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	Directory services still evolving Just as few people understand the telephone network but billions of people use it to further their business so it might be with the directory. As long as those in a position to structure the network and design its applications know the directory's benefits, that may be enough. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution for You The importance of a solid Active Directory (AD) bridge in your diverse IT environment can't be minimized. An AD bridge allows Unix, Linux and Mac systems to coexist with a Windows infrastructure. Further, it consolidates countless identities and passwords, reducing complexity and cost while improving security and productivity. Read Now In this Issue The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 Researchers create botnet to learn how it works Cloud Security Alliance updates controls matrix NASA CIO wants a cool smartphone, LAN and shower cap for Christmas? Need A Job? Try Information Security WikiLeaks Triggers IT Security Angst Microsoft in major Security Essentials 2.0 overhaul Having your security conference talk rejected Six Password Security Tips to Learn from Gawker Hack WHITE PAPER: NetApp Changing the Way You Purchase Storage Most organizations are still buying storage based on outmoded ways of thinking. Find out why it's time to modernize your approach and the key criteria you need to consider before making your next IT investment. Read now! The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 From exploding Droids to robotic pack mules and Apple weirdness it was a wacky year Read More Researchers create botnet to learn how it works An at-scale botnet emulation helps a team of researchers in Canada and France learn more about how armies of zombie computers operate Read More Cloud Security Alliance updates controls matrix The Cloud Security Alliance's matrix is a controls framework that gives a detailed understanding of security concepts and principles that are aligned to the CSA's 13 domains. Read More WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Medical Center Shares Tips on Wi-Fi Application Assurance In this 15-min webinar, Rutland Regional discusses how they deliver reliable voice, video and medical device communications at the point of care. WLAN at Rutland was once a nice to have serving a select group & has now transitioned to what is deemed a utility serving a diverse group of users. Learn more now! NASA CIO wants a cool smartphone, LAN and shower cap for Christmas? It seems that NASA CIO Linda Cureton has a pretty good sense of humor. On her NASA blog over the weekend she sent a letter to Santa about what she'd like to get for Christmas. While she'd obviously like to get better networking gear, the shower cap wish was little strange. Read More Need A Job? Try Information Security Many enterprise organizations need help and will be hiring in 2011If you are an out-of-work IT person looking for your next challenge, I have a suggestion: Go study information security and pursue some sort of certification like a CISSP. According to ESG Research, 22% of mid-market (i.e. 500-1000 employees) and enterprise (i.e. 1000 employees or more) believe that they have a problematic shortage of information security skills within their IT organizations. Furthermore,... Read More WikiLeaks Triggers IT Security Angst Security gaps could make businesses vulnerable to the same types of unauthorized disclosures plaguing the U.S. Department of State. Read More WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc. Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More Microsoft in major Security Essentials 2.0 overhaul After a mysteriously quiet launch late last week, Microsoft has released version 2.0 of its free Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus client. Read More Having your security conference talk rejected Few things are as frustrating as working hard on a proposal only to be turned down Read More Six Password Security Tips to Learn from Gawker Hack The Germans have a word for it: Schadenfreude, taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune. And I have to admit, I did a feel a twinge of satisfaction when Gawker, one of the snarkiest and most self-satisfied collection of sites on the Web, was hacked. But I do worry about the 1.2 million people whose passwords were stolen and posted on the Web for any moderately skilled bad guy to crack and use. Read More
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