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	Worst data breaches of 2014…So far For the first half of this year that is Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Five Steps to Developing a Successful Mobile Strategy Don't lose time and money with a "throw an app against a wall to see if sticks" approach to mobile. It won't work. You need a well-thought-out strategy to take full advantage of mobile. This white paper lays out the five important steps to a robust enterprise mobile strategy. Learn more. In this Issue Best practices for firewall management Blue Shield discloses 18,000 doctors' Social Security numbers INSIDER Why Cisco, Intel, and Qualcomm are funding IoT startups Privacy group files FTC complaint over Facebook's 'emotional contagion' study ISPs sue UK spooks over network spying EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws Microsoft settles with No-IP in botnet hunt, after seizing its domains Botnet brute-forces remote access to point-of-sale systems INSIDER Must-have tools for setting up a Wi-Fi net WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Converged Infrastructure for Dummies - 2.0 Simplify and align IT to the speed of business with HP Converged Infrastructure Learn More>> Best practices for firewall management Firewalls that protect enterprise networks play a crucial role on the front line of defense. The people who administer these firewalls have a lot of responsibility in seeing that only the right kind of traffic gets through when it should and all the bad stuff gets blocked. The stakes are high and there's little room for error. But year after year, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report shows that device misconfigurations are a leading source of vulnerabilities that open the door to data breaches. Read More Blue Shield discloses 18,000 doctors' Social Security numbers A mistake left thousands of Social Security numbers in publicly available files Read More INSIDER Why Cisco, Intel, and Qualcomm are funding IoT startups Internet of Things startups have had little trouble finding seed money lately, with overall venture capital surpassing the $1 billion mark in 2013 alone, according to CB Insights.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software The Future of IT: A Customer First Approach Explore how customer-first policies can make use of social, mobile and cloud technologies to give workers the freedom and flexibility they desire to drive company productivity. Learn More. Privacy group files FTC complaint over Facebook's 'emotional contagion' study EPIC contends that Facebook 'purposefully messed with people's minds' when it manipulated their news feeds to measure emotional responses Read More ISPs sue UK spooks over network spying The complaint is based on Snowden's revelations Read More EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws The EFF filed suit against the NSA and ODNI Tuesday, seeking information about zero-day flaws Read More WHITE PAPER: HP The Importance of Reputation Proactive enterprise security involves turning data into actionable information--that's where reputation comes in. Learn More>> Microsoft settles with No-IP in botnet hunt, after seizing its domains Microsoft "regrets any inconvenience" caused by service outages Read More Botnet brute-forces remote access to point-of-sale systems A new malware threat scans the Internet for POS systems and tries to access them using common usernames and passwords Read More INSIDER Must-have tools for setting up a Wi-Fi net In order to ensure proper Wi-Fi coverage and performance, RF site surveys should be performed before and after WLAN installations and modifications. Though you can walk around and do simple signal checks and throughput tests using free software on your laptop, using Wi-Fi surveying software provides much better testing and reporting.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
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