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	Smartphones as credit cards: Possibly dangerous, definitely inevitable Now that AT&T and Verizon have decided to turn smartphones into credit cards, you may be asking yourself, "Is this really a good idea?" Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix NetScaler vs. F5 View the Comparison Tolly Performance Report: "Citrix NetScaler with nCore Outperforms F5 BIG-IP" shows you how Citrix NetScaler beat F5 in head-to-head tests ? providing 3X faster Web traffic, lower latency and higher throughput. Read now! In this Issue 5 Windows 7 security features businesses need to know about Position-based quantum cryptography: A scientific breakthrough? Sophos brings enterprise-level encryption to the Mac Centrify announces free security apps, tools Private Facebook Data Becomes Big Business CA unveils virtual suite; PacketMotion upgrades compliance product Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week Saudi Arabia to ban BlackBerry service on Friday Call to step up joint efforts for safer Internet: MS, Adobe Fighting today's malware Patch or we go public, says bug bounty program iPhone jailbreak exploit 'sweet' and 'scary,' says researcher 7 Steps to Stronger Enterprise iPhone Security Keeping your company image safe on social media VIDEO: Intel The Anxiety Behind Security and Compliance What keeps IT executives up at night? Two words: security and compliance, according to a recent quick poll. Remote access is a solid productivity provider, but it can be a bear to manage. Learn where data loss, patch management and help desk anxieties placed among IT concerns. Click Here 5 Windows 7 security features businesses need to know about The words Windows and security have not always been compatible. In the past, Microsoft's quest to make its operating system as easy to manage as possible for the "typical" user has often meant sacrificing adequate safeguards against intrusion and infection. Windows XP's notorious vulnerability to network worms stands as a recent example; Microsoft shipped the operating system with a firewall but initially left it turned off by default. Read More Position-based quantum cryptography: A scientific breakthrough? Position-based quantum cryptography is a discovery that could lead to more secure communications, especially between devices used on military bases and satellites, based on using the geographical position of a party as its only credential, according to new research. Read More Sophos brings enterprise-level encryption to the Mac On Monday, security firm Sophos unveiled a new version of its enterprise-class SafeGuard disk encryption app for the Mac. Read More Centrify announces free security apps, tools Gartner's recent CIO survey places identity management as the No. 1 security priority through 2011. That's the good news. The same survey also indicates that spending on solutions will be down, however. Fortunately, I guess, vendors are doing what they can to make it easier for you to acquire the identity services you need. Read More REPORT: Citrix Gartner Research Note: Load Balancers are Dead Gartner Research Note "Load Balancers are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery" helps you understand how to replace your basic load balancing technology and focus on getting the highest availability, performance and security for your web apps. Includes key recommendations you can use. Read now! Private Facebook Data Becomes Big Business When a security researcher made personal profile information of more than 170 million Facebook users available to the public on BitTorrent--a peer-to-peer file sharing site--many questioned why he did not attempt to sell that information to an interested party. Names and profile data on that many Facebook users is a potential gold mine of valuable marketing data. Read More CA unveils virtual suite; PacketMotion upgrades compliance product Today's issue, like the previous one, is devoted to catching up on recent announcements. First up is CA (formerly Computer Associates) with an announcement about five products in what CA calls its "Virtual portfolio". Read More Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week Microsoft today said it will deliver a record 14 security updates next week to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office and Silverlight. Read More Saudi Arabia to ban BlackBerry service on Friday Saudi Arabia has ordered the suspension of Research in Motion's BlackBerry service as of Friday, as it does not meet current regulations, according to the country's telecommunications regulator. Read More REPORT: Citrix Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers Citrix Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for 2009 Application Delivery Controllers Magic Quadrant, Gartner Group. Read now! Call to step up joint efforts for safer Internet: MS, Adobe As part of a continued collaboration drive to step up security levels, Adobe Systems has joined Microsoft to step up the Microsoft Active Protections Programme [MAPP]. Read More Fighting today's malware How bad is it? Worse than you think. Here's what the new breed of malware looks like -- and what you can do to stop it Read More Patch or we go public, says bug bounty program The world's biggest bug bounty program today slapped a six-month deadline on vendors, saying it would release some vulnerability information, even if a patch wasn't ready. Read More iPhone jailbreak exploit 'sweet' and 'scary,' says researcher The exploit used to jailbreak Apple's newest iPhone operating system is both "beautiful" and "scary," a noted vulnerability researcher said. Read More 7 Steps to Stronger Enterprise iPhone Security Which pieces of iPhone security advice should CIOs take to heart, and which should they ignore? Here are seven practices to insist on and three to ignore, according to Forrester Research. Read More Keeping your company image safe on social media The umbrella of security responsibilities now includes brand protection at many companies (See Brand protection: The expanding CSO portfolio for an in-depth look) and it seems like a constantly moving target. When the internet took off, organizations had to contend with scammers registering web site domains using company names for fraudulent purposes. Now similar activity is happening on the hottest forum for brand abuse--social networks. Read More
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