Sailpoint, Aveksa announce offerings at Gartner Summit

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The conference content is geared towards its attendees who aren't necessarily IdM geeks or even security wonks. It attracts a more business-side oriented clientele and these are people who need to learn about IdM/IAM even if they have to be spoon-fed. Read full story Related News: Apple delivers mammoth update, patches 58 bugs Apple patched 58 vulnerabilities in its Mac operating systems today, the most since May 2009, including several in the QuickTime media player that it had fixed separately in early September. How a Botnet Gets Its Name There is a new kid in town in the world of botnets - isn't there always? A heavyweight spamming botnet known as Festi has only been tracked by researchers with Message Labs Intelligence since August, but is already responsible for approximately 5 percent of all global spam (around 2.5 billion spam emails per day), according to Paul Wood, senior analyst with Messagelabs, which keeps tabs on spam and botnet activity. Online users becoming less anxious over security, privacy While surveys about security usually end up telling us about how bad people feel, a global survey released Tuesday indicates there's substantially less anxiety about Internet security, personal safety and national security than there was six months ago. Microsoft releases security guidelines for Agile Microsoft will release on Tuesday guidelines for developers building online applications and for those utilizing the Agile code-development process. CA looks to ease encryption key management CA today unveiled key-management software that helps automate the storage and distribution of encryption keys for multi-vendor tape encryption purposes. Security pros seek hacking, forensics skills The Computing Technology Industry Association of 1,500 IT workers found that majority intend to pursue security and related certifications in the coming years. 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