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	Open source SSO lands in spotlight Last week was a really big week -- perhaps the biggest ever -- for open source simplified signon in general and OpenID in particular. Read More WHITE PAPER: WatchGuard When Pressing "Send" Results In Compliance Violations Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time - not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution. Learn more now. In this Issue Will Google Tip the Scale Toward OpenID? Indian security startup offers free software US military plotted revenge on Wikileaks Six Long-awaited satellite projects eye the sky McAfee scans cloud environments for security vulnerabilities FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 Hackers lock Zeus crimeware kit with Windows-like anti-piracy tech 60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security Security group preps IT shops to ask vendors 'nasty questions' Slainte! Five St. Patricks Day apps for your iPhone WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Will Google Tip the Scale Toward OpenID? Last week, Google announced that it will support OpenID as a Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity standard in its Apps Marketplace. For the most part, this announcement flew under the radar of most people but it may be far more significant than a simple technology integration play for several reasons: 1. OpenID is an industry standard with good but not great support. With Google's muscle, OpenID... Read More Indian security startup offers free software Wep Solutions, an Indian security software and services startup, is offering its unified threat management appliance software free to small businesses around the world. Read More US military plotted revenge on Wikileaks The US military was so fearful of classified information ending up on Wikileaks it considered ways to undermine the organisation, a newly published secret report on the site appears to show. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Discover BIRT. Understand how BIRT simplifies and speeds to market the development of rich information applications. In this presentation, a technical expert behind BIRT will demonstrate a customer-facing application in action with Flash, Ajax, and JavaScript interactivity. Click Here! Six Long-awaited satellite projects eye the sky Hot satellites to beam superior GPS, communications bandwidth Read More McAfee scans cloud environments for security vulnerabilities McAfee's new vulnerability-assessment scanning service is aimed at giving cloud-computing service providers a way to provide security assurances to their customers. Read More FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 Last year was a tough one for most businesses, but for cybercriminals it was one of the best yet. Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! Hackers lock Zeus crimeware kit with Windows-like anti-piracy tech The newest version of Zeus, a do-it-yourself crimeware kit responsible for millions of dollars in losses by consumers and businesses, comes with anti-piracy provisions similar to those used by Microsoft's Windows, a researcher said today. Read More 60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says Sixty percent of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they place, the analyst firm Gartner said in new research Monday. Read More Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security Nearly 90 percent of IT workers in the UK have said a laptop in their organisation has been reported lost or stolen, new research has found. Read More Security group preps IT shops to ask vendors 'nasty questions' The Jericho Forum, which advocates improving e-commerce security through knowledge that network perimeters are fading, says organizations need to ask themselves and their vendors tougher questions. Read More Slainte! Five St. Patricks Day apps for your iPhone Read More
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