| Facebook CEO Calms Privacy Fears Over TOS Change Who owns and controls your Facebook information? This has been a question many have debated over the weekend, but Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, finally gave us the answer (almost) Monday. Where Are the Feds on Cybersecurity? A couple of recent events have shown how purposefully useless the U.S. government is with regard to cybersecurity. Every so often, the FBI parades some success stories through the media. Unfortunately, what's behind them are prosecutions for show rather than true demonstrations of tackling cybercrime. Norton Online Family gives parents new tools to monitor kids Symantec is introducing Norton Online Family, software for the PC and Mac intended to give parents a way to keep track of what their children are doing online via up to five household PCs and a cloud-based analysis service that provides reports. ConSentry upgrades its threat engine ConSentry's new software for its intelligent switches adds a permanent agent for assessing endpoint security and can assess what Windows operating system patches have been applied. Fortinet wheels out Web application firewall Fortinet's security appliance offloads processing of SSL and XML traffic from Web servers. Altor tracks virtual machines in motion Altor Networks' firewall software for virtual environments now supports a unique identifier to track particular versions of virtual machines. Recession Makes IAM More Important Than Ever Any economic downturn brings new risks to your organization. Nervous employees who fear downsizing may be tempted to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information stored across applications while temporary workers are less loyal and identity verification processes for full-time employees may not be used, making your organization more susceptible. Change we can count on" with Obama Cyber Security Review. (just kidding) Cisco Subnet blogger Larry Chaffin reports that On Feb. 9 President Obama ordered an immediate 60-day review of the U.S. government's cybersecurity plans. Obama’s Electronic Health Records initiative could usher in a new wave of ID theft With the stimulus bill all but signed it looks like the government will be handing out $19 billion in an effort to digitize America’s health record system and security blogger Jamey Heary foresees trouble. How safe is outsourcing your network? Cisco Subnet blogger Larry Chaffin tells of a frightening story of an outsourcer's lax staffing policies. Cisco Adds Features to Firewall Services Module February 9, Cisco released Firewall Services Module (FWSM) software for the 6500 switch and Cisco Subnet blogger Scott Hogg explains the new features. Blue Gears - DMZ w/5 Physical NICs with VMware ESX Cisco Subnet blogger Edward Haletky says that virtualization hosts with only 5 pNICs who want to include a DMZ and other networks present a challenge and face a performance vs. security trade-off. Career Transition: From Public Sector to Private Moving from the public sector to a private sector security job can be a huge leap. David Quilter points out the strengths you'll bring along with the skills you may need to develop. Excerpted from From One Winning Career to the Next, published by the Security Executive Council and available through their online store. Mozilla confirms 'showstopper' bug in mobile browser preview Mozilla has acknowledged that a "showstopper" bug makes the first preview of its browser for Windows Mobile-powered cell phones "bascially useless" to many users. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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