Privacy: Why Google Social Search Gives Me The Creeps Has Google started following us around? It's new Google Social Search feature, going live today, sure feels like it. And hints at what Google can do both for and to you with all the information it has collected. The Curse of Cloud Security Seventh Annual Global Information Security Survey: Companies are clamoring for services in the cloud. But the biggest problem from a security perspective is that few understand what they're dealing with. (Second of a four-part series) Dasient spots 640,000 malware-infected Web sites Security start-up Dasient says more than 640,000 Web sites out of about 5.8 million pages were infected with malware between July and September of this year. Symantec ties DLP software to third-party security tools Symantec has updated its Data-Loss Prevention Suite so that if the software finds a data issue that needs fixing, it can apply third-party encryption and digital-rights management (DRM) controls to the problem. India's new IT law increases surveillance powers A new IT law has come into force in India that frees Internet portals from liability for third-party content and activity, but also gives the government powers to monitor communications on the Internet, and block web sites that are found to be offensive. Report: Employee Holiday Shopping Will Strain Security Despite a lagging economy, many workers will shop online while at work this coming holiday season, according to a survey conducted on behalf of ISACA, a nonprofit association of information technology (IT) professionals. The second annual "Shopping on the Job: Online Holiday Shopping and Workplace Internet Safety" survey found that fully half of those surveyed plan to use their company's computer to shop, putting a strain on employers' systems and potentially compromising an organizations sensitive information and security. 4 Tips for Writing a Great Social Media Security Policy Facebook now claims 300 million active users. And Twitter, the micro-blogging site that was almost unheard of at the beginning of 2008, is now one of the internet's 50 most popular sites, according to Alexa Internet Inc.'s web traffic statistics. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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