitfalls. Learn More Cloud availability trumps security concerns when it comes to Shadow IT As pressure mounts to deliver value with ever-increasing speed, lines of business (LOB) are often drawn to cloud computing's ease of use, flexibility and rapid time-to-value. The resultant Shadow IT created by use of consumer grade cloud computing resources usually raises questions about enterprise security, but the real risk is the potential for downtime due to inadequate availability. Read More Wikipedia dodges critical vulnerability that could have let attackers take over The possibility of Wikipedia being taken over by attackers was just foiled by quick action on the part of Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, with the help of Check Point, the security firm that discovered the critical security hole in its code. Read More Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access Having migrated his company from on-site servers and applications to a cloud-based software-as-a-service, Nathan McBride, vice president of information technology at AMAG Pharmaceuticals, is now working to influence security by getting five cloud security service providers to build what he wants. Read More Retailer data breach trend not likely to end soon Three major retail chains have recently admitted being victims of massive data breaches that compromised sensitive data from over 100 million customers. Sadly, though, Target, Nieman-Marcus, and Michael's are just the beginning of a trend that isn't likely to fade away any time soon. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 - Enterprise for the Mid-range In this report, the Taneja Group takes an objective, in-depth look at the features of the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 powered by Intel Xeon processors and critiques it against key requirements for the mid-market. Learn More Coca-Cola suffers data breach after employee 'borrows' 55 laptops Coca-Cola has admitted falling prey to bizarre slow-motion data breach in which an employee apparently stole dozens of laptops over several years containing the sensitive data of 74,000 people without anyone noticing. Read More Apple reveals details on security, law enforcement info requests Apple on Monday released more details about requests by various law enforcement agencies for information on Apple account holders in the U.S. The update was made possible by new, more relaxed federal rules on reporting such requests. Read More Danger looms at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but is Russia's security up to snuff? That's how much has been spent on the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia so far, with the final tab projected to be even higher. Though various elements factor into this being the costliest Olympics ever -- to put things into perspective, China spent $40 billion on the 2008 Summer Olympics -- security is a big one. Read More Google lays $2.7M on the line for Pwnium hacking contest Google will again host its Pwnium hacking contest at a Canadian security conference in March, putting $2.7 million at stake to draw out researchers who can hack its browser-based operating system, Chrome OS. Read More
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