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	IBM red-faced after handing out infected USB drives Delegates at an Australian security conference got hit by a double dose of malware thanks to IBM 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 Firewalls and more tethering FTC greenlights Google-AdMob deal How managers stopped worrying and learned to trust the cloud A third of over 55s worried about ID theft Does Google Have Wi-Fi Data from Your Company? Social Networks May Be Sharing Your Info with Advertisers Oracle buys Secerno to get database firewall Black duck eggs and other secrets of Chinese hackers WHITE PAPER: ShoreTel Conquer the Cost of IP Complexity Companies are frequently tied to expensive, complex, legacy telecommunications systems that don't support modern technologies and applications, such as unified communications. This white paper examines the challenges associated with legacy systems and how to achieve greater value and opportunities with IP-based technology. Read More Firewalls and more tethering Mark Gibbs wrestles with a firewall and cell phone tethering software. Read More FTC greenlights Google-AdMob deal The Federal Trade Commission today said it closed the investigation of the proposed  $750 million Google acquisition of mobile advertising network company AdMob.  Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! How managers stopped worrying and learned to trust the cloud Managers are getting more trusting on cloud security Read More A third of over 55s worried about ID theft More than a third of over 55s say having their ID or bank details stolen is their biggest worry when it comes to the web, says Panda Security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Does Google Have Wi-Fi Data from Your Company? Google is facing scrutiny and investigation around the world following revelations that it has been capturing and archiving wi-fi data collected by its Google Street View vehicles that drive around capturing the image data used by the Street View service. It is questionable whether Google should have done that, but what is not questionable is whether or not Google should have any data from your wi-fi network. Read More Social Networks May Be Sharing Your Info with Advertisers Lately, social networking sites have been bending over backwards to assure their users that user privacy is of utmost importance--but it may have all been in vain, as the Wall Street Journal discovered Thursday that several social networking sites are sharing, with advertisers, information that can be used to identify individuals. Read More Oracle buys Secerno to get database firewall Oracle has bought UK database security startup Secerno for an undisclosed sum, bringing to an end the independence of one of the last decade's most unusual UK-based startups. Read More Black duck eggs and other secrets of Chinese hackers Black duck eggs on the menu of a Chinese restaurant drew the suspicions of a security consultant reporting to renowned security expert Ira Winkler.The colleague, a former Russian security agent named Stan, was at a new Chinese restaurant in "the middle of nowhere" in the United States, but conspicuously near the R&D center of a Fortune 5 U.S. business. Read More
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