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	Patch Tuesday: Microsoft closes critical holes in IE, Windows It's Patch Tuesday again, and the first one to jump on will patch the critical zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that attackers have been actively exploiting in the wild since February. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP ArcSight Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management The security information and event management (SIEM) market is defined by the customer's need to analyze security event data in real time for internal and external threat management, and to collect, store, analyze and report on log data for incident response, forensics and regulatory compliance. Learn More In this Issue Has mobile computing had a positive impact on cybersecurity? Juniper Networks not giving up firewall patent fight vs. Palo Alto Networks NASA setting stage for asteroid mission Computer science enrollments rocketed last year, up 22% Cyberattacks could paralyze U.S., former defense chief warns How to protect virtual machines (VMs) US Energy Dept. deals $10M to ride ocean wave energy Navy network hack has valuable lessons for companies Top 5 skills needed for a SOC analyst The cost of doing business at the RSA Conference U.S. retailers insist on PIN requirement in smartcard rules Italian police investigate Skype use for 'porno blackmail' 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 Has mobile computing had a positive impact on cybersecurity? Counterintuitive perspective, but in the end, mobile computing chaos may help improve enterprise cybersecurity strategy. Read More Juniper Networks not giving up firewall patent fight vs. Palo Alto Networks Juniper Networks' legal battle against Palo Alto Networks claiming infringement of application-firewall patents ended in a mistrial being declared in a Delaware court, but Juniper says it intends to haul Palo Alto back into court again. Read More NASA setting stage for asteroid mission NASA today said it will officially begin seeking the company or companies that it will contract with to begin the mission to capture an asteroid and move it near the moon, where it could be studied and perhaps mined. A Broad Agency Announcement or BAA on the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM)will be published March 21, NASA said. Read More Computer science enrollments rocketed last year, up 22% A sneak peek at the annual Computing Research Association's (CRA) report on computer science enrollments at colleges shows that strong demand for technically-savvy workers is luring students in a big way. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Securing BYOD Mobile computing is becoming so ubiquitous that people no longer bat an eye seeing someone working two devices simultaneously. Individuals and organizations are responding to the capabilities and flexibility that mobile devices provide. Read Now Cyberattacks could paralyze U.S., former defense chief warns As the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta delivered strong warnings about the risks of cyberattacks on the country. His conviction that a possible 'cyber Pearl Harbor' may be looming has not tempered since leaving the post last year. Read More How to protect virtual machines (VMs) These four products represent different approaches to VM security Read More US Energy Dept. deals $10M to ride ocean wave energy The Energy Department said it would spend $10 million to help kick-start unique energy technology that converts ocean waves and currents into electricity. Read More Navy network hack has valuable lessons for companies The hacking of a U.S. military network that was made easier by a poorly written contract with Hewlett-Packard offers lessons on how negotiations between customer and service provider could lead to weakened security. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP ArcSight Big Security for Big Data In order to meet current security problems, a new paradigm shift needs to occur. Businesses need the ability to secure data, collect it, and aggregate into an intelligent format, so that real-time alerting and reporting can take place. This white paper will give you the information you need to get started. Learn More Top 5 skills needed for a SOC analyst Building a Security Operations Center (SOC) from scratch or revamping an underperforming one is a daunting leadership challenge. Of all the tasks you have to think about, finding and hiring a set of SOC analysts with the right skill set has to be a top priority. Read More The cost of doing business at the RSA Conference Each year, hundreds of vendors head to the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, arguably the largest security gathering in the U.S. For many of those vendors, the show is a requirement, but there's a steep cost involved. For smaller companies, the show can create a sink or swim environment. Read More U.S. retailers insist on PIN requirement in smartcard rules U.S. retailers are digging in their heels over their need for PIN authentication for Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) smartcard use here. Read More Italian police investigate Skype use for 'porno blackmail' Italian police in Genoa have opened an investigation into the use of Skype to trap victims into online sexual indiscretions, which are recorded and used as a pretext for extortion. Read More
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