Is Snort dead? Depends who you ask

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	Is 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: 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. 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Learn more. 4G-satellite network planned for US next year An investment company has hired Nokia Siemens Networks to build a hybrid 4G-satellite mobile network, called LightSquared, across the U.S. to go live next year. 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 FCC: Broadband deployment isn't happening fast enough Between 14 million and 24 million U.S. residents don't have access to broadband service, and deployment isn't happening fast enough, a report from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission concluded. Read More 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! Hollywood Pushes Movie Streaming Standard, UltraViolet The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a group of 58 Hollywood studios and technology companies, is pinning its hopes for the future of entertainment on UltraViolet, an online digital locker that would allow you to buy a movie once, and stream it over the Internet for free on any other compatible devices. Read More Google lets Apps admins set usage policies for groups Google Apps administrators can now set different usage policies for groups within their organization's domains, a feature that many IT departments have requested Google add to this hosted collaboration and communication suite. Read More Avaya bolsters contact centers, integrates Nortel technology Avaya is overhauling its contact center software with features designed to boost productivity and also to demonstrate that the company is brimming with innovation it hopes will attract new customers, and keep those it acquired along with Nortel's enterprise division. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM BI for Business Users This white paper explores how today's advanced business intelligence solutions can put powerful, informative BI information into the hands of more users. Read More Twitter's tech problems take a toll on developers The recurrent technical problems that have affected Twitter for the past seven weeks have also taken a toll on developers of external applications built for the microblogging service. Read More Google Invests in Wind Farm: And 5 More Investments Google plans to become carbon neutral at the same time promote green energy by entering into a 20-year agreement to buy power from an Iowa wind farm. The farm, part of NextEra Energy Resources in Story and Hardin counties, will sell Google 114 megawatts of renewable power. Google says that the energy it will buy is enough to power several of its data centers. Read More Intel runs into major WiMax snafu in Taiwan An apparent lack of communication between Intel and the Taiwan government over the closing of Intel's WiMax Program Office in Taiwan has brewed into a media storm here to rival Apple's Antennagate in the U.S. Read More Hate Apple, AT&T iPhone Duopoly? Just Wait, It Gets Worse If you don't own an iPhone, you may feel some smug satisfaction in the ongoing troubles between Apple and its anointed wireless carrier AT&T. And those feelings are likely to be stoked by Fred Vogelstein's excellent article in the latest issue of Wired magazine about that tumultuous relationship. But if you read between the lines, you'll realize that Apple's and AT&T's problems are just the trailer for a horror movie waiting to happen. Read More Foursquare registers 100 millionth check-in Foursquare, the location-based social-networking service, registered its 100 millionth "check-in" on Monday evening, the company said Tuesday. Read More
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