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	Disappearing identity providers pose problem Former Network World colleague John Fontana is now writing about IdM issues for Ping Identity. He recently commented upon an issue that may arise more and more in the future as Identity Providers (specifically OpenID Identity Providers) disappear. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Why Enterprise WiFi Belongs in the Cloud Effective management is key to wireless success. Join this live Webcast to hear how cloud-controlled wireless management provides the security, remote administration and reliability resource-constrained IT departments require. See real-world examples of organizations that have successfully deployed enterprise WiFi in the cloud. Sign up now! In this Issue Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems Facebook and Twitter banned by Pa. college 10 steps to easier access management Seagate's encrypted hard drive gets security boost Mozilla halts Firefox security updates Cloud providers working on ways to prove they warrant trust Researchers clash over possible return of Google attackers CipherOptics debuts variable-speed encryptors Security absurdity: US in sensitive information quagmire DARPA looking for extreme wireless interference buster WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. Load Testing: Best Practices to Ensure Holiday Success The holidays drive more traffic to your website and have great revenue potential, but have you done everything you can to make the most of the season? There are only a few months left until the rush begins. Making sure you site is ready requires planning and testing – starting now. View Now Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations has infected at least 14 plants, according to Siemens. Read More Facebook and Twitter banned by Pa. college Harrisburg University provost Eric Darr wants to know if his students can live without Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and other social networks for an entire week. Read More 10 steps to easier access management NEW YORK -- A CISO who spent two years organizing identity and access management for the 15,000 users on his network boiled the whole experience down into a 10-step process he presented at the Security Standard Conference this week. Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies Increase Download Completion Rates Join IDC for this live Webcast as new research on Electronic Software Delivery is revealed. Find out how to effectively monitor and deliver small and large downloads to ensure end user success and satisfaction. And because it's live, you can ask the experts questions specific to your environment. Register Today. Seagate's encrypted hard drive gets security boost Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) has become the first encrypted laptop hard drive to get the critical FIPS 140-2 certification that the company hopes will finally help boost its sales to US and Canadian government organisations. Read More Mozilla halts Firefox security updates Mozilla has temporarily stopped providing security updates to its Firefox browser as engineers investigate a bug that has caused some computers to crash. Read More Cloud providers working on ways to prove they warrant trust Finding a way to verify security within cloud provider networks is essential but won't be easy, a cloud security expert told attendees at the Security Standard conference. Read More WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimeter Join two pioneers in network security: Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for what promises to be a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? Does it go away? Evolve? How should organizations address these changes? Sign up now! Researchers clash over possible return of Google attackers Experts disagree on whether a bug in Adobe's Reader PDF was caused by the same Chinese group that hacked into the systems of Google and other major companies late last year. Read More CipherOptics debuts variable-speed encryptors CipherOptics announced an encryption appliance that can be adjusted to work at speeds between 3 Mbps and 1 Gbps. Support for variable speeds is a major change, since customers in the past had to buy new hardware to achieve higher speeds. Read More Security absurdity: US in sensitive information quagmire Protecting and classifying sensitive information such as social security numbers shouldn't be that hard, but perhaps not surprisingly the US government has taken complicating that task to an art form. Read More DARPA looking for extreme wireless interference buster Researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will this month begin looking for technology that will let wireless communications work even through the most extreme and nasty interference. Read More
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