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	Major companies, like Target, often fail to act on malware alerts Companies that suffer major data breaches almost always portray themselves as victims of cutting edge attack techniques and tools. The reality, though, is often much more mundane. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Pay-as-you-Grow Data Protection IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery gives small and medium businesses the opportunity to start out with only the individual solutions they need, and add new functionalities as they grow. Read Now In this Issue Security weakness found in iOS 7 Harsh wireless conditions? Send in the drone hot spot Don't upload health care data to Google cloud, UK groups say Secure file sharing in the cloud made simple Secusmart puts its BlackBerry encryption chip to work on the desktop 7 Reasons why we'll never solve the software patent wars Happy returns: The safe way to e-file your taxes Phishing campaign targets Google Docs, Drive users 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/ Security weakness found in iOS 7 A researcher has discovered a weakness in iOS 7 that would enable an attacker to bypass a number of mechanisms Apple uses to prevent exploitation of the operating system's kernel. Read More Harsh wireless conditions? Send in the drone hot spot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has moved along a project it says would use hot-spot enabled drones to bring bring wireless communications to even the most distant and harsh environment. 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 Don't upload health care data to Google cloud, UK groups say Using Google's cloud services to process health care records is a serious violation of the U.K.'s data protection act, privacy groups said in a complaint filed with the country's data protection authority. Read More Secure file sharing in the cloud made simple Many enterprises want to use cloud services for file storage and sharing but are hesitant because the cloud provider may be able to access the content. AlephCloud has a service that encrypts files at their creation source. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Extreme Warehouse Speed for Fast Business Decisions Informix ebook highlighting benefits of making decisions 'at the speed of business'; and discusses optimizing warehouse performance; and simplifying resources View Now Secusmart puts its BlackBerry encryption chip to work on the desktop At around a!2,000 (US$2800) each, the secure smartphones that SecuSmart showed at Cebit last year were out of reach of many businesses -- although three governments have since bought them to secure mobile phone calls between senior officials, according to CEO Hans-Christoph Quelle. Now the company has developed a less expensive and more flexible system intended for the enterprise, and has extended the reach of its mobile system to secure VOIP calls on desktop phones. Read More 7 Reasons why we'll never solve the software patent wars As I've noted in other posts, the SXSW conference is generally an optimistic event, so it was no surprise to see a panel called How to Fix Patent: Trolls, Innovators & Reform. Unfortunately, actually attending the panel left me with a very different impression... more along the lines of "abandon hope all ye who enter here." Read More Happy returns: The safe way to e-file your taxes Tax returns are a tempting treat in a time of data breaches and identity theft. Names, social security numbers, bank account information--it's all right there. Read More Phishing campaign targets Google Docs, Drive users Symantec has spotted a phishing campaign leveraging Google Drive that would be hard for users to discern as a scam. Read More
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