Data loss prevention comes of age; McAfee flub sets off Twitter storm

	McAfee flub sets off Twitter storm | McAfee apologizes for PC anti-virus snafu
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	Data loss prevention comes of age After testing endpoint and perimeter data loss prevention products, we conclude our series with a look at DLP tools that can do both. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More In this Issue McAfee flub sets off Twitter storm McAfee apologizes for PC anti-virus snafu DLP primer Symantec readies new Norton antimalware software, offers free PC cleaners How investigators work to combat data theft Offshore banking more secure? You're dreaming Your BlackBerry's dirty little security secret Verifying identity in customer-not-present situations Why your information security stinks & what to do Where is Your Cloud? Four Compliance Best Practices Bank of the West tilts from Cisco MARS to LogRhythm Fundamental causes of spam Former hacker claims Microsoft more secure than Apple, Adobe New cloud service offers antivirus alternative WHITE PAPER: BeyondTrust BeyondTrust 2009 Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis The results show that despite unpredictable and evolving attacks companies can greatly reduce risk, experience greater protection from zero-day threats and reduce the threat from vulnerabilities by removing administrator rights. Learn More McAfee flub sets off Twitter storm After dealing with McAfee's most recent fix that sabotaged Windows XP PC clients worldwide, users of the anti-virus software to Twitter to vent their rage, creating a public-relations and legal nightmare that will likely continue long after the last machine is patched. Read More McAfee apologizes for PC anti-virus snafu McAfee has apologized for its anti-virus update that took down Windows XP computers around the world, but says it affected a small percentage of its customers. Read More DLP primer Data Leak Protection products (DLP) are designed to help organizations keep tabs on and protect sensitive data that, if lost, could create legal liability, loss of profit, safety or security risks, and so on. Read More Symantec readies new Norton antimalware software, offers free PC cleaners Symantec Monday unveiled the Norton 2011 editions of its antimalware software to wipe out infections on Windows-based machines. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! How investigators work to combat data theft Financial institutions once considered fraud a given risk, but also a small nuisance. Today, stopping fraud is a front-and-center priority for banks and lenders Read More Offshore banking more secure? You're dreaming Storing your money offshore because you think those financial institutions are safer than those close to home? Security expert Andrew Hay says you're wrong. A SOURCE Boston preview. Read More Your BlackBerry's dirty little security secret There are many creative ways for people to spy on you through your BlackBerry. A SOURCE Boston preview. Read More Verifying identity in customer-not-present situations How can a Web-based business verify the identity of a person with whom it has no prior relationship? This simple SaaS solution from IDology challenges a person to answer personal questions whose answers are unlikely to be known by others. The result is a high level of confidence that the person using the Web application is precisely who he says he is. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Top 10 Server Cooling Approaches High-density servers can present a significant cooling challenge demanding over 40kW of cooling per rack. With most data centers designed to cool an average of no more than 2kW per rack, innovative strategies must be deployed. This paper provides 10 approaches to increase cooling efficiency, cooling capacity and power density. Read Now. Why your information security stinks & what to do Former cybersecurity czar Amit Yoran on why information security is in a "death spiral" -- and what you can do. A SOURCE Boston preview. Read More Where is Your Cloud? Four Compliance Best Practices If you think the phrase "It's in the cloud" means that your data resides on the Internet and is thus accessible everywhere equally, think again. Most infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud services share the same residence model as traditional hosting and outsourcing deployments -- they live in specific data centers in specific geographies. This means that customer data is generated and most likely stored in this physical location, giving it legal and privacy implications. Read More Bank of the West tilts from Cisco MARS to LogRhythm When there was a hullabaloo last November over Cisco all too quietly ending any new third-party support for the Cisco Security, Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (MARS), analysts predicted IT managers might not be as eager to fly to MARS anymore since MARS would not be expanding log collection for non-Cisco equipment in the future. Read More Fundamental causes of spam Unsolicited commercial – and usually fraudulent – e-mail (spam) is a constant headache for individual users and for mail-server administrators. In this second part of a three part series, I look at why we are suffering from this plague. Read More Former hacker claims Microsoft more secure than Apple, Adobe A seasoned hacker believes Microsoft is now more secure than both Apple and Adobe, claiming Apple has only started taking seriously in the last six months. Read More New cloud service offers antivirus alternative Security vendor Panda Software has announced a full cloud web security service which it claims frees smaller companies from the need to filter for malware using complicated gateway boxes. New cloud security service filters web traffic Read More
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