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	Why is cloud computing hard? Top tech execs speak their minds Everyone's talking about cloud computing and security. But what makes it so hard? Execs at Microsoft, Trend Micro, EMC's RSA division, McAfee and Symantec tackle the question. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IBM NWW To improve the security of web applications, it starts by building software securely. IBM Rational AppScan is a suite of Web application vulnerability scanners that include dynamic and static analysis capabilities. Now you can engage more testers earlier in the development cycle. Download an evaluation copy of IBM Rational AppScan. Click to continue In this Issue Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits Pushing for software quality assurance Cisco battered by large fall in security market It does not take a village -- or a country FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts McAfee scans cloud environments for security vulnerabilities US military plotted revenge on Wikileaks Open source SSO lands in spotlight Security group preps IT shops to ask vendors 'nasty questions' Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security 60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Escaping PCI Purgatory PCI compliance is a challenge for midsize and large companies alike, as there are four phases to meeting the PCI DSS requirements: assessment, remediation, compliance and maintenance. Read this white paper as IBM reveals five key 'sticking points' organizations have been facing on the path to PCI DSS compliance. Learn More Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy Worried about preserving your privacy in an online world where privacy is disappearing? Here are seven Firefox add-ons that will help. Read More Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 (£65,000) the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference. Read More Pushing for software quality assurance In my experience, some programmers and program development managers resist investing time in software quality assurance (SQA). In a recent research article on "Resistance Factors in the Implementation of Software Process Improvement Project in Malaysia," from the Journal of Computer Science 4(3):211-219 (2008), the authors summarized extensive published research on why people resist SQA. Experts have found that there are several categories of stumbling blocks to integrating SQA into the software development process (Table 1, p 213): Read More Cisco battered by large fall in security market 'Nobody fires you if you buy Cisco' it was once said but it seems somebody should tell the corporate security sector which has deserted the giant in droves in late 2009, new figures show. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sunbelt Software SMB's Should think Outside the Box to Protect Endpoints In their "Sector Insight" study, Aberdeen Group investigated the considerations small business should take when selecting anti-malware solutions. Read this paper to learn why Aberdeen recommends small enterprises be open to endpoint security solutions from vendors other than McAfee and Symantec. Read Now It does not take a village -- or a country olumnist Scott Bradner says concerns of a "cyberwar" miss the main threat to network infrastructures. To date, essentially all cyberattacks where the perpetrators have been identified have been the work of small groups of individuals. Read More FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. 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 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 WHITE PAPER: Polycom Top Five Benefits of Video Conferencing From obvious benefits, like reduced travel costs, to a few less apparent advantages, see what Polycom customers, resellers and industry analysts are saying about the power of video conferencing. Read More 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 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 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 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 Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix Microsoft is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday. Read More
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