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	Sophisticated scam targeting Verizon Wireless customers   The Better Business Bureau recently warned of a scam targeting Verizon Wireless customers that tries to trick users into giving up personal information. 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 Adobe patches a critical vulnerability in Shockwave Player Security Skills Haves and Have Nots How to Handle the IT Skills Shortage: Architect Your People Senator's claims of CIA violating computer fraud act shaky, legal expert says Tim Berners-Lee: we need a free Web, except when we don't Adobe patches two important vulnerabilities in Flash Player WEBCAST: CDW Next Generation SAM Managing software assets and licenses is a time-consuming job that can drain IT resources. When this is not done properly, a company might spend more on licenses than needed and could put the company at risk, exposing it to fines and other penalties. View Now Adobe patches a critical vulnerability in Shockwave Player   Adobe Systems released a new security update for Shockwave Player in order to fix a critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to remotely take control of affected systems. Read More   Security Skills Haves and Have Nots I've written a lot lately about the cybersecurity skills shortage. For example, 25% of organizations claim that they have a problematic shortage of IT security skills. On an industry basis, 36% of government agencies say they have a problematic shortage of IT security skills, followed by 29% of manufacturing companies, and 28% of financial services firms. 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 How to Handle the IT Skills Shortage: Architect Your People IT and technology are always going to be moving targets. The pace at which change takes place is furious compared to most industries. Technologies evolve and business objectives change. As a result, the skills required to get the job done must change, too. Finding perfect people who meet a laundry list of qualifications is a dubious task. Read More   Senator's claims of CIA violating computer fraud act shaky, legal expert says Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) claim that the CIA violated provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when it accessed computers used by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, could be hard to substantiate, according to a leading legal expert. 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 Tim Berners-Lee: we need a free Web, except when we don't The founder of the modern Web, Tim Berners-Lee, argued for government oversight of the Web as well as digital-rights-management (DRM) in an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit Wednesday afternoon. Read More   Adobe patches two important vulnerabilities in Flash Player Adobe released updates for Flash Player that fix two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to bypass security controls in the software. Read More
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