Responding to a security breach

All the week's news about network standards, 10/26/05
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GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE

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Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert

Responding to a security breach, 10/24/05

CIOs and network administrators offer tips about how to respond
following a network security breach.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9729>

Heated debate brewing over state's OpenDocument plan, 10/25/05

Debate among Massachusetts government officials may throw a
wrench in a state proposal to migrate away from Microsoft's
Office productivity suite in favor of software that supports an
open-document format.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9730>

Groups challenge FCC's VoIP wiretapping rules, 10/25/05

A group of privacy advocates and technology companies on Tuesday
filed court papers to challenge a ruling by the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), saying it overstepped its
authority by requiring VoIP providers to allow wiretapping by
law enforcement agencies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9731>

IBM leads group to create open-source storage, 10/25/05

IBM and eight other storage vendors are teaming up to form an
open-source organization initially called Aperi, Big Blue
announced Tuesday. The companies intend to work together to
develop common storage software to manage different vendors'
systems, making it easier for users dealing with disparate
storage systems. The software will be made available free of
charge.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9732>

Deciphering the world of crypto, 10/24/05

It's the computational magic for scrambling data to keep it
secret, and in the U.S., the best-known cryptographic algorithms
go by names such as Triple-DES and AES. But in other countries,
such as South Korea, Russia and Japan, it is SEED, GOST and ...

<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9733>

VoIP threats defined by alliance, 10/24/05

For all the developments around enterprise VoIP solutions, there
has been only scattered interest in the related potential
security threats but the Voice over IP Security Alliance
(VOIPSA) has shown a spotlight on problems that IT managers
ought to be ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9734>

Opinion: Where's Walt Disney when you need him?, 10/24/05

We have a government busy moving pieces around the
telecommunications game board. Where are our national plans for
an EPCOT 2014, our New Songdo City? I guess they're on the
shelf, next to our national alternative energy strategy - in the
TBD section.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9735>

Advisory body calls for stronger authentication in Internet
banking, 10/18/05

A multi-agency federal advisory body with broad regulatory
powers over banks Tuesday issued new guidelines aimed at
improving security in Internet-based banking and financial
services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9736>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9645>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9646>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9647>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9648>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstandardsandre9649>

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GRID TAKING SHAPE IN THE ENTERPRISE

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