Will Google Tip the Scale Toward OpenID?

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	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 WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue US military plotted revenge on Wikileaks McAfee scans cloud environments for security vulnerabilities Six Long-awaited satellite projects eye the sky Indian security startup offers free software Lib Dems back down on Internet filtering Why is cloud computing hard? Top tech execs speak their minds 60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines, Gartner says Hackers lock Zeus crimeware kit with Windows-like anti-piracy tech The Rise of Free -- and Fake -- Antivirus Software Slainte! Five St. Patricks Day apps for your iPhone WHITE PAPER: Sophos Windows 7 security With the public release of Windows 7 debates and discussions have been raging on the security improvements in the new platform, and some potential problems have also emerged. In this white paper, we run through the most significant changes and additions, and look at what they might mean to users and administrators. Read now. 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 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 Six Long-awaited satellite projects eye the sky Hot satellites to beam superior GPS, communications bandwidth Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Learn 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 Lib Dems back down on Internet filtering According to a report on the Guardian website, Lib Dem peers are preparing to alter their amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, which passed its second reading in the House of Lords last week. Read More 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 WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performanc 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 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 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 The Rise of Free -- and Fake -- Antivirus Software With the tremendous growth in malware. identity theft, and on-line scams, you'd think that every PC owner in the world would make Internet security software a "must have" before connecting to the Internet. Unfortunately, this assumption is dead wrong. Believe it or not, lots of industry research indicates two huge misconceptions still exist: 1. Many users believe that all of the public media... Read More Slainte! Five St. Patricks Day apps for your iPhone Read More
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