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	Prepare for Record Onslaught of Patches from Microsoft Next Tuesday will be Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for the month of October. IT admins, consider this your advance notice to clear your calendar for next week and prepare to address a record-setting 16 security bulletins. Read More REPORT: Radiant Logic, Inc Download Latest Gartner Report on IdM Today's centralized identity infrastructure can't keep up with tomorrow's increasingly federated demands, from user-centric identity, to Identity-as-a-Service, and the cloud. In "The Emerging Architecture of Identity Management," Gartner outlines a vision for tomorrow's identity landscape-one with virtualization at its core. Download the report-free! In this Issue Android Hack Enables 3G Skype Calls The US offshore wind energy technology conundrum Microsoft Proposes Each PC Needs A Health Certificate or No Net Access Allowed Facebook Quick Tip: Control Apps Access To Your Data Best practices for endpoint security, Part 2 Physical security information management (PSIM): The basics Bill would protect towns, schools from cybertheft losses Experts to debate 'Future of the Perimeter' in webcast WHITE PAPER: NetApp Storage for Windows Environments This paper discusses how consolidating your Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint Server data along with your Windows files using NetApp storage for Windows environments reduces the cost of physical storage as well as ongoing management costs in Windows environments. Read More! Android Hack Enables 3G Skype Calls Just a few short days ago, the official Skype application finally graced the Android Market. But to much dismay, the communications app lacked the ability to make 3G calls on certain carriers within the US. Read More The US offshore wind energy technology conundrum US could see more then 4,000 GW of power from offshore windIf wind is ever to be a significant part of the energy equation in this country we'll need to take it offshore - into the deep oceans. Large offshore wind objects could harness about more than 4,000 GW of electricity according to a massive report on wind energy out this week from the Read More WHITE PAPER: Watchguard 10 questions to ask before you buy an anti‐spam solution With so many anti-spam products on the market, how can you be sure you're getting the best solution for your business network? With these ten critical questions as your guide, you can cut through the marketing hype and zero in on the key features and benefits that should guide your decision. Read now! Microsoft Proposes Each PC Needs A Health Certificate or No Net Access Allowed Microsoft has proposed a plan that each PC would be required to present a "health certificate" or else be considered too sick to connect to the Internet.Many security experts have talked about quarantining infected computers, but Microsoft has proposed a plan that each PC would be required to present a "health certificate" or else be considered too sick to connect to the Internet. Read More Facebook Quick Tip: Control Apps Access To Your Data Facebook launched a new feature this week that gives you a detailed overview of the data permissions that you've granted to apps. Here's how to find the new dashboard and adjust your settings. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP SharePoint 2010 Q&A This IDC Q&A document provides straightforward answers on frequent SharePoint questions. Read what IDC has to say about SharePoint's widespread adoption, where current implementations fall short, SharePoint's top collaboration challenges, when it makes sense to use a service provider, and best practices for SharePoint 2010 migrations. Read Now Best practices for endpoint security, Part 2 To cyber thieves, endpoint devices are a tempting target. Such devices can be a treasure trove of sensitive information in their own right, but they are also the gateway to bigger targets like network servers, databases and applications. In this article, security experts Faycal Daira and Bob Foley offer even more of their best practices for endpoint protection. Last week we looked at antivirus, device control, and host-IPS and behavioral protections. This week we cover location awareness, network access control and application control. Read More Physical security information management (PSIM): The basics The concept that's become known as Physical Security Information Management (PSIM, pronounced P-sim) was introduced to the physical security world in 2006. The idea is that all the stuff of security is actually data. Data that, once contextualized and analyzed, becomes information for making better business decisions. It is applying the concepts of information management and business intelligence to the practices and technologies of physical and homeland security. Read More Bill would protect towns, schools from cybertheft losses U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has introduced a bill that would protect municipalities and school districts against financial losses resulting from certain types of cybertheft. Read More Experts to debate 'Future of the Perimeter' in webcast Two of the security industry's most serious thinkers are getting together on Tuesday in a Webcast to discuss and debate the "The Future of the Perimeter." Read More
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