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	Relational database: An ongoing debate Over the years I've been writing about identity services it's always been taken as a given that the data store for identity information is a directory system (such as eDirectory, Active Directory, iPlanet, etc.). But there have always been those who espoused a relational database (RDBMS) as a "better" data store. It's an argument that's been going on for the entire 10 years this newsletter has been published, and one that is more political in nature than technological. Read More DOWNLOAD: Qualys Inc. Security & Compliance Suite Trial QualysGuard Security & Compliance Suite Trial The 14-day Trial includes: • Unlimited network mapping and discovery • Unlimited network perimeter scans • PCI Compliance scanning • Web application security scanning • IT security policy creation, scanning and reporting Learn More! In this Issue Quiz: Do you know IT security? Protect the Data on Your iPhone 4 The Devil Is In The Details: DHS Monitoring Web & "Wrong" Words Congress Questions Apple Over Privacy Concerns Interesting Audience Data from the Symantec Government Symposium OpenDNS launches family protection Advanced best practices for managing smartphones Congress Asks Apple to Explain its Privacy Policy Twitter settles FTC privacy complaint The importance of sharing security know-how WEBCAST: Nimsoft Reasons to Consider Cloud IT Monitoring Join this Webcast to learn the value of IT monitoring delivered via the cloud. You can monitor and manage all business applications, from the data center to the cloud, including SaaS, hosted, and virtualized environments—all with a single product, architecture, and console. There's even a 30-day free trial download. View Now Quiz: Do you know IT security? Security is the No.1 priority for corporate networking executives, which means staying on top of the broad range of technologies used to fulfill the predominant model of network protection - defense in depth. Here is a quiz that draws questions from the vast spectrum of security options, including authentication, cryptograpy, firewalls, VPNs and more. Keep track of your score and see how well you do at the end. Read More Protect the Data on Your iPhone 4 The popularity of the iPhone, combined with the small form factor of the device make it a prime target for thieves, and also make it highly unlikely that a lost iPhone 4 would be returned to its rightful owner. Make sure you set the security settings on your iPhone 4 to protect your sensitive business data and personal information. Read More The Devil Is In The Details: DHS Monitoring Web & "Wrong" Words Cyber-terrorists and the dreaded cyberwar has escalated to the point of the "feds" pulling the plug on the Internet in case of an emergency. Then DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that in the future there will be "increased" Internet monitoring of U.S. citizens due to the dangers of homegrown terrorism. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue Congress Questions Apple Over Privacy Concerns The folks on Capitol Hill are the latest to take an interest in Apple. According to a report in the Washington Post, Representatives Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)... Massachusetts - Ed Markey - Washington Post - United States - Capitol Hill Read More Interesting Audience Data from the Symantec Government Symposium Earlier this week, I participated in the Symantec Government Symposium, an event dedicated to IT and security professionals in the U.S. Federal government. As part of her kickoff presentation, Symantec Federal GM, Gigi Schaum, asked for audience responses to three questions. Here are the questions and the interesting responses: 1. Has the state of cybersecurity improved over the last 12 months?... Read More OpenDNS launches family protection OpenDNS has launched a home protection service Read More VIDEO: Polycom Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Deploys IP UC Solutions LBBS has begun using the Polycom® VVX® 1500 D, the industry's first simultaneous dual-stack (H.323 and SIP) media phone to combine advanced telephony, one-touch video, and integrated business applications. Learn more. Advanced best practices for managing smartphones Last week's article provided a summary of best practices for the basic management of smartphones in your organization. Going a step or two beyond the basic management techniques, Fiberlink Communications now provides us with best practices for more advanced management of the ubiquitous mobile devices that have become more computer than phone. Read More Congress Asks Apple to Explain its Privacy Policy Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) are asking tough questions of Apple CEO Steve Jobs about recent changes to the company's privacy policy. The two congressmen sent a letter to Jobs on Thursday asking the company to explain its privacy changes and how they comply with user privacy safeguards built into Section 222 of the Federal Telecommunications Act. Read More Twitter settles FTC privacy complaint Social-networking giant Twitter has agreed to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging that the company deceived users and put their privacy at risk by failing to take appropriate security safeguards. Read More The importance of sharing security know-how In an ongoing effort to promote a more secure computing environment, software giant Microsoft has increased its efforts to share its in-house SDL [secure development lifecycle] practice throughout the industry. Adoption of this secure architecture would help reduce the number of vulnerabilities as well as promote continuous improvements, it said. Read More
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