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	Is open source Snort dead? Depends who you ask Is Snort, the 12-year-old open-source intrusion detection and prevention system, dead? The Open Information Security Foundation, a nonprofit group funded by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) to come up with next-generation open source IDS/IPS, thinks so. But Snort's creator, Martin Roesch, begs to differ. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Detailed Planning Guide: SAP to Red Hat Migration Lower costs and improve performance migrating SAP to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Download this guide today and discover how you can perform a basic installation and migration in less than 1 day. Examine pre- and post-migration considerations and other upfront planning topics to help avoid potential problems. Read more In this Issue Is ubiquitous encryption technology on the horizon? Microsoft may face tough patch job with Windows shortcut bug Air Force streamlines cybersecurity hiring for 680 open positions Operation Death Match reaps another identity thief Unified security Information Commissioner steps up FOI enforcement Microsoft Security Essentials beta out just when it's needed most Highly Dangerous Zero-day Windows Trojan Targets Espionage WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes with Security Visionary Nir Zuk Join Nir Zuk, network security visionary and founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks, for a live interactive online interview with security analyst Mark Bouchard, CISSP. Watch Nir speak about the state of the information security industry and then pose your toughest questions to him. Learn More! Is ubiquitous encryption technology on the horizon? Will ubiquitous encryption of important network traffic ever happen? A group of researchers presenting at next month's Usenix Security Symposium will talk about a technology they say could make end-to-end encryption of TCP traffic the default, not the exception. Read More Microsoft may face tough patch job with Windows shortcut bug Microsoft may have a tough time fixing the recently discovered Windows shortcut vulnerability, a security researcher said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Achieve Best-in-Class App Delivery over your WAN Supporting best-in-class application performance over the WAN is possible when you follow the recommendations in this whitepaper. Success is dependant on: *Conducting cost-benefit analysis for bandwidth upgrades *Analyzing application performance for each transaction *Evaluating test results prior to the final optimization purchasing decision Read now! Air Force streamlines cybersecurity hiring for 680 open positions The Air Force today said its managers hiring civilian federal employees for certain cybersecurity openings can use a streamlined method to rapidly fill more than 680 positions. Read More Operation Death Match reaps another identity thief Federal authorities don't take kindly to people stealing the identities of dead folks. A British citizen whose real name is John Skelton this week became one of the 150 people that have been arrested and charged with federal passport fraud and related offenses under a program known as Operation Death Match. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qualys 12-point checklist outlines key considerations Discover a 12-point checklist for choosing the best vulnerability management solution for your organization. Read now! Unified security Sometimes it seems that we are looking at cyberattacks through pinhole cameras. We apply separate tools to monitor attacks on our perimeters (firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems), attacks mediated through malware (antimalware products), attacks mediated by deception (antiphishing solutions) and attacks on data in motion (traffic analysis and logging for networks) and on data at rest (system and application logging). Each component contributes valuable information but we rarely seem to correlate all the data into coherent cyber situational awareness. Read More Information Commissioner steps up FOI enforcement The Information Commissioner has announced a range of measures that public authorities will face if they continually fail to comply with the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Read More Microsoft Security Essentials beta out just when it's needed most As Microsoft and everyone else running a Windows shop scrambles to thwart a "highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability," the software giant stays on schedule, today releasing a beta version of the next Microsoft Security Essentials anti-malware service. Read More Highly Dangerous Zero-day Windows Trojan Targets Espionage There is a new vicious rootkit-level malware infection targeting critical infrastructure and aimed at corporate or government espionage. It often enters the enterprise through USB sticks. Read More
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