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	Cisco: $300,000 prize for Internet of Things security apps Cisco today kicked off a contest with $300,000 in prize money that challenges security experts around the world to put together ways to secure what's now called the "Internet of Things," the wide range of non-traditional computing devices used on the electric grid, in healthcare and many other industries. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CSO40 Security Confab + Awards Conference Register now: CSO Magazine's CSO40 Security Confab On behalf of Bob Bragdon, Publisher of CSO magazine and CSOonline.com, CSO would like to invite you to register for CSO Magazine's spring 2014 conference – CSO40 Security Confab + Awards, being held March 31 – April 2, 2014 outside Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.csoconfab.com/ In this Issue Is SDN your next security nightmare? Businesses told to lockdown Bitcoin wallets against malware threat TrustyCon attendees literally take the NSA cake It's time for Fave Raves. What's your favorite enterprise IT product? What Sundar Pichai really said about Android security The IETF needed a wake-up call on security, says chairman Gameover malware tougher to kill with new rootkit component Six things companies do that thwart their IT security efforts Security Chalk Talk: What is Conficker? Bloomberg clamps down with data-access policies after scandal WHITE PAPER: HP Tipping Point Why you need a next-generation firewall This white paper explores the reasons for implementing NG firewalls and lays out a path to success for overburdened IT organizations. Learn More Is SDN your next security nightmare? The big buzzword in networking these days is Software-Defined Networking (SDN), a de-coupling of the data plane and the control plane that allows you to manage physical devices via a software-based controller sitting on a general purpose server. Read More Businesses told to lockdown Bitcoin wallets against malware threat Businesses considering accepting Bitcoins or other forms of cryptocurrency should be prepared to battle a rising number of malware aimed at emptying digital wallets. Read More TrustyCon attendees literally take the NSA cake Want a piece? #NSA cake @TrustyCon pic.twitter.com/HZNPANyzqs via @ZKPrivacy #omnomnom — SpiderOak (@SpiderOak) February 27, 2014 Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection | Cisco | Intel® Overcoming the Security Challenges of the Cloud PC Connection, in partnership with Cisco and Intel®, recently conducted a survey to learn how organizations are using the cloud. In this white paper, you'll learn what you can do to mitigate security concerns and make the most out of the cloud. View Now It's time for Fave Raves. What's your favorite enterprise IT product? Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers. (Here's a link to last year's Fave Raves collection.) Read More What Sundar Pichai really said about Android security Riding off of an article that appeared in FrAndroid, we reported on Thursday morning that Android head Sundar Pichai explained during a talk at the Mobile World Congress that Android was designed to be more open than it was designed to be safe. In the wake of that article, Google PR was able to reach out to me and provide a full and accurate transcript of what Pichai actually said. Read More The IETF needed a wake-up call on security, says chairman Security and how to protect users from pervasive monitoring will dominate the proceedings when members of Internet Engineering Task Force meet in London starting Sunday. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Streamline Data Protection with Storage Manager IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) has been an industry-standard data protection solution for two decades. But, where most competitors focus exclusively on Backup and Restore, TSM is a far more comprehensive data-protection solution. Read Now Gameover malware tougher to kill with new rootkit component A new variant of the Gameover malware that steals online banking credentials comes with a kernel-level rootkit that makes it significantly harder to remove, according to security researchers from Sophos. Read More Six things companies do that thwart their IT security efforts Even as organizations strive to build and maintain a strong enterprise security program, there are a couple things companies do that actually thwart their efforts for strong security. Read More Security Chalk Talk: What is Conficker? Security Chalk Talk: What is Conficker? Sourcefire's Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan discusses the history of the Conficker malware and how it propogated across many infected Windows machines in 2008 and 2009. From: Network World Views: 36 1 ratings Time: 13:28 More in Science & Technology Read More Bloomberg clamps down with data-access policies after scandal Financial data and news company Bloomberg has developed in-house access controls and embraced several other technological fixes after it emerged last year that the company's journalists had routinely accessed data on how Wall Street clients were using the company's computer terminals. Read More
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