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	Batten Down the Hatches for Microsoft and Adobe Patches Next Tuesday is both Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for April, and Adobe's quarterly patch release. Combined, there are a total of 27 vulnerabilities being patched in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and the Acrobat Reader application. It will be a busy day for IT administrators and information security professionals to analyze and prioritize the deluge of updates. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. In this Issue Steganography discovery could help data thieves, but also improve radar, sonograms Hacker conference to address emerging Web threats NASA: What's next? New healthcare IT compliance service protects electronic medical records Facebook ignores paedophile reports, says police Microsoft slates 25-patch Windows update for next week Ikea gift card scam takes in nearly 40,000 Facebook users Industry groups question regulations in cybersecurity bill WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More! Steganography discovery could help data thieves, but also improve radar, sonograms There's a potential new form of steganography -- the sending of messages in ways that leave no hint the messages even exists -- that could lead to corporate data loss via CDs. Read More Hacker conference to address emerging Web threats The Black Hat security conference will kick off next week in Barcelona, with training sessions and briefings from some of the most talented security researchers in the industry. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Security in a Virtual World Visit us at this virtual conference on today's top security concerns, including unique security challenges of enterprise social media, mainstreaming of virtualization / cloud computing, and data protection & encryption. Wednesday April 28, 2010 - 9:00am ET – 6:30pm ET Just for attending, you will be eligible to win a Kindle Wireless Reading Device! Register Today! NASA: What's next? More focus on  satellite exploration, climate change studies of Earth and developing new heavy lift rocket technology are but a few of the programs outlined by NASA chief Charles Bolden as this week he looked to spell out specifics about where Read More New healthcare IT compliance service protects electronic medical records The healthcare industry has the highest mobile intensity of all industries. According to Forrester Research, 89 percent of healthcare businesses are highly mobile. Unfortunately, Forrester also reports that 31 percent of these businesses had an instance of data loss in 2009. As a result, 63 percent rank "understanding the risks and vulnerabilities" as the top challenge when it comes to mobile devices. Now there is a new cloud-based IT compliance service that aims to mitigate the risks and reduce the vulnerabilities that are specific to healthcare businesses. Get a free trial of the service and see if it's right for your business. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Extended Security Features of Windows 7 Microsoft has added significant security enhancement to Windows 7. This Gartner research note details the capabilities available (many are only available to EA/SA subscribers), which features should be activated and where some security holes still remain. Read More. Facebook ignores paedophile reports, says police More than 200 complaints regarding suspected paedophiles and incidents of cyberbullying on Facebook have been to the police in the last three months. Read More Microsoft slates 25-patch Windows update for next week Microsoft today said it would deliver 11 security updates next week to patch 25 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and Exchange. Read More Ikea gift card scam takes in nearly 40,000 Facebook users A scam Facebook page offering the site's users a US$1,000 Ikea gift card took in nearly 40,000 victims Friday. Read More Industry groups question regulations in cybersecurity bill A U.S. Senate committee has dropped some of the most controversial pieces of a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that had been stalled for nearly a year, but some tech industry groups still have concerns about new regulations that the legislation would create for some companies. Read More
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