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Obama ignored NSA subverting encryption in surveillance reform speech
Other than to appease Americans, why did President Obama bother with appointing a Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies if he planned to disregard, or completely ignore, many of the group's recommendations to reform the NSA? Read More


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Quick look: Obama and the NSA morass
New rules will limit NSA data gathering, but is the NSA paying attention? Read More

Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies
Start-up Aorato comes out of stealth mode today with what it calls a firewall designed to protect Microsoft Active Directory shops. Read More

Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers
Backed by a lineup of elite investors, start-up Shape Security comes out of stealth mode today by announcing technology it calls Shapeshifter that is said to prevent cyber-criminals from successfully attacking and compromising websites. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors

HP StoreOnce Extends its Industry Leadership
In this competitive whitepaper, Edison Group provides an independent, third-party perspective and evaluation of HP's new B6200 StoreOnce Backup System versus EMC Data Domain. Criteria considered included scalability (including capacity and performance), high availability, architectural approach, pricing, and licensing. Learn More

30 years of Apple's Mac computer
A visual history of the Mac. Read More

7 More Things NSA Could Be Watching, According to Security Experts
We know the National Security Agency monitors emails and social networks. What else could the NSA be monitoring? Security experts offer their (scary) thoughts. Read More

Location-based services: Controversy at every level
Your smartphone can be a beacon telling the world where you are, with increasing precision. Is that good commerce or bad privacy, or maybe a bit of both? Read More


WHITE PAPER: Red Hat

The Road To Enterprise PaaS
Interested in leveraging automation technologies and a cloud architecture to make developers more productive? Learn how PaaS can benefit your organization to help you streamline your application development, allow you to use existing infrastructure and improve operational efficiencies. Begin charting your path to PaaS with OpenShift Enterprise. Learn more

The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned
"123456" is finally getting some time in the spotlight as the world's worst password, after spending years in the shadow of "password." Read More

Two coders closely tied to Target-related malware, security firm says
A Los Angeles security company has named a second individual living in Eastern Europe whom they suspect coded malicious software that was modified and used against Target. Read More

Spammers buy Chrome extensions and turn them into adware
Changes in Google Chrome extension ownership can expose thousands of users to aggressive advertising and possibly other threats, two extension developers have recently discovered. Read More

10 common misconceptions about security professionals
When it comes to working in security, there are plenty of misconceptions in the public. Many can be blamed on Hollywood, business speculation, and pure imagination.CSO recently spoke to Chris Eng and Chris Wysopal from Veracode, Sanjay Beri from Netskope, and Andrew Wild from Qualys, to get their views on some of the misconceptions about working in and around security. Read More


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