A shift in cloud solutions

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	A shift in cloud solutions I've been writing about the European Identity Conference recently, but it wasn't the only conference in Munich the first week in May. The EIC was held in conjunction with Cloud 2010, also produced by Kuppinger-Cole. The intersection of IdM and the cloud is particularly important to look at now because there are some semantic issues that need to be settled so that we can properly talk about what's important -- and what isn't. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More In this Issue USB worm named biggest PC threat EFF: Forget cookies, your browser has fingerprints New tool exposes cloud security holes FTC asked to investigate Google Wi-Fi 'snooping' Huge 'sexiest video ever' attack hits Facebook Legal risks with virtual currencies in online games Passwords, scams, and you CA World: UK focus on governance 'strong' WHITE PAPER: Radware Rethinking Application Security Hacker motivation has changed from gaining fame to financial gain. Cyber crime activities now employ a new level of network attacks, which go undetected by standard network-security tools. This paper discusses the changing threat landscape and how you can protect your business from emerging threats. Learn More USB worm named biggest PC threat A worm which is spread via USB flash drives has been named the biggest security threat to PC users by McAfee. Read More EFF: Forget cookies, your browser has fingerprints Even without cookies, popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox give Web sites enough information to get a unique picture of their visitors about 94 percent of the time, according to research compiled over the past few months by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Troubleshooting Application Problems This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here! New tool exposes cloud security holes Fortify Software has come up with a way for companies interested in moving their applications to a cloud provider can analyse it line by line for security-worthiness in the new environment. Read More FTC asked to investigate Google Wi-Fi 'snooping' A consumer group has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google after the search company revealed that it had been collecting people's Internet communications from open wireless networks. 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 Huge 'sexiest video ever' attack hits Facebook A huge attack by a rogue Facebook application last weekend infected users' PCs with popup-spewing adware, a security researcher said. Read More Legal risks with virtual currencies in online games As virtual currency shifts from being a prepayment for goods or services redeemable with one company to a widely accepted proxy for real currency or a means of transmitting money between various participants, Issuers need to consider state and federal services laws such as money transmitter laws and money service business laws. Read More Passwords, scams, and you Reader Deb Ward is the victim of an increasingly common scam. She writes: Read More CA World: UK focus on governance 'strong' A focus on standards, such as ISO certification, is still a strong trend in the UK, according to CA Technologies. Read More
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