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	Costs of delayed validation In my opinion, we should be equally vigilant in all of our business communications. Take the time to be sure that you got it right during a discussion with your colleagues. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Total Economic Impact of Oracle Identity Manager A Forrester Study commissioned by Oracle. This paper details return-on-investment (ROI) calculations based on real customers' data, and guides you in computing cost savings with user provisioning. Use the model suggested in this report to design your implementation and measure results. Read now In this Issue What is an 'Advanced Persistent Threat,' anyway? FBI set to turn up advanced security search engine Watchdog Group questions Google's relationship with NSA BMW car key prototype unlocks hotel rooms, train seats Multi-factor authentication for the rest of us How Secure is That Cloud Vendor? Part Two Competition aims to make cybergeeks cool 5 New Online Security Threats to Avoid Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M Sophos aims to reduce mobile security risks How to manage consumer devices on your network Security firm 'detonates' copies of suspicious files to sniff out malware, botnet attacks RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Email Security, Earn $15 GC Next-gen Email Security finds emerging email threats first, with our proprietary Zero Minute Defense TM- no one else has it. Protect your business-critical email and your network. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. What is an 'Advanced Persistent Threat,' anyway? "Beware the Advanced Persistent Threat"! is the security vendor mantra of the moment. But really, what is an APT? Depends who you ask ... Read More FBI set to turn up advanced security search engine FBI system supports 200 million searchable records with an eye towards growing to 2 billion The FBI says it is set to roll out is N-DEx search engine and information sharing program to a wider swath of the federal, state and local law enforcement community. Read More Watchdog Group questions Google's relationship with NSA Consumer Watchdog group issues report that implies Google is protected by "inappropriate secret relationship" with NSA.Google is in hot water again -- or it will be if Consumer Watchdog can persuade the public to ask Congress to take action over the Google "Wi-Spy scandal." Additionally, Consumer Watchdog published a report, Lost in the Cloud: Google and the US Government [PDF], that highlights Google's relationship with NSA and claims the search giant has also "inappropriately benefited" from close and secretive relationships... Read More BMW car key prototype unlocks hotel rooms, train seats Researchers at BMW have developed a prototype car key that will unlock much more than just car doors. They've taken the wireless key already used to many cars and added an NFC, or near-field communication, function. Read More WEBCAST: Cisco & Citrix Regain Control of the Desktop Learn how one IT organization is realizing the benefits of Desktop Virtualization and find out what they did to ensure a successful deployment of VMware View 4.5. Learn More Multi-factor authentication for the rest of us We often bemoan the seeming immortality of username/password authentication schemes. Why can't everyone implement strong authentication, multi-factor authentication, Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Networks (SSL VPN) for remote access? Read More How Secure is That Cloud Vendor? Part Two Last week, we explored the 7 basics of cloud computing vendor security, including identity, authentication, encryption, ILP/DLP and audit trails. Now here comes the deep dive: access control. Read More Competition aims to make cybergeeks cool A new high school competition aims to identify students interested in cybersecurity. Read More 5 New Online Security Threats to Avoid Hackers just keep devising new ways to target Facebook and Amazon.com users. Read up on these five threats before you're "spear phished" - or worse. 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 Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M The cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year, according to a survey of 160 individuals leading the IT, privacy and audit efforts at 46 multinational organizations. Read More Sophos aims to reduce mobile security risks Sophos today said it would soon roll out its Mobile Control package that will let enterprise customers apply security controls to all things mobile, from iPads and iPhones to the Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. Read More How to manage consumer devices on your network Your user community is connecting to your corporate email system using all kinds of consumer devices, from iPhones to iPads and Android-based smart phones. Do you know what devices are coming into the network? Do you know what applications are on these devices? Do you have any means to control them, preferably based on your standard policies? Fiberlink Communications has new Mobile Device Management services that can help. Read More Security firm 'detonates' copies of suspicious files to sniff out malware, botnet attacks HBGary Monday introduced an appliance that sits at the perimeter of the enterprise network to watch for possible incoming malware and outgoing traces of botnet infections. Read More
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